Who Should I Trade?

Ben Rortvedt for Eduardo Valencia (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 0 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1208	# 617

Projections

Runs	3	5
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	3	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.209	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	20	66

Runs	0	12

Hits	3	22

Singles	3	10

Doubles	0	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	6

RBI	1	17

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	0	1

Strikeouts	5	19

Batting Average	.150	.333

On Base Pct	.150	.353

Slugging Pct	.150	.697

On-base Plus Slugging	.300	1.050

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	30	46

Runs	3	5

Hits	6	11

Singles	4	7

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	3	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	3

Strikeouts	8	12

Batting Average	.209	.246

On Base Pct	.291	.307

Slugging Pct	.334	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.625	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	The Dodgers selected the contract of Ben Rortvedt. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Ben Rortvedt will be activated by the Dodgers on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	The Mets are trading catcher Ben Rortvedt to the Dodgers for RHP Chayce McDermott. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Athletics with two doubles, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Mets outrighted C Ben Rortvedt to Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Fri, Mar 27th	Eduardo Valencia went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's 14-0 win over the Orioles with two home runs, three runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	The Mets designated C Ben Rortvedt for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ben Rortvedt C - LAD			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#204	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#239	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#166	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#183	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

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Ben Rortvedt for Eduardo Valencia (2026)

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