Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	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	# 96	‐
VBR	# 129	# 1108

Projections

Runs	25	11
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	26	12
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.265	.212

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 57	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 146	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 120	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 201	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 61	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	337	176

Runs	53	20

Hits	94	40

Singles	64	26

Doubles	13	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	17	8

RBI	68	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	30	21

Strikeouts	85	51

Batting Average	.279	.227

On Base Pct	.344	.308

Slugging Pct	.469	.398

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	183	98

Runs	25	11

Hits	48	21

Singles	33	14

Doubles	9	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	26	12

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	9

Strikeouts	42	29

Batting Average	.265	.212

On Base Pct	.337	.283

Slugging Pct	.428	.349

On-base Plus Slugging	.765	.632

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Ryan O'Hearn went 1-for-2 with a home run and four RBI in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three home runs and 10 RBI in the Pirates 12-4 win over the Braves on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBI in the Pirates 9-4 win over the Reds on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn went 4-for-5 with three RBI in the Pirates 11-1 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 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
	Ryan O'Hearn finished a triple shy of the cycle by going 3-for-5 with a career-high six runs batted in on Wednesday to lift Pittsburgh to a 12-4 win over the Athletics. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Ryan O'Hearn 1B,LF,RF,DH - PIT			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#391
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#131
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#347
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#197	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#150
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#242
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#286
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-0)	#251
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ HOU
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ PHI
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs NYY
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th				@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Ryan O'Hearn (2026)

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