Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Thomas Saggese (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 339	‐
VBR	# 1139	# 1263

Projections

Runs	7	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	6	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.232	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 283	# 378

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 448	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	154	76

Runs	12	9

Hits	33	14

Singles	27	10

Doubles	3	2

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	9	4

Stolen Bases	4	1

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	18	6

Strikeouts	37	26

Batting Average	.214	.184

On Base Pct	.299	.244

Slugging Pct	.286	.276

On-base Plus Slugging	.585	.520

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	57	13

Runs	7	1

Hits	13	3

Singles	9	2

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	6	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	1

Strikeouts	13	4

Batting Average	.232	.239

On Base Pct	.321	.296

Slugging Pct	.340	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.661	.642

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR	Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
News
	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd	The Cardinals optioned INF/OF Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 5th
	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st	Thomas Saggese went 2-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a triple, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 4th
	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Thomas Saggese went 1-for-2 in Friday's win over the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, May 30th
	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Thomas Saggese was recalled from Triple-A Memphis on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 5th
	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th	The Cardinals optioned Thomas Saggese to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
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			Thomas Saggese 2B,3B,SS,LF - STL
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#229
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#305
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#304	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#163
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#112
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#241
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#129
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#148	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#267
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#287	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#88
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#129	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#104
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#148
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#31	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#69	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#410
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#148
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#166
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#338
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#97
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#83	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#146
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#98
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#165
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#265	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#212
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#252
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#107
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#91
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#139
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#308	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#218	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#107
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#420	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#118
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#113	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#389	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#53	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#241	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#230	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#128
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#169	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#82	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#187
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#113	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#74
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#57	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#187
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ MIL
Thu, Mar 26th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47
Thu, May 14th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#177
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44
Mon, Jun 15th				vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 21st				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Thu, Jul 9th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#42
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219
Mon, Aug 17th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Thomas Saggese (2026)

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