Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	# 369
VBR	# 277	‐

Projections

Runs	19	‐
Home Runs	4	‐
RBI	17	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.242	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 131	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 167	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 149	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 218	# 329

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	159	37

Runs	22	1

Hits	38	8

Singles	23	5

Doubles	10	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	20	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	16	1

Strikeouts	37	8

Batting Average	.239	.216

On Base Pct	.315	.237

Slugging Pct	.384	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.698	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	‐

Runs	19	‐

Hits	37	‐

Singles	24	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	17	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	46	‐

Batting Average	.242	‐

On Base Pct	.312	‐

Slugging Pct	.389	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Braden Montgomery was scratched from the White Sox’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a superficial skin infection on his right ankle. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Braden Montgomery went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Astros with one run scored and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-5 in a win over the Blue Jays with a triple, two runs scored, four RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 in a win over the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Braden Montgomery went 1-for-4 in loss to the Guardians with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Braden Montgomery CF,RF - CWS			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#120	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 10th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TB	Cole Sulser		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 21st	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 24th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Tue, May 12th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, May 13th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, May 15th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, May 16th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Fri, May 22nd	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 25th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, May 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Thu, May 28th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 29th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, Jun 5th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Jun 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jun 16th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Jul 17th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 26th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Jul 28th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jul 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Fri, Jul 31st	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#121	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CIN			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ DET			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ DET			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ DET			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs NYM			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs NYM			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs NYM			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TEX			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIN			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ HOU			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ HOU			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ STL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ STL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CLE			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs DET			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs DET			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ KC			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ KC			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs COL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs COL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs COL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Braden Montgomery for George Valera (2026)

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