Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jonah Heim (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 238	‐
VBR	# 497	# 780

Projections

Runs	8	6
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	9	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.222	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 203	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 254	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	282	211

Runs	28	25

Hits	60	48

Singles	34	31

Doubles	15	9

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	8

RBI	40	21

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	23

Strikeouts	58	63

Batting Average	.213	.228

On Base Pct	.274	.305

Slugging Pct	.383	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.657	.689

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	72	48

Runs	8	6

Hits	16	10

Singles	10	7

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	9	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	5

Strikeouts	16	14

Batting Average	.222	.211

On Base Pct	.281	.282

Slugging Pct	.367	.353

On-base Plus Slugging	.648	.635

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Jonah Heim went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Jonah Heim went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and six RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Jonah Heim went 2-for-3 in win over the Dodgers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and a walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 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
	Jonah Heim went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and one walk in Saturday's loss to the Angels. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#235	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#39
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 6th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#95	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#194
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#318	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#63
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#106	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#429	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#437	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#184
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#78	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#212
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#358	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#223	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-1)	#110	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#36	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#71
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#274
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#138	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#222
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#340	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#426
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#187	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#368
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#306
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#104	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#210
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#121
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#50
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#79	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#204	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#70
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#139	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#99	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			vs CIN
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#219
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jonah Heim (2026)

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