Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 368	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	5	1
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	5	1
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.221	.125

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 383	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.216	‐

On Base Pct	.237	‐

Slugging Pct	.297	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	4

Runs	5	1

Hits	10	1

Singles	6	1

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	5	1

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	12	1

Batting Average	.221	.125

On Base Pct	.287	.222

Slugging Pct	.372	.125

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.347

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Braiden Ward CF - BOS
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	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
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			Braiden Ward CF - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Apr 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)	#160
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#137
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#377
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#309
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ BAL	Brandon Young (7-2)	#134
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#361
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#328
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#140
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Thu, May 14th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#11
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (5-4)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#205
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 28th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-3)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#434
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-8)	#277
Thu, Jun 25th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#431
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)	#241
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#146
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#75
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22	@ ATH
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#99
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN			@ ATH
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ TOR
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th				@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Braiden Ward for George Valera (2026)

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