Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Luis Arraez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 151	‐
VBR	# 70	# 1110

Projections

Runs	27	11
Home Runs	2	3
RBI	21	11
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.305	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 206	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 112	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 212	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 53	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 32	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	403	180

Runs	51	21

Hits	131	41

Singles	97	27

Doubles	23	6

Triples	7	0

Home Runs	4	8

RBI	41	21

Stolen Bases	9	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	25	21

Strikeouts	20	53

Batting Average	.325	.228

On Base Pct	.361	.307

Slugging Pct	.447	.394

On-base Plus Slugging	.808	.701

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	212	93

Runs	27	11

Hits	65	20

Singles	51	13

Doubles	11	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	3

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	9

Strikeouts	11	27

Batting Average	.305	.212

On Base Pct	.347	.282

Slugging Pct	.396	.351

On-base Plus Slugging	.743	.633

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Luis Arraez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Brewers with one RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Luis Arraez went 3-for-5 in a win over the Angels with three singles. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Luis Arraez told reporters he wants to remain at second base if he is traded. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	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
	Luis Arraez went 3-for-4 in a 4-3 loss to the Rockies with a walk, one run scored, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Luis Arraez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Blue Jays with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - SF			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#385
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#115	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#192	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#233	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#217	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#114
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#286	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#112
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Apr 29th				vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#176	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#190	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#232	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#78
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#116
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#163	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#221	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#134	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#56
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Thu, May 28th				@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#284
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#77
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#214	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#86	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#133
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#341	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#226	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th				@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#281	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#92
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#198	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#184
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#98	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#256	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#135	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#91
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#113	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#85
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#72	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#89	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#247
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#348	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#367
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#213
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#64
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#272
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#132	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#139
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#146	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#255
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#48	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone		@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#165
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD			vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#111
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#105
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#49	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#127
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#147
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#155	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th				vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th				vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			@ CLE
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 (4-3)	#13
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#66
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#79
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#203
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#156
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#294

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Luis Arraez (2026)

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