Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Ryan Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts	50% Recommended by 1 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 1131	# 1284

Projections

Runs	8	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	7	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.240	.184

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	# 435

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	153	55

Runs	11	8

Hits	33	12

Singles	27	5

Doubles	3	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	9	12

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	5

Strikeouts	37	17

Batting Average	.216	.218

On Base Pct	.301	.283

Slugging Pct	.288	.455

On-base Plus Slugging	.588	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	65	5

Runs	8	1

Hits	15	1

Singles	11	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	7	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	0

Strikeouts	14	1

Batting Average	.240	.184

On Base Pct	.326	.225

Slugging Pct	.363	.245

On-base Plus Slugging	.689	.470

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
News
	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	The Dodgers optioned Ryan Ward to Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Ryan Ward went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Ryan Ward went 1-for-2 in win over the Phillies with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	The Dodgers recalled Ryan Ward from Triple-A Oklahoma City. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Dodgers are expected to recall Ryan Ward. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
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			Ryan Ward 1B,LF,RF - LAD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#271
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-3)	#403
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#206
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#222
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#220
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#210
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#396
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#240	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#237
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs KC	Daniel Lynch
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs SF
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SF
Thu, Mar 26th				vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Thu, May 14th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jun 11th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Jun 15th				vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st				vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 17th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Ryan Ward (2026)

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