Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Tyler Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	# 340
VBR	# 468	# 1141

Projections

Runs	15	11
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	12	8
Stolen Bases	4	2
Batting Average	.274	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 226	# 284

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 193	# 448

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	227	122

Runs	27	8

Hits	58	28

Singles	48	23

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	23	8

Stolen Bases	6	2

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	11	14

Strikeouts	33	26

Batting Average	.256	.230

On Base Pct	.332	.312

Slugging Pct	.330	.295

On-base Plus Slugging	.662	.607

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	108	83

Runs	15	11

Hits	29	20

Singles	22	14

Doubles	5	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	12	8

Stolen Bases	4	2

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	9	9

Strikeouts	16	18

Batting Average	.274	.240

On Base Pct	.346	.325

Slugging Pct	.386	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.732	.684

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
News
	Tyler Freeman went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	The Rangers optioned Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman (concussion) has been reinstated from the seven-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Josh Smith went 2-for-2 with a home run and two RBI in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He entered as a pinch hitter for Justin Foscue in the sixth inning and immediately delivered a solo homer to right field before adding an RBI infield single in the seventh. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd
	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A ahead of Wednesday's game against the Guardians. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 1st
	Tyler Freeman exited Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers after being hit on the side of the batting helmet by a 98.2 mph cutter from Jacob Misiorowski. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th	The Rangers optioned INF/OF Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Tyler Freeman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Wednesday as the Rockies suffered a 10-4 loss to the Angels. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th	The Rangers activated Josh Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#329	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#331	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#255	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#342	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#63	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#290	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Sat, Apr 25th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#152	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Mon, Apr 27th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th				@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#276
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (2-1)	#248
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#278
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 28th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#429	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#129	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#214
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Thu, Jun 25th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (1-1)	#74
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#179	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#271	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#89	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#173	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#238
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#206
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th				vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th				@ TB
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB			vs SF
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB			vs SF
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB			vs SF
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ MIN
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#203
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Tyler Freeman (2026)

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