Esmerlyn Valdez or Willi Castro

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Esmerlyn Valdez or Willi Castro Player Statistics
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	402	205

Runs	62	36

Hits	106	51

Singles	71	22

Doubles	19	13

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	15

RBI	54	42

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	5	1

Walks	37	38

Strikeouts	121	93

Batting Average	.264	.249

On Base Pct	.332	.364

Slugging Pct	.428	.542

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	.906

Esmerlyn Valdez or Willi Castro Player Projections
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	447	28

Runs	64	3

Hits	113	6

Singles	75	4

Doubles	22	1

Triples	4	0

Home Runs	12	1

RBI	48	4

Stolen Bases	14	0

Caught Stealing	5	0

Walks	40	2

Strikeouts	115	9

Batting Average	.252	.228

On Base Pct	.314	.287

Slugging Pct	.402	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.663

Esmerlyn Valdez or Willi Castro Player Notes
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Willi Castro went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer 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
	Willi Castro went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Dodgers with a home run, three runs scored, two RBI, two walks, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 19th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Willi Castro went 2-for-3 in a win over the Diamondbacks with a double, two runs scored, one RBI, one walk, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Willi Castro went 1-for-5 in Tuesday’s loss to the Rays with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Esmerlyn Valdez was removed from Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks after being hit by a pitch on the left hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Willi Castro went 2-for-4 in a win over the Royals with a home run, one RBI, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
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Esmerlyn Valdez or Willi Castro Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Willi Castro 1B,2B,3B,SS,LF,RF - COL			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#414	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#299	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#344
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#433	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#367
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#181
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#180
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#412
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD