Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 123	# 339
VBR	# 146	# 1115

Projections

Runs	15	7
Home Runs	5	1
RBI	18	6
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.254	.235

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 143	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 129	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 113	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 163	# 283

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 77	# 448

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


At Bats	301	161

Runs	34	14

Hits	71	35

Singles	50	28

Doubles	13	3

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	6	3

RBI	35	11

Stolen Bases	4	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	37	18

Strikeouts	60	40

Batting Average	.236	.217

On Base Pct	.320	.298

Slugging Pct	.352	.304

On-base Plus Slugging	.672	.603

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


At Bats	118	55

Runs	15	7

Hits	30	13

Singles	19	9

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	18	6

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	6

Strikeouts	21	13

Batting Average	.254	.235

On Base Pct	.331	.324

Slugging Pct	.434	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.670

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC	Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
News
	The Royals activated 1B Vinnie Pasquantino from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Josh Smith is being traded to the Toronto Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Royals could activate Vinnie Pasquantino from the injured list on Monday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Rangers have optioned utility man Josh Smith to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	Vinnie Pasquantino went 1-for-5 in his first rehab game on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th	Josh Smith went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th
	Vinnie Pasquantino will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Josh Smith was recalled from Triple-A to the big-league squad by the Texas Rangers on Saturday. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th
	Vinnie Pasquantino is hopeful to begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Vinnie Pasquantino 1B,DH - KC			Josh Smith 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#327
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Fri, Apr 3rd				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#222	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#228
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#371	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-4)	#148	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#85	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Sat, Jun 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#242
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#223
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#358
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#217
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#160
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#279	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#73	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#95	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
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 (9-5)	#55
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#408
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Josh Smith for Vinnie Pasquantino (2026)

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