Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Sebastian Rivero (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Sebastian Rivero C - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1085	‐

Projections

Runs	6	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	6	3
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.207	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	# 362

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


At Bats	209	53

Runs	25	5

Hits	48	13

Singles	31	11

Doubles	9	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	3

Strikeouts	63	12

Batting Average	.230	.245

On Base Pct	.308	.286

Slugging Pct	.388	.283

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.569

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


At Bats	51	27

Runs	6	3

Hits	10	6

Singles	7	4

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	6	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	15	6

Batting Average	.207	.208

On Base Pct	.278	.236

Slugging Pct	.345	.321

On-base Plus Slugging	.623	.557

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Sebastian Rivero C - LAA
News
	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Angels transferred C Sebastián Rivero to 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 15th
	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	The Angels pulled Sebastian Rivero off his rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 12th
	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	Sebastian Rivero resumed his rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 7th
	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	The Angels transferred Sebastian Rivero's rehab assignment to Single-A Rancho. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Sebastian Rivero is scheduled to begin a rehab assignment on Saturday in the ACL. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR			Sebastian Rivero C - LAA
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#271	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (6-2)	#37	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#315
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (7-4)	#118	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#310
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#205
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#221
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#216	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#66
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#104
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#243
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#242
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#73
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#300	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#419	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-2)	#79
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#213
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#312	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-2)	#202	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (3-1)	#80	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#165
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#124	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#159
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-4)	#51	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-2)	#103
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#65	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs SEA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ SEA
Thu, Mar 26th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Apr 13th				@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Thu, Jul 9th				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 24th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th				@ SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Sebastian Rivero (2026)

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