Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Pavin Smith (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 2 of 3 experts	33% Recommended by 1 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 268	# 341
VBR	# 1211	‐

Projections

Runs	1	‐
Home Runs	0	‐
RBI	1	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.219	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 232	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 242	# 412

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 290	# 280

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	263	78

Runs	34	5

Hits	72	11

Singles	50	9

Doubles	16	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	1

RBI	28	6

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	28	10

Strikeouts	33	18

Batting Average	.274	.141

On Base Pct	.347	.236

Slugging Pct	.399	.192

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.428

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	8	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	2	‐

Singles	1	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	1	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	1	‐

Batting Average	.219	‐

On Base Pct	.268	‐

Slugging Pct	.306	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.574	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
News
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said the MRI showed “a significant hamstring strain” for Masataka Yoshida. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 18th	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Red Sox interim manager Chad Tracy said Masataka Yoshida underwent an MRI on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 17th	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	The Red Sox placed Masataka Yoshida on the 10-day injured list with a hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	The Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Masataka Yoshida left Saturday’s game in the third inning with an apparent hamstring injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 16th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Masataka Yoshida is back in the Red Sox lineup on Monday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 10th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Pavin Smith could be activated from the injured list next week. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS			Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#16
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#259
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#5	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#103
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#284	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#386	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#113
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#388	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-10)	#68	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#275	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#274
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#169
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#256	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#336
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#99
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#395	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#199	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#393	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#374
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#201
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#115	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#231	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-13)	#266
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#206	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#262
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#426
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#17
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#209
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#105	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#432
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#431
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#127	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#184
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#306	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#22	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#142	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-1)	#174
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#19	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#354
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#65
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#9
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#48	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#429	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#118
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, May 9th				vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#394
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th				vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#139
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Masataka Yoshida for Pavin Smith (2026)

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