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	# 180	‐
VBR	# 260	# 1100

Projections

Runs	17	10
Home Runs	4	3
RBI	16	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.265	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

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	250	184

Runs	36	21

Hits	69	44

Singles	47	30

Doubles	11	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	8

RBI	33	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	21

Strikeouts	42	53

Batting Average	.276	.239

On Base Pct	.381	.316

Slugging Pct	.448	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.829	.718

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


At Bats	121	88

Runs	17	10

Hits	32	19

Singles	21	12

Doubles	7	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	3

RBI	16	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	8

Strikeouts	24	26

Batting Average	.265	.213

On Base Pct	.356	.282

Slugging Pct	.420	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.776	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	The Pirates activated INF Spencer Horwitz from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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 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 will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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 has started a running program. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 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
	Pirates GM Ben Cherington said that Spencer Horwitz is expected back in July. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 6th	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)	#231
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#319
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Mon, May 4th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, May 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Tue, Jul 21st				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#196
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
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)	#40
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

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Brandon Valenzuela for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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