Who Should I Trade?

Keibert Ruiz for Will Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Will Smith C - LAD	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	# 255
VBR	# 498	# 432

Projections

Runs	7	7
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	7	8
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.251	.256

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 194	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 151	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 106	# 273

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 236	# 313

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 82	# 124

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Will Smith C - LAD	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
2026 Stats


At Bats	173	279

Runs	23	40

Hits	43	79

Singles	32	50

Doubles	5	21

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	8

RBI	23	43

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	23	16

Strikeouts	34	33

Batting Average	.249	.283

On Base Pct	.338	.323

Slugging Pct	.382	.444

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.768

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Will Smith C - LAD	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	64

Runs	7	7

Hits	12	16

Singles	7	11

Doubles	2	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	7	8

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	4

Strikeouts	10	8

Batting Average	.251	.256

On Base Pct	.353	.301

Slugging Pct	.424	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Will Smith C - LAD	Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
News
	Will Smith will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 23rd	Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-4 in loss to the Marlins with a home run, two hits, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Sat, Aug 22nd
	Will Smith took live batting practice on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 22nd	Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-3 in a win over the Reds with three singles, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Aug 10th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Will Smith could be sent on a rehab assignment next week. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	Keibert Ruiz supplied some rare thump in a lineup that didn’t have enough of it to keep pace. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 11th
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said that Will Smith could progress to on-field batting practice this week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Keibert Ruiz went 3-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Mariners with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 15th
	Will Smith continues to work through a hitting progression. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	Keibert Ruiz went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, May 30th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Will Smith C - LAD			Keibert Ruiz C - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83
Thu, Apr 16th				@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (5-1)	#112
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 7th				vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#389
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#364
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Thu, Jun 25th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Sat, Jul 18th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#341
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Aug 24th				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs COL	Mason Adams	#426
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ LAD
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ DET
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs NYM
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Keibert Ruiz for Will Smith (2026)

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