Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	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	# 178	‐
VBR	# 235	# 1110

Projections

Runs	17	9
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	16	10
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.266	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 174	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	# 266

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Stats


At Bats	268	191

Runs	37	22

Hits	72	44

Singles	49	30

Doubles	12	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	8

RBI	37	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	43	22

Strikeouts	45	59

Batting Average	.269	.230

On Base Pct	.377	.308

Slugging Pct	.433	.387

On-base Plus Slugging	.810	.696

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
2026 Projections


At Bats	122	80

Runs	17	9

Hits	32	17

Singles	21	11

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	16	10

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	24	24

Batting Average	.266	.218

On Base Pct	.357	.287

Slugging Pct	.422	.369

On-base Plus Slugging	.779	.656

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Spencer Horwitz went 1-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 4-3 win over the Brewers on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	The Pirates activated INF Spencer Horwitz from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Spencer Horwitz suffered a concussion on his rehab assignment and will remain on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Spencer Horwitz will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 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
	Spencer Horwitz has started a running program. Ari Koslow 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
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th				vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#250
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#126	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#330
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#341
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#385	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#43
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#85	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#52	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#91	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#381	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#161	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#190
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#118	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#175
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#99	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#88
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#56
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#74	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#81	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#30
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#92	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#42
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#415	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#83
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#103	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#86
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#25	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#130
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#336	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#178
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#57
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#110	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#275	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#251	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#380	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#58	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#217	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#120	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#183	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#355	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#159
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#226
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#142
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#231
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#33	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#290
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#31
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#41	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#76
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#309	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#65
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#166	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#241
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#95	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#235
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#134	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#344
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#177
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#197	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#73	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#62
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#84
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#47
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#281
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#35	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#143	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#122	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#292
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#79	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#125	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#324	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#108
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#96	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#206
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#22	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#75
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#209	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#32	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#87
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#49	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#20
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#40	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#126
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#140	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#200	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#67	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#45	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#113	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#39
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#289	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#89
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#60
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)	#46
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#246
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#433
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#274
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#170
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#221
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
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 Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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