Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Torres for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryan Torres 2B,LF,CF,RF - STL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 172	# 340
VBR	# 255	# 1149

Projections

Runs	19	7
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	23	6
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.242	.261

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	# 386

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 280

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryan Torres 2B,LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Stats


At Bats	113	70

Runs	24	10

Hits	33	14

Singles	12	8

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	13	4

RBI	34	10

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	17	6

Strikeouts	50	16

Batting Average	.292	.200

On Base Pct	.382	.263

Slugging Pct	.717	.429

On-base Plus Slugging	1.099	.692

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryan Torres 2B,LF,CF,RF - STL
2026 Projections


At Bats	141	57

Runs	19	7

Hits	34	15

Singles	20	11

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	23	6

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	7

Strikeouts	47	12

Batting Average	.242	.261

On Base Pct	.321	.338

Slugging Pct	.453	.360

On-base Plus Slugging	.774	.698

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryan Torres 2B,LF,CF,RF - STL
News
	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	Bryan Torres went 1-for-2 in the win over the Cubs with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Jul 4th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 7-1 win in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Bryan Torres went 1-for-3 in Sunday's 2-1 win over the Marlins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jun 29th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went yard three times across Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Bryan Torres was scratched from the Cardinals lineup on Wednesday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 24th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Bryan Torres went 1-for-3 in Sunday's win over the Reds with a home run, one walk, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 8th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 6-1 win over the Phillies on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Bryan Torres went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a run scored and one stolen base. Chase Davis Sun, Jun 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Bryan Torres 2B,LF,CF,RF - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#192
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#101
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#419	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#199
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#154
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#361	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#312
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#284	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#183
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232
Mon, Apr 20th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#134	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#178	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#110
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Mon, May 4th				vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#165
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#88	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#125
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#320	@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#413
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231
Mon, Jun 1st				vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#202	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#288	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#188	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#118	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#158
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#426	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#213
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#189
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#226
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#281
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#234
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#325	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#56
Fri, Jul 10th				vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#81	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#90
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#161	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Jul 21st				@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#243
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#112	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#71	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#18	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			@ NYY
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIL
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#434
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Torres for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

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