Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 225	‐
VBR	# 230	# 1100

Projections

Runs	20	10
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	23	11
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.230	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 192	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 195	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 170	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 378	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	308	184

Runs	40	21

Hits	65	44

Singles	41	30

Doubles	10	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	8

RBI	37	21

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	36	21

Strikeouts	112	53

Batting Average	.211	.239

On Base Pct	.304	.316

Slugging Pct	.377	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.681	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	150	88

Runs	20	10

Hits	35	19

Singles	20	12

Doubles	7	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	23	11

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	17	8

Strikeouts	44	26

Batting Average	.230	.213

On Base Pct	.314	.282

Slugging Pct	.431	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Wednesday's 6-1 win over the Reds with a two-run home run, a run scored, two RBI, two walks, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam 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
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 with a grand slam in a 6-5 win over the Reds in Game 1 of a Tuesday doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 in the nightcap. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Kyle Manzardo went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Twins with a home run, one double, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Kyle Manzardo went 1-for-3 in Tuesday's loss to the Rangers with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Wed, Jul 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
	Kyle Manzardo went 2-for-4 in an 8-1 win over the Astros on Saturday with a home run, one run scored, three RBI, and two strikeouts. Matthew Adam Sun, Jun 21st	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
	Kyle Manzardo 1B,DH - CLE			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th				@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th				@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Kyle Manzardo (2026)

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