Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Valenzuela for Will Wagner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1110	# 1274

Projections

Runs	9	1
Home Runs	3	0
RBI	10	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.218	.224

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 266	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	187	35

Runs	21	5

Hits	44	9

Singles	30	8

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	0

RBI	21	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	10

Strikeouts	56	7

Batting Average	.235	.257

On Base Pct	.311	.422

Slugging Pct	.396	.286

On-base Plus Slugging	.707	.708

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	81	10

Runs	9	1

Hits	18	2

Singles	11	2

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	10	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	8	1

Strikeouts	24	2

Batting Average	.218	.224

On Base Pct	.286	.301

Slugging Pct	.366	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.652	.598

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brandon Valenzuela C,1B - TOR	Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
News
	Brandon Valenzuela went 1-for-4 in loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Padres have optioned infielder Will Wagner to Triple-A El Paso. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	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 Padres recalled Will Wagner from Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
	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	The Padres activated INF Will Wagner from the 10-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Thu, May 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 Padres placed INF Will Wagner on the 10-day injured list with a right oblique strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Padres infielder Will Wagner (oblique) has not done any baseball activity since the beginning of March and will almost certainly begin the season on the injured list. Brenton Kemp Sat, Mar 14th
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			Will Wagner 1B,3B - SD
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#248	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#37
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#345
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#36	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#111	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#323
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#149	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#84	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#105
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#275
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#261
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#432
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#168	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#93
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#122	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#147
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#75
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#288
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#89	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#47	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#209
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#60	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#92
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#127	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#340
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#222
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#185
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#40
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#144	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#55
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#218
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#98
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#20
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#298
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#64	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#102
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#153	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#183
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#269
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#204	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#308	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#96	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#30	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#48	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#203
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#78	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#13	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#73	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#128
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#231
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	vs ARI
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#252	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#101
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#244	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#150
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#346	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#26
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#123
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#88	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#431
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#59	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#16	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#104
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#43	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#212
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#115	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#283
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#67	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#430
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#294	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#208
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#113	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#178
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#198	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#169	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#90	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#121
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#21	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#167
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#120	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#264
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#6	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#119
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#57	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#138
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#28	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#33
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (7-6)	#49	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#18
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#17	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#76
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#42	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#52
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs ARI
Thu, Mar 26th				vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#261
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#429
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#74
Thu, May 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#45
Sun, Jun 21st				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#19
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#79
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#116
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#82
Mon, Aug 17th				@ NYM
Mon, Aug 24th				vs PIT
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

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