Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Rafael Flores (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 341	‐
VBR	# 1198	‐

Projections

Runs	8	‐
Home Runs	1	‐
RBI	6	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.237	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 282	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

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


At Bats	139	20

Runs	8	2

Hits	29	4

Singles	24	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	8	2

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	16	5

Strikeouts	29	4

Batting Average	.209	.200

On Base Pct	.293	.360

Slugging Pct	.266	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.559	.760

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


At Bats	62	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	15	‐

Singles	10	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	1	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	7	‐

Strikeouts	14	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.353	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.675	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
News
	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	The Pirates activated C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. from the 7-day concussion injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Rafael Flores resumed baseball activities Wednesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Rafael Flores will be going on the 10-day IL with a concussion. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Pittsburgh Pirates have recalled Rafael Flores from Triple-A Indianapolis. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 8th
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Pirates optioned C/1B Rafael Flores Jr. to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 13th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR			Rafael Flores C,1B - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#279
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Rafael Flores (2026)

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