Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Johnson for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 197	# 1376

Projections

Runs	19	1
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	21	0
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.237	.165

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 421

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	142	45

Runs	27	5

Hits	38	8

Singles	14	6

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	0

RBI	38	2

Stolen Bases	0	5

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	23	3

Strikeouts	57	18

Batting Average	.268	.178

On Base Pct	.369	.229

Slugging Pct	.641	.222

On-base Plus Slugging	1.010	.451

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	5

Runs	19	1

Hits	32	1

Singles	19	1

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	21	0

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	0

Strikeouts	44	2

Batting Average	.237	.165

On Base Pct	.319	.228

Slugging Pct	.437	.268

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.496

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Padres sent Bryce Johnson outright to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Bryce Johnson was designated for assignment by the San Diego Padres on Friday. Diego Sandoval Fri, Jun 12th
	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
	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
	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
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Bryce Johnson LF,CF,RF,DH - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#257
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#223
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#127
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Bryce Johnson for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

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