Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Pavin Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 331	‐
VBR	# 1382	# 1173

Projections

Runs	1	8
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	1	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.183	.217

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 267	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 412	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Stats


At Bats	78	70

Runs	5	10

Hits	11	16

Singles	9	10

Doubles	1	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	6	15

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	10	14

Strikeouts	18	18

Batting Average	.141	.229

On Base Pct	.236	.357

Slugging Pct	.192	.371

On-base Plus Slugging	.428	.729

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	6	57

Runs	1	8

Hits	1	12

Singles	1	8

Doubles	0	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	1	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	9

Strikeouts	2	16

Batting Average	.183	.217

On Base Pct	.254	.335

Slugging Pct	.298	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.552	.686

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI	LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
News
	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th	LaMonte Wade Jr. went 1-for-4 in a 9-3 win over the Rangers with a grand slam. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	The Astros are activating LaMonte Wade Jr. from the injured list on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 4th
	The Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	Astros outfielder LaMonte Wade Jr. (hamstring) will begin a rehab assignment for Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th	The Astros say LaMonte Wade Jr. is "really, really close to being activated." Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	Astros manager Joe Espada said LaMonte Wade Jr. is recovering faster than expected. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI			LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B,LF,RF - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Mar 27th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#103
Sat, Mar 28th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Mar 30th	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#236	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Tue, Mar 31st	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#140
Wed, Apr 1st	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Apr 4th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#311
Sun, Apr 5th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173
Mon, Apr 6th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Fri, Apr 10th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	@ PHI	Zach Pop		@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12
Mon, Apr 13th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, Apr 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, Apr 15th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, Apr 16th				vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#179	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Fri, Apr 24th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sun, Apr 26th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#281
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#155	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Fri, May 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73
Sat, May 2nd	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#152
Sun, May 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 4th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Tue, May 5th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Fri, May 8th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, May 10th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Mon, May 11th	@ TEX	Jakob Junis		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Tue, May 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Wed, May 13th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Thu, May 14th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Fri, May 15th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, May 18th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218
Tue, May 19th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Wed, May 20th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Fri, May 22nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Sat, May 23rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Sun, May 24th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Mon, May 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, May 26th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 28th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, May 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#330
Sat, May 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Sun, May 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jun 7th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Tue, Jun 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Wed, Jun 10th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#154	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#110	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#413
Mon, Jun 15th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-4)	#88
Tue, Jun 16th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Wed, Jun 17th	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Wed, Jun 24th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Thu, Jun 25th				@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TB	Cole Sulser		@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#305
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#181
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Jul 10th	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sat, Jul 11th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, Jul 12th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jul 17th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Sat, Jul 18th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Mon, Jul 20th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sat, Jul 25th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sun, Jul 26th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361
Mon, Jul 27th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, Jul 28th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Wed, Jul 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#111
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SD	Casey Mize (4-7)	#38	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, Aug 7th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#83	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, Aug 8th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	vs LAD			@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258
Mon, Aug 10th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#148
Tue, Aug 11th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#165
Wed, Aug 12th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATL			vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATL			vs SEA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BOS			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CIN			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CIN			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CHC			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 27th	@ SF			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 28th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 29th	@ SF			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 30th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	vs PHI			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs PHI			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs PHI			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ HOU			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ KC			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	@ KC			@ PHI
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs TEX			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs TEX			@ TB
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIA			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIA			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th				vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs NYY			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ COL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SD			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SD			@ ATH
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, May 7th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383
Thu, May 21st	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Mon, Jun 1st	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#118
Thu, Jun 11th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, Aug 6th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Aug 17th	@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

LaMonte Wade Jr. for Pavin Smith (2026)

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