Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Freddie Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	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	# 26	‐
VBR	# 21	# 1108

Projections

Runs	32	11
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	32	12
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.287	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 19	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 31	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 51	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 20	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 24	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	385	176

Runs	56	20

Hits	115	40

Singles	73	26

Doubles	26	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	15	8

RBI	51	21

Stolen Bases	5	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	50	21

Strikeouts	73	51

Batting Average	.299	.227

On Base Pct	.380	.308

Slugging Pct	.488	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.868	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	207	98

Runs	32	11

Hits	59	21

Singles	37	14

Doubles	13	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	32	12

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	25	9

Strikeouts	43	29

Batting Average	.287	.212

On Base Pct	.374	.283

Slugging Pct	.484	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.858	.632

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in a win over the Mets with no runs scored and no RBI. Chase Davis 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
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in a win over the Mets with a double, two runs scored, and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in Wednesday's 9-5 win over the Phillies with two doubles, two runs scored, one stolen base and one walk. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Freddie Freeman went 2-for-3 in a 3-0 win over the Padres with a home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Freddie Freeman went 1-for-2 in a loss to the Athletics with a home run, one run scored, one RBI, one stolen base and one walk. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#105	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#179	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#360	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-3)	#164	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#200	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#232	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-0)	#229	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104	vs STL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Freddie Freeman (2026)

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