Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Ernie Clement (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 135	‐
VBR	# 168	# 1135

Projections

Runs	17	8
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	15	9
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.272	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 107	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 144	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	461	197

Runs	50	23

Hits	129	45

Singles	91	30

Doubles	28	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	8

RBI	42	21

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	22

Strikeouts	47	59

Batting Average	.280	.228

On Base Pct	.306	.305

Slugging Pct	.404	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	.709	.690

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	141	72

Runs	17	8

Hits	38	15

Singles	27	10

Doubles	8	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	15	9

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	6	7

Strikeouts	16	21

Batting Average	.272	.213

On Base Pct	.304	.279

Slugging Pct	.398	.352

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.631

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox with one double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Ernie Clement is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#303	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#303
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#33
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#236	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#236
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#292	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#292
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#127	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#127
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#236	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#236
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#78
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#71	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#71
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#165	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#165
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#276	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#276
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#89	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#338	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#338
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#234
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#391	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#391
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#238
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#229	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#229
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#183	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#183
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#88	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#88
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#121	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#121
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#36
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#21
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#62	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#62
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Ernie Clement (2026)

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