Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 143	‐
VBR	# 177	# 1119

Projections

Runs	21	8
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	22	9
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.228	.213

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 158	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 130	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 170	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 164	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 114	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 276	# 266

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


At Bats	405	194

Runs	52	22

Hits	92	45

Singles	54	30

Doubles	18	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	20	8

RBI	59	21

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	49	22

Strikeouts	142	59

Batting Average	.227	.232

On Base Pct	.315	.309

Slugging Pct	.420	.392

On-base Plus Slugging	.735	.701

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


At Bats	148	73

Runs	21	8

Hits	34	16

Singles	19	10

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	22	9

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	7

Strikeouts	46	22

Batting Average	.228	.213

On Base Pct	.321	.282

Slugging Pct	.428	.354

On-base Plus Slugging	.748	.636

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
News
	Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-4 in Friday's loss to the Giants with one run scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 8th	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Sunday's win over the Athletics with a double and three RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 3-for-5 with three runs scored in a 13-1 rout of the A's on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Aug 1st	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 Torkelson went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's loss to the Orioles with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	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
	Tigers first baseman Spencer Torkelson went 2-for-3 with a walk and a homer in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	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
	Spencer Torkelson 1B - DET			Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#320	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#352
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#145	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (1-0)	#213	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#130
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#159	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#174	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#383	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#120	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#76	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#257	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#358
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#226
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#426	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#71	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#396
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#240
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#85
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#19
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-6)	#37	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-5)	#30	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TB
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs KC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#188
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Spencer Torkelson (2026)

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