Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Nolan Schanuel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA	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	# 252	# 1097

Projections

Runs	20	10
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	18	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.266	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 176	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 191	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 158	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 139	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	333	184

Runs	34	21

Hits	91	44

Singles	66	30

Doubles	19	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	8

RBI	36	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	33	21

Strikeouts	52	53

Batting Average	.273	.239

On Base Pct	.347	.316

Slugging Pct	.384	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	.718

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	154	89

Runs	20	10

Hits	41	19

Singles	30	12

Doubles	8	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	18	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	8

Strikeouts	25	26

Batting Average	.266	.214

On Base Pct	.353	.282

Slugging Pct	.383	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.736	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Giants with one RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Nolan Schanuel went 4-for-4 in Thursday’s loss to the Rangers with two doubles, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Tuesday night, helping the Angels to a 5-1 victory over the Orioles. David Leisering Wed, Jun 24th	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
	Nolan Schanuel went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with a solo home run, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	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
	Nolan Schanuel is in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Astros. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th	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
	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#333
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117
Thu, Apr 30th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#181
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Thu, Jun 25th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#257
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs STL	Quinn Mathews	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Nolan Schanuel (2026)

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