Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Bell

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Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Bell Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	529	241

Runs	75	40

Hits	135	56

Singles	86	24

Doubles	28	14

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	20	17

RBI	88	47

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	48	42

Strikeouts	118	108

Batting Average	.255	.232

On Base Pct	.319	.345

Slugging Pct	.425	.510

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.855

Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Bell Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	469	28

Runs	59	3

Hits	116	6

Singles	74	4

Doubles	20	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	20	1

RBI	64	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	55	2

Strikeouts	99	9

Batting Average	.247	.228

On Base Pct	.326	.287

Slugging Pct	.421	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.663

Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Bell Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Monday with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Tue, Sep 15th	Esmerlyn Valdez is not in the Pirates lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in Wednesday's 7-2 loss to the Tigers with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Sep 10th	Esmerlyn Valdez (hamstring) left Friday's game against the Cubs early. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Sep 11th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-3 in a 4-1 loss to the White Sox with a home run, one walk, one run scored and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Sep 5th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-2 with a home run in the Pirates 4-2 win over the White Sox on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Sep 10th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 in Sunday's 5-1 win over the White Sox with a stolen base, a run scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 31st	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 5-4 win over the Cardinals on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th
	Josh Bell went 1-for-3 in a 9-6 win over the Athletics on Monday with a double, one run scored, three RBI and one walk. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 3-2 win over the Padres on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 25th
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Esmerlyn Valdez or Josh Bell Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		@ NYM	David Peterson (8-8)	#93
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#162	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#387
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#204	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#126
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#270
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#28
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)		@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#201	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#387	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#80
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#30	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#10
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#172	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#157	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#140	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#395
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#263	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#190	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#361	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#24	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#32
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#180	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#262
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#302	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#42	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#81
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#89
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#366	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#145
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#363
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#97
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#281
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#87	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#48	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#119	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#159
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#58	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#393
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#221	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#182	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#21	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#16
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#394	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)	#194	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#396	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#163
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#181	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#259	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#374
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#19	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#239	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#354
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#130
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#37	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#238
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#144
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#148	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#135	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso (1-2)	#227	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#136
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#118	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#309	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#105
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#46	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#22	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#34
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#170
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#309	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#108
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#82	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#98
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#83	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#235
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#60
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#117	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#49
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#86	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#51	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#335
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#67
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)	#17	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#113	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-6)	#104
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#137	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#63	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-2)	#94	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#45	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#153	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#9
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#164	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#106
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#96	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#55
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#327
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#114	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#202
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#366	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (3-2)	#143	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#26
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#77	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#99
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#303
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#366	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#129	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#125	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#77	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#74
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#91
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#184
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#29
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE	Daniel Espino (0-0)	#156	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#64
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#62
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY	Max Fried (5-4)	#15	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#8
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#50	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#27
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#147	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#53
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#309
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#20	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#150	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#71
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF	Anthony Molina (3-1)	#134	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-7)	#100
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF	Cesar Perdomo (0-1)	#247	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#85
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#73
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#142	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#66
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#186
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#302
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#212
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#224
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#31
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#18
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#56
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#228
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET	Troy Melton (8-4)	#57
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#61
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#303