Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Jonathon Long (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1110	# 1199

Projections

Runs	9	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	10	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.218	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	187	‐

Runs	21	‐

Hits	44	‐

Singles	30	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	21	‐

Strikeouts	56	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.311	‐

Slugging Pct	.396	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	33

Runs	9	4

Hits	18	8

Singles	11	5

Doubles	3	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	10	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	3

Strikeouts	24	9

Batting Average	.218	.240

On Base Pct	.286	.317

Slugging Pct	.366	.366

On-base Plus Slugging	.652	.683

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
News
	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs reassigned INF Jonathon Long to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 22nd
	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	Cubs infielder Jonathon Long has turned a corner in his recovery from a left elbow sprain, according to manager Craig Counsell. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 8th
	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	Cubs infield prospect Jonathon Long (left elbow sprain) is coming along slower than hoped in his recovery from a Cactus League game injury on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Feb 25th
	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	Jonathon Long left Saturday’s Cactus League game against the Rangers with a left elbow sprain. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 22nd
	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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR			Jonathon Long 1B - MIA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#345	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#418
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#388
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#219
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#352
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#100
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#317
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#61
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#77
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#189
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#156
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#343
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#132
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#192
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (3-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#419
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#409
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#176
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#38
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#97
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#319
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#283	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#146
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#198	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#145
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#187
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#228
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#106
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#29
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-4)	#95
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PHI
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs CHC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs ATL
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#199
Mon, Apr 13th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Thu, May 7th				vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#190
Thu, May 14th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67
Thu, Jun 11th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Mon, Jun 15th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sun, Jun 21st				vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Thu, Jul 9th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Thu, Jul 30th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PHI
Mon, Aug 24th				vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Thu, Sep 24th				@ CHC

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