Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jared Young (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 396	# 1108

Projections

Runs	17	11
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	17	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.235	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 265	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	157	176

Runs	18	20

Hits	40	40

Singles	25	26

Doubles	8	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	8

RBI	19	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	21

Strikeouts	35	51

Batting Average	.255	.227

On Base Pct	.330	.308

Slugging Pct	.440	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.769	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	128	98

Runs	17	11

Hits	30	21

Singles	18	14

Doubles	6	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	17	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	9

Strikeouts	34	29

Batting Average	.235	.212

On Base Pct	.309	.283

Slugging Pct	.415	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.724	.632

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Jared Young went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 4-0 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 22nd	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Since coming off the injured list on May 26, Young has gone 12-for-46 with a .911 OPS while playing nearly every day at first base. He tied the game 4-4 with an RBI single in the fifth inning Thursday before the Mets held on for the win. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jun 12th	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
	Young is batting .313 with a .945 OPS across 55 plate appearances this season and is expected to continue receiving steady starts against right-handed pitching. All three of his home runs have come over his last six games, a stretch that also includes three multi-hit efforts. Bruno Mulé Sat, Jun 6th	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
	Jorge Polanco (Achilles) could return from the injured list as soon as this week, which would cut into Young's time at first base and DH against right-handed pitching. Since returning from the IL himself on May 26 following left knee surgery, Young has gone 4-for-16 with two home runs, five runs, and three walks across six appearances. Bruno Mulé Tue, Jun 2nd	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
	Young is slashing .345/.412/.517 with three extra-base hits, three RBI, and six runs scored across 34 plate appearances and is expected to see regular time against right-handed pitching. He was activated from the injured list Tuesday and has gone 3-for-9 with four runs scored since returning. Bruno Mulé Sun, May 31st	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
	Jared Young 1B,LF,DH - NYM			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#219	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#332	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th				@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#258	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th				@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#171	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#275	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#147
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ HOU
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jared Young (2026)

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