Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	# 367
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	OUT	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 102	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 89	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 434	# 329

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 383

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	180	37

Runs	20	1

Hits	36	8

Singles	22	5

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	10	0

RBI	29	6

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	65	8

Batting Average	.200	.216

On Base Pct	.281	.237

Slugging Pct	.389	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Brent Rooker LF,RF,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Brent Rooker underwent successful left knee arthroscopic surgery on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Brent Rooker is set to undergo season-ending left knee surgery to address cartilage damage. Diego Sandoval Wed, Jul 1st	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Brent Rooker is away from the Athletics on Tuesday being re-evaluated at Stanford for his knee injury. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Brent Rooker has started a running and hitting progression. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th	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
	Brent Rooker remains held out of baseball activities. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
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			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#405
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#357
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#157
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson	#137
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#173
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX			vs SD
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#187
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Brent Rooker for George Valera (2026)

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