Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Pavin Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	# 331
VBR	# 1173	# 1344

Projections

Runs	5	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	6	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.222	.174

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 267	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 152	# 267

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	# 412

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	312	78

Runs	40	5

Hits	66	11

Singles	42	9

Doubles	10	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	38	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	10

Strikeouts	114	18

Batting Average	.212	.141

On Base Pct	.303	.236

Slugging Pct	.375	.192

On-base Plus Slugging	.678	.428

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	39	6

Runs	5	1

Hits	9	1

Singles	5	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	6	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	11	1

Batting Average	.222	.174

On Base Pct	.307	.249

Slugging Pct	.409	.296

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.544

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
News
	The Guardians optioned Kyle Manzardo to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 30th	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	The Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 1st	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE			Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#54
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#244
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#69	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#174
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#152	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#70
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#147	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#204
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#191	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#141	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#202	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#98	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#422
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#121	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#72	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#162	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#188
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#213	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#115
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#325
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#141	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#51
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#168	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#272	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#67	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#366
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#53	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#286	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#111
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#102
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#366	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#105
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#127
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#262
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th				@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#225
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI

Who Should I Trade?

Kyle Manzardo for Pavin Smith (2026)

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