Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Josh Bell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 187	‐
VBR	# 228	# 1119

Projections

Runs	17	8
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	19	9
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.248	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	424	194

Runs	59	22

Hits	108	45

Singles	67	30

Doubles	24	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	8

RBI	72	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	37	22

Strikeouts	98	59

Batting Average	.255	.232

On Base Pct	.316	.309

Slugging Pct	.429	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	132	73

Runs	17	8

Hits	33	16

Singles	21	10

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	19	9

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	7

Strikeouts	29	22

Batting Average	.248	.213

On Base Pct	.326	.282

Slugging Pct	.420	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.636

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam 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
	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	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
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 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
	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam 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
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam 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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st				vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#334	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#127	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)	#301	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#303	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-4)	#55	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#307	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#298	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#181	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#183	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#396
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#240
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#199	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Josh Bell (2026)

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