Esmerlyn Valdez or Paul Goldschmidt

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Esmerlyn Valdez or Paul Goldschmidt Player Statistics
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	241

Runs	44	40

Hits	85	56

Singles	54	24

Doubles	12	14

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	18	17

RBI	50	47

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	29	42

Strikeouts	85	108

Batting Average	.252	.232

On Base Pct	.315	.345

Slugging Pct	.454	.510

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.855

Esmerlyn Valdez or Paul Goldschmidt Player Projections
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	321	28

Runs	43	3

Hits	80	6

Singles	53	4

Doubles	17	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	1

RBI	40	4

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	2

Strikeouts	81	9

Batting Average	.250	.228

On Base Pct	.315	.287

Slugging Pct	.404	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.719	.663

Esmerlyn Valdez or Paul Goldschmidt Player Notes
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Paul Goldschmidt went 3-for-6 in win over the Red Sox with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 30th	The Pirates placed Esmerlyn Valdez on the injured list with a left hamstring strain. Ari Koslow Tue, Sep 22nd
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	Esmerlyn Valdez is not in the Pirates lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Esmerlyn Valdez (hamstring) left Friday's game against the Cubs early. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Sep 11th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	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
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Esmerlyn Valdez or Paul Goldschmidt Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	@ NYM	David Peterson (9-8)	#160
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (5-4)	#292
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#207	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#197
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#142
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#78
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#225	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#185	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (2-3)	#250	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-10)	#65	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (9-5)	#49
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#340
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (6-2)	#235	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#56	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#225
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (5-7)	#230	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#35	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (12-5)	#51
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#76	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-4)	#146
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-11)	#248
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)		@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-13)
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#72	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (7-11)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (8-5)		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#307
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)		@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-6)	#37
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#57	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#261
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#171
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#75	@ NYY	Max Fried (5-5)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (14-5)		vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#50
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-4)	#229	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-12)	#293
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (9-8)	#160	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#278	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (7-10)	#53	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#144
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (10-5)	#148	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#3	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#22	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#77
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)		vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#103
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#195	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	vs DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#253	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (1-0)	#165	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#280
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-7)	#80	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (2-3)	#120
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS	Alec Gamboa		@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#44	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#123	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (1-2)	#297
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (9-6)	#139	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-9)	#158
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-6)	#79
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (6-10)	#342	@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-3)	#150
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (5-5)	#144	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-8)	#82
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (9-5)	#50
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (15-5)	#12
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-11)	#140	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (11-3)	#28
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#66
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-7)	#86	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#334
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#112	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI	Corbin Burnes (0-0)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-8)	#94
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-4)	#143	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-7)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#64
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92	@ DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Sat, Sep 26th				@ DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#216
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63	@ DET	River Ryan (0-0)	#100
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (13-8)	#127
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#324
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (14-8)	#17
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (8-10)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (5-2)	#68
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87