Esmerlyn Valdez or Luken Baker

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Esmerlyn Valdez or Luken Baker Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	241	5

Runs	40	0

Hits	56	1

Singles	24	1

Doubles	14	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	17	0

RBI	47	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	42	0

Strikeouts	108	3

Batting Average	.232	.200

On Base Pct	.345	.200

Slugging Pct	.510	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.855	.400

Esmerlyn Valdez or Luken Baker Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	28	30

Runs	3	3

Hits	6	6

Singles	4	4

Doubles	1	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	1

RBI	4	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	4

Strikeouts	9	9

Batting Average	.228	.206

On Base Pct	.287	.292

Slugging Pct	.377	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.663	.644

Esmerlyn Valdez or Luken Baker Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is not in the Pirates lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th	The Diamondbacks re-signed 1B Luken Baker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	Esmerlyn Valdez (hamstring) left Friday's game against the Cubs early. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Sep 11th	The Diamondbacks sent 1B Luken Baker outright to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	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	The Diamondbacks designated 1B Luken Baker for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	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	Baker is a career .206/.317/.338 hitter with four home runs over parts of three major-league seasons. Arizona selected his contract from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday to fill the roster spot left by Carlos Santana (groin), with Pavin Smith (elbow) also currently sidelined. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	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	The D-backs have reassigned first baseman Luken Baker to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
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Esmerlyn Valdez or Luken Baker Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (3-4)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#110
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#4
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#148
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#194
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-4)	#59
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET