Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Drake Baldwin (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 40	‐
VBR	# 62	# 780

Projections

Runs	15	6
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	15	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.265	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 48	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 55	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 61	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 37	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	434	211

Runs	72	25

Hits	119	48

Singles	84	31

Doubles	13	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	22	8

RBI	66	21

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	49	23

Strikeouts	103	63

Batting Average	.274	.228

On Base Pct	.356	.305

Slugging Pct	.456	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	101	48

Runs	15	6

Hits	27	10

Singles	17	7

Doubles	4	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	15	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	11	5

Strikeouts	22	14

Batting Average	.265	.211

On Base Pct	.340	.282

Slugging Pct	.455	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.795	.635

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Drake Baldwin went 3-for-4 with two doubles and two RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 win over the Dodgers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 27th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with a solo homer in Tuesday's 4-1 loss to the Twins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Drake Baldwin went 1-for-3 with a walk, one RBI, one run scored, and a steal in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Aug 17th	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
	Drake Baldwin went 2-for-4 with two singles and two RBI in Wednesday's 4-1 win over the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th	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
	Drake Baldwin went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in Friday's 7-6 win over the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Drake Baldwin C,DH - ATL			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#216	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#252	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#170	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#240	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#84	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#163	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#64	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#181	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Tue, Jul 28th				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (1-3)	#156	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#22	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#100	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#31	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#133	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#190	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#211
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Drake Baldwin (2026)

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