Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 109	# 341
VBR	# 165	# 1170

Projections

Runs	18	8
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	24	6
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.245	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	# 282

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	415	139

Runs	40	8

Hits	89	29

Singles	55	24

Doubles	17	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	16	1

RBI	47	8

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	17	16

Strikeouts	93	29

Batting Average	.215	.209

On Base Pct	.261	.293

Slugging Pct	.376	.266

On-base Plus Slugging	.637	.559

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	157	62

Runs	18	8

Hits	39	15

Singles	24	10

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	24	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	7

Strikeouts	35	14

Batting Average	.245	.237

On Base Pct	.297	.322

Slugging Pct	.437	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.734	.675

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
News
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 in a 4-3 win over the Giants with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a 6-1 win over the Padres with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and two strikeouts. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 19th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#41	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#227	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#156	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#394	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#263
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#289
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Salvador Perez (2026)

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