Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 200	# 368
VBR	# 377	‐

Projections

Runs	16	4
Home Runs	3	1
RBI	14	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.266	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 186	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 184	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 255	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 151	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	84	37

Runs	9	1

Hits	23	8

Singles	15	5

Doubles	4	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	8	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	1

Strikeouts	15	8

Batting Average	.274	.216

On Base Pct	.386	.237

Slugging Pct	.452	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.839	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	32

Runs	16	4

Hits	31	7

Singles	22	5

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	1

RBI	14	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	3

Strikeouts	20	9

Batting Average	.266	.219

On Base Pct	.346	.286

Slugging Pct	.401	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	.747	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Brendan Donovan has moved his rehab to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Brendan Donovan is scheduled to resume his rehab assignment in High-A Everett on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Brendan Donovan is starting at second base in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Brendan Donovan went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts on Friday in a rehab game for Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	The Mariners are transferring Brendan Donovan's rehab assignment to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brendan Donovan 2B,3B,SS,LF - SEA			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#325	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Apr 12th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Apr 27th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, May 4th	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 6th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Tue, May 12th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, May 13th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, May 14th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Fri, May 15th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 20th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Fri, May 22nd	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 1st	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Thu, Jun 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jun 12th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, Jun 16th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Thu, Jul 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 4th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ NYY			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ HOU			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ HOU			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ HOU			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ MIL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CHC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CHC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CHC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PHI			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TOR			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TOR			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	@ BOS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ BOS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs ATH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATH			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATH			vs DET
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TEX			@ BAL
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ LAA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ COL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ COL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs HOU			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs LAA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAA			@ KC
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

Brendan Donovan for George Valera (2026)

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