Esmerlyn Valdez or Zach McKinstry

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Esmerlyn Valdez or Zach McKinstry Player Statistics
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	354	241

Runs	41	40

Hits	75	56

Singles	52	24

Doubles	15	14

Triples	4	1

Home Runs	4	17

RBI	26	47

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	5	1

Walks	40	42

Strikeouts	65	108

Batting Average	.212	.232

On Base Pct	.296	.345

Slugging Pct	.311	.510

On-base Plus Slugging	.607	.855

Esmerlyn Valdez or Zach McKinstry Player Projections
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	365	28

Runs	49	3

Hits	87	6

Singles	56	4

Doubles	17	1

Triples	5	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	38	4

Stolen Bases	14	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	34	2

Strikeouts	88	9

Batting Average	.239	.228

On Base Pct	.304	.287

Slugging Pct	.379	.377

On-base Plus Slugging	.683	.663

Esmerlyn Valdez or Zach McKinstry Player Notes
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Zach McKinstry went 3-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Pirates with a double, one run scored, one RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th	Esmerlyn Valdez is not in the Pirates lineup on Saturday against the Cubs. Ari Koslow Sat, Sep 12th
	Zach McKinstry went 1-for-4 in Thursday’s win over the Athletics with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Esmerlyn Valdez (hamstring) left Friday's game against the Cubs early. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Sep 11th
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-5 with a two-run homer in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Tigers utility player Zach McKinstry went 2-for-3 with a homer and a walk in an 11-0 win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th	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
	Zach McKinstry is expected to be activated from the injured list on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 5th	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 Zach McKinstry Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Zach McKinstry 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF,RF - DET			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (4-4)	#399
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#69
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (7-5)	#143
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#369
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#32
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87	vs SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#258
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-8)	#139	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-9)	#149
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (7-4)	#34	vs TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#192	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#310	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)		vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#53	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#230	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#165	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#78
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (6-10)	#58
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#39	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#401
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-9)	#33	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#173	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#110
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (11-5)	#4
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#287
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#87
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#198	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#229
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#90	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#154
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#299	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#16
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#164
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#88
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-9)	#138	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#205
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#219	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#392
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-9)	#402
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-12)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#49	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#28
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#94	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#140	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#309	vs CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#25	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-14)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#74	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#129	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#283
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#156	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#305
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#157
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez		vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#5	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#9	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#95	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#268
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#187
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#174	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#17
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#397	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)	#61	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-13)	#131
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#42	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (15-6)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#227
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#203	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#135	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#128
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)	#102	@ CIN	Chase Burns (15-3)	#31
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#220
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#199	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#62
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#44	@ MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs NYM	Zac Thornton (4-5)	#123
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100	vs NYM	Robert Stock (1-3)	#348
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#67
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#75	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#45
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#159
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#125	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-5)	#111
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-10)	#46
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)		vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#134
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#148
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (13-8)	#8
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#161	@ LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ SD	Robbie Ray (12-8)	#105
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#270	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#52	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#163
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#1	@ STL	Quinn Mathews (1-3)	#136
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#10	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#71
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-1)	#12	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#160	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#20
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#100
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-2)	#170
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#57	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#177
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#35	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (1-5)	#68
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#19	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#150
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#73	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS	Hagen Smith (3-1)	#194
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#393	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (10-10)	#30
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#225	@ CHC	Clay Holmes (6-7)	#63
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#321	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-5)	#59
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#169	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#7
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-8)	#116	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (10-3)	#23
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#97	vs MIL	Dustin May (7-9)	#51
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#82	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#151	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#65
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#36	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#92
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#121	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#83
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (11-9)	#60
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#37
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#206
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#29
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-9)	#24
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#50
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#22
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#391
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#40
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#27
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#41
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH