Esmerlyn Valdez or Rhys Hoskins
Baseball Stats Comparison
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| Rhys Hoskins 1B,DH - CLE  | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT  | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 126 | 16 |
| Runs | 21 | 2 |
| Hits | 25 | 2 |
| Singles | 11 | 0 |
| Doubles | 9 | 0 |
| Triples | 0 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 5 | 2 |
| RBI | 21 | 5 |
| Stolen Bases | 0 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 0 | 0 |
| Walks | 29 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 45 | 9 |
| Batting Average | .198 | .125 |
| On Base Pct | .344 | .222 |
| Slugging Pct | .389 | .500 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .733 | .722 |
| Rhys Hoskins 1B,DH - CLE | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 333 | 28 |
| Runs | 41 | 3 |
| Hits | 74 | 6 |
| Singles | 43 | 4 |
| Doubles | 14 | 1 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 15 | 1 |
| RBI | 48 | 4 |
| Stolen Bases | 2 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 1 | 0 |
| Walks | 42 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 103 | 9 |
| Batting Average | .222 | .228 |
| On Base Pct | .309 | .287 |
| Slugging Pct | .410 | .377 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .719 | .663 |
| Rhys Hoskins 1B,DH - CLE | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT | |
| News | ||
| Rhys Hoskins went 1-for-4 in a 10-2 loss to the Nationals on Monday with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, and three strikeouts. Matthew Adam Tue, May 26th | The Pirates optioned Esmerlyn Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th | |
| Rhys Hoskins went 1-for-3 in a 7-6 loss to the Reds with a home run, two walks, two runs scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, May 16th | Esmerlyn Valdez belted a two-run, first-inning home run on Tuesday to help the Pirates to a 12-1 victory over the Cubs. David Leisering Wed, May 27th | |
| Rhys Hoskins went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's 5-3 loss to the Royals with a home run, a walk, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, May 6th | Esmerlyn Valdez hit his first career major league home run on Sunday, helping the Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays in Toronto. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | |
| Rhys Hoskins went 2-for-4 in Friday's 8-5 win over the Athletics with a home run, a double, one run scored, three RBI, a walk, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sat, May 2nd | The Pirates officially called up Esmerlyn Valdez from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | |
| Rhys Hoskins went 1-for-4 in a 13-1 loss to the Braves with a home run, a run scored, one RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Mon, Apr 13th | Esmerlyn Valdez was called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, May 21st | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Rhys Hoskins 1B,DH - CLE | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ SEA | Logan Gilbert (3-4) | #11 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ SEA | Bryan Woo (5-3) | #6 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ SEA | Emerson Hancock (4-2) | #91 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ LAD | Roki Sasaki (3-3) | #131 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ LAD | Shohei Ohtani (5-2) | #1 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ LAD | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (4-4) | #13 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | vs CHC | Cade Horton (1-0) | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | |
| Sat, Apr 4th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | |||
| Sun, Apr 5th | vs CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs KC | Noah Cameron (2-4) | #92 | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #138 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | @ ATL | Chris Sale (8-3) | #5 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Mon, Apr 13th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 |
| Fri, Apr 17th | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | vs BAL | Dean Kremer (0-1) | #110 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs HOU | Ryan Weiss (0-3) | #293 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs HOU | Peter Lambert (4-4) | #190 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Fri, Apr 24th | @ TOR | Max Scherzer (1-3) | #149 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | vs TB | Steven Matz (4-2) | #98 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (0-0) | #198 | |||
| Fri, May 1st | @ ATH | J.T. Ginn (3-3) | #127 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sat, May 2nd | @ ATH | Jacob Lopez (4-2) | #202 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Sun, May 3rd | @ ATH | Aaron Civale (5-2) | #219 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, May 5th | @ KC | Stephen Kolek (3-1) | #166 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Wed, May 6th | @ KC | Cole Ragans (1-4) | #49 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ KC | Seth Lugo (2-4) | #104 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Fri, May 8th | vs MIN | Connor Prielipp (1-3) | #124 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sat, May 9th | vs MIN | Joe Ryan (3-3) | #15 | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 |
| Sun, May 10th | vs MIN | Andrew Morris (1-2) | #173 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Tue, May 12th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Wed, May 13th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 | |||
| Fri, May 15th | vs CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs CIN | Chris Paddack (0-7) | #324 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Tue, May 19th | @ DET | Keider Montero (2-3) | #201 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Wed, May 20th | @ DET | Drew Anderson | #101 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Thu, May 21st | @ DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sat, May 23rd | @ PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ PHI | Andrew Painter (1-5) | #170 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Mon, May 25th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 |
| Tue, May 26th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #234 |
| Wed, May 27th | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | |||
| Fri, May 29th | vs BOS | Tyler Samaniego | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | |
| Sat, May 30th | vs BOS | Sonny Gray (6-1) | #30 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs BOS | Ranger Suarez (2-3) | #32 | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 |
| Tue, Jun 2nd | @ NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs NYY | Carlos Rodon (1-2) | #34 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs NYY | vs LAD | ||||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | vs DET | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | vs DET | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | vs DET | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ MIL | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ MIL | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | @ HOU | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | @ HOU | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | @ HOU | @ COL | ||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | @ CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | @ CWS | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs SEA | |||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs SEA | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs SEA | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs SEA | vs CIN | ||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | vs TEX | @ PHI | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | vs TEX | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | vs TEX | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | vs CWS | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | vs CWS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | vs CWS | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | vs CWS | @ WSH | ||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | @ MIN | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | @ MIN | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | @ MIN | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | @ MIA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | @ MIA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | @ MIA | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | vs PIT | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | vs PIT | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | vs PIT | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | vs MIN | @ NYY | ||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | @ TB | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | @ TB | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | @ TB | vs CHC | ||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | @ CIN | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | @ CIN | |||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs ARI | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs ARI | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs ARI | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ MIL | |||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | vs NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | vs NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | vs NYM | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ CWS | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ CWS | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ CWS | vs NYM | ||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ DET | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs SD | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs SD | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs SD | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs DET | |||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs SF | vs DET | ||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ COL | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ LAA | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs KC | @ STL | ||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | vs TOR | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | vs DET | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | vs DET | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | vs DET | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ BAL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ BAL | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ CWS | |||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | @ MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | @ MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | @ MIN | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs CWS | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs MIL | |||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs ATH | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs ATH | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs ATH | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ BOS | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ KC | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ KC | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ KC | @ DET | ||||
| Fri, Mar 27th | @ SEA | George Kirby (5-4) | #14 | |||
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 | |||
| Mon, May 4th | @ KC | Michael Wacha (4-2) | #78 | |||
| Mon, May 11th | vs LAA | Brent Suter (1-2) | #241 | |||
| Mon, May 18th | @ DET | Framber Valdez (2-4) | #26 | |||
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | |||
| Thu, Jun 18th | @ MIL | |||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | @ CWS | |||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | vs MIN | |||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs SF | |||||
| Mon, Sep 7th | @ BAL | |||||
| Mon, Sep 14th | vs CWS | |||||
