Who Should I Trade?

Pavin Smith for Yainer Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 177	# 341
VBR	# 253	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.268	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 120	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 134	# 412

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 280

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	275	78

Runs	32	5

Hits	74	11

Singles	51	9

Doubles	12	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	34	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	10	10

Strikeouts	46	18

Batting Average	.269	.141

On Base Pct	.298	.236

Slugging Pct	.433	.192

On-base Plus Slugging	.730	.428

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	47	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	13	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	2	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.268	‐

On Base Pct	.301	‐

Slugging Pct	.448	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.749	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU	Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
News
	Yainer Diaz went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Sep 5th	Pavin Smith cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 15th
	Yainer Diaz went 3-for-4 in a win over the Yankees with two home runs, three runs scored, three RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 26th	The Diamondbacks designated Pavin Smith for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, one RBI, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Diamondbacks activated Pavin Smith from the injured list. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st
	Yainer Diaz went 4-for-5 in Wednesday’s 7-4 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said an illness kept Pavin Smith out of a rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	Yainer Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rangers with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Yainer Diaz C,DH - HOU			Pavin Smith 1B,DH - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#26	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#77	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#225
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#139	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#132	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#94
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#401	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#199
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#56
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#100
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-9)	#17	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#177
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#201	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-15)	#64	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (8-4)	#118
Wed, Apr 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#75	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#159	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#14	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#32	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#193
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#398
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#220	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Thu, May 21st				vs COL	Zach Agnos (0-2)	#410
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#196	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#163
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (9-10)	#36	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#191	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#282	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#47
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#261
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#390	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-4)	#153
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#414
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#297
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#10	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#80
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#78
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#123	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (9-10)	#34	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#89	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-9)	#93	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#58	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#48	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#185	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#235
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#402
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#222
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (7-5)	#165	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#54	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#61
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#124	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#140
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#105	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#337
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#203	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-9)	#103
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#377
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#53
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-8)	#406	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#29	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95	@ PIT	Jared Jones (3-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#62
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#37
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#182	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#207	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#254	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#178
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-8)	#115	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#206
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#57	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#213	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#114
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#373
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#420
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)		vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#5
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#171	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#158
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#173
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS	Alec Gamboa
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#319	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#39
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#190	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#31
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#340	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#116
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#143	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-9)	#250
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#214	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#133
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (9-11)	#22
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#44
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-3)	#258	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#55
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#43	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#24	@ SF	Yunior Marte (0-0)	#371
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#148	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#63
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#68	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (13-5)	#11
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#113	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#167	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (2-5)	#135
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#99	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#151
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-5)	#119	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#145
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#154	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#76
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-5)	#3	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-5)	#186
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#8
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#20	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#42
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-6)	#45	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#86
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-9)	#69
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-9)	#419
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#84
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#7
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#152
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#95
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-5)	#112
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#98
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

Pavin Smith for Yainer Diaz (2026)

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