Who Should I Trade?

Alex Call for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Alex Call LF,CF,RF - LAD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	‐
VBR	# 179	# 1228

Projections

Runs	19	4
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	21	4
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.236	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 310

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Alex Call LF,CF,RF - LAD
2026 Stats


At Bats	150	122

Runs	28	19

Hits	38	30

Singles	14	23

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	38	16

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	27	18

Strikeouts	65	24

Batting Average	.253	.246

On Base Pct	.367	.352

Slugging Pct	.607	.320

On-base Plus Slugging	.973	.671

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Alex Call LF,CF,RF - LAD
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	31

Runs	19	4

Hits	33	7

Singles	19	5

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	21	4

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	4

Strikeouts	46	7

Batting Average	.236	.236

On Base Pct	.320	.335

Slugging Pct	.435	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.705

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Alex Call LF,CF,RF - LAD
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Alex Call went 2-for-4 in the 12-3 win over the Twins with a home run, three runs scored, one RBI, two walks and no strikeouts. Chase Davis Wed, Jun 24th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Alex Call went 1-for-3 in win over the Rays with a walk, a run scored, an RBI and a stolen base while striking out once. Chase Davis Thu, Jun 18th
	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	With Teoscar Hernandez expected to be placed on the injured list, Alex Call is expected to see more time in left field. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th
	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	Alex Call and the Los Angeles Dodgers have avoided arbitration and the outfielder is scheduled to make $1.3 million in 2026. David Leisering Fri, Jan 9th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-5 loss against the Yankees on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Alex Call LF,CF,RF - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Mon, Apr 20th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, May 4th				@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, May 18th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#422
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, Jun 1st				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Fri, Jul 17th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SF
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Alex Call for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

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