Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jesus Rodriguez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jesus Rodriguez C,OF - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 297	‐
VBR	# 1215	# 1085

Projections

Runs	2	6
Home Runs	0	2
RBI	2	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.267	.207

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 314	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 224	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jesus Rodriguez C,OF - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	51	209

Runs	7	25

Hits	12	48

Singles	7	31

Doubles	3	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	8

RBI	8	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	5	23

Strikeouts	8	63

Batting Average	.235	.230

On Base Pct	.316	.308

Slugging Pct	.412	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.728	.695

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jesus Rodriguez C,OF - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	19	51

Runs	2	6

Hits	5	10

Singles	4	7

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	2

RBI	2	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	5

Strikeouts	3	15

Batting Average	.267	.207

On Base Pct	.327	.278

Slugging Pct	.352	.345

On-base Plus Slugging	.679	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jesus Rodriguez C,OF - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Jesus Rodriguez will be re-evaluated at the end of the week. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 11th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Jesus Rodriguez is scheduled to be re-evaluated later this week. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th	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
	The Giants have placed catcher/outfielder Jesus Rodriguez on the injured list due to right arm soreness. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	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
	The Giants optioned Jesus Rodriguez to Triple-A Sacramento. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 1st	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
	Jesus Rodriguez went 1-for-1 in a win over the Rockies with a two-run home run Chris Schommer Mon, Jun 1st	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
	Jesus Rodriguez C,OF - SF			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#82	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#132	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#127	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#235	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-5)	#156	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#207	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#191	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#142	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#284	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (3-2)	#117	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#162	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#218	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Bryan King		vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#43	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jesus Rodriguez (2026)

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