Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Brandon Valenzuela (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Austin Barnes C - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1085	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	6	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.207	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	209	‐

Runs	25	‐

Hits	48	‐

Singles	31	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	23	‐

Strikeouts	63	‐

Batting Average	.230	‐

On Base Pct	.308	‐

Slugging Pct	.388	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Austin Barnes C - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	51	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	10	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	15	‐

Batting Average	.207	‐

On Base Pct	.278	‐

Slugging Pct	.345	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.623	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Austin Barnes C - FA
News
	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Mets released C Austin Barnes. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 8th	The New York Mets have signed catcher Austin Barnes to a minor-league deal. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jan 29th
	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 3-for-3 with two doubles, a run, and an RBI in a 6-4 win over the Orioles on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 7th
	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-3 with a home run in a 13-3 loss to the Orioles on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th
	Blue Jays catcher Brandon Valenzuela stole his first base of the season in a 6-2 win over the Pirates on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, May 23rd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR			Austin Barnes C - FA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Barnes for Brandon Valenzuela (2026)

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