Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick	Experts' Pick
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts	50% Recommended by 3 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 164
VBR	‐	# 182

Projections

Runs	‐	18
Home Runs	‐	6
RBI	‐	20
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Average	‐	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 115

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	# 128

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 89	# 97

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 102	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	180	153

Runs	20	28

Hits	36	38

Singles	22	14

Doubles	4	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	10	14

RBI	29	38

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	19	28

Strikeouts	65	68

Batting Average	.200	.248

On Base Pct	.281	.364

Slugging Pct	.389	.595

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.959

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	132

Runs	‐	18

Hits	‐	31

Singles	‐	18

Doubles	‐	6

Triples	‐	0

Home Runs	‐	6

RBI	‐	20

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Caught Stealing	‐	0

Walks	‐	15

Strikeouts	‐	44

Batting Average	‐	.237

On Base Pct	‐	.324

Slugging Pct	‐	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	.760

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Brent Rooker underwent successful left knee arthroscopic surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Brent Rooker is set to undergo season-ending left knee surgery to address cartilage damage. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 1st	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Brent Rooker is away from the Athletics on Tuesday being re-evaluated at Stanford for his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	Esmerlyn Valdez was removed from Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks after being hit by a pitch on the left hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Brent Rooker has started a running and hitting progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Brent Rooker remains held out of baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-5 loss against the Yankees on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#169	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#168	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#114	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#361	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#373	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#12	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#432	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#33	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#259	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#433	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#149	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#55	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#276	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#187	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#265
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#91	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#128	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#31	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#92	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Mon, Apr 6th				vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

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