Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Brandon Valenzuela (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1176	# 1085

Projections

Runs	4	6
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	4	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.212	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 258	# 266

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


At Bats	174	209

Runs	20	25

Hits	46	48

Singles	34	31

Doubles	7	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	8

RBI	21	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	18	23

Strikeouts	33	63

Batting Average	.264	.230

On Base Pct	.333	.308

Slugging Pct	.391	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.695

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


At Bats	37	51

Runs	4	6

Hits	8	10

Singles	6	7

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	4	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	5

Strikeouts	9	15

Batting Average	.212	.207

On Base Pct	.279	.278

Slugging Pct	.323	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.602	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Austin Hedges C - CLE	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-4 in a 4-2 win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 25th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in an 11-3 loss to the Rays on Friday with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Austin Hedges went 2-for-3 in a 3-1 loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 9-4 win over the Rangers on Wednesday with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Austin Hedges went 1-for-3 in a 3-1 win over the Royals on Wednesday with a walk, a run scored, and one stolen base. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Austin Hedges C - CLE			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Austin Hedges for Brandon Valenzuela (2026)

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