Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Nick Gonzales (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 140	# 348
VBR	# 125	# 1107

Projections

Runs	13	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	12	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.278	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 141	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 139	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 206	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 109	# 293

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 127	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	468	164

Runs	66	16

Hits	144	36

Singles	115	29

Doubles	22	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	56	11

Stolen Bases	7	4

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	34	19

Strikeouts	85	40

Batting Average	.308	.220

On Base Pct	.367	.303

Slugging Pct	.397	.305

On-base Plus Slugging	.764	.608

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	39

Runs	13	5

Hits	29	9

Singles	20	6

Doubles	6	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	12	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	21	9

Batting Average	.278	.244

On Base Pct	.332	.331

Slugging Pct	.404	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.703

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Nick Gonzales is back in the Pirates lineup on Monday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Blue Jays placed Josh Smith on the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 21st
	Nick Gonzales is not in the Pirates lineup on Sunday against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	Nick Gonzales is not in Friday's starting lineup but available off the bench if needed. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Aug 15th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Nick Gonzales was pulled from Friday’s game against the Red Sox after being hit in the helmet by a pitch. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Nick Gonzales went 1-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 9-0 win over the Mets on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 9th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Gonzales 2B,3B,SS - PIT			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Nick Gonzales (2026)

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