Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Vukovich for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 369	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	5	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	5	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.192	.143

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 384	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.216	‐

On Base Pct	.237	‐

Slugging Pct	.297	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	39	4

Runs	5	1

Hits	8	1

Singles	5	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	5	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	0

Strikeouts	11	1

Batting Average	.192	.143

On Base Pct	.267	.143

Slugging Pct	.308	.143

On-base Plus Slugging	.575	.286

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			A.J. Vukovich 3B,LF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#180
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 4th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#159
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#395	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#145	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#187
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#205	@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#425
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#283	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#287
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Thu, Jun 11th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#184	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#280	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#221	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#92
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#296
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs SD
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs SD
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs SD
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs COL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th				@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ SD
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

A.J. Vukovich for George Valera (2026)

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