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Cedric Mullins II for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)
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Experts' Pick | ||
| Cedric Mullins II CF - TB  | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT  | |
Expert |
100% Recommended by 3 of 3 experts |
0% Recommended by 0 of 3 experts |
| Rankings | ||
| Rest of Season | # 230 | ‐ |
| VBR | # 257 | # 1234 |
| Projections | ||
| Runs | 37 | 8 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 2 |
| RBI | 33 | 9 |
| Stolen Bases | 15 | 0 |
| Batting Average | .218 | .229 |
| Misc | ||
| Injury Alert | - | MiLB |
| Expert Ranks | ||
| Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot | # 154 | ‐ |
| Kelly Kirby FantasyPros | # 189 | ‐ |
| Kevin Spinelli KevScores | # 235 | ‐ |
| Cedric Mullins II CF - TB | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT | |
| 2026 Stats | ||
| At Bats | 169 | 16 |
| Runs | 18 | 2 |
| Hits | 32 | 2 |
| Singles | 24 | 0 |
| Doubles | 4 | 0 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 3 | 2 |
| RBI | 15 | 5 |
| Stolen Bases | 10 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 5 | 0 |
| Walks | 14 | 2 |
| Strikeouts | 32 | 9 |
| Batting Average | .189 | .125 |
| On Base Pct | .262 | .222 |
| Slugging Pct | .278 | .500 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .540 | .722 |
| Cedric Mullins II CF - TB | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT | |
| 2026 Projections | ||
| At Bats | 286 | 63 |
| Runs | 37 | 8 |
| Hits | 62 | 15 |
| Singles | 39 | 9 |
| Doubles | 13 | 3 |
| Triples | 1 | 0 |
| Home Runs | 9 | 2 |
| RBI | 33 | 9 |
| Stolen Bases | 15 | 0 |
| Caught Stealing | 4 | 0 |
| Walks | 29 | 6 |
| Strikeouts | 70 | 20 |
| Batting Average | .218 | .229 |
| On Base Pct | .292 | .308 |
| Slugging Pct | .365 | .391 |
| On-base Plus Slugging | .658 | .699 |
| Cedric Mullins II CF - TB | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT | |
| News | ||
| Cedric Mullins II went 1-for-3 with two walks, one run scored and a stolen base in Saturday's 10-5 loss to the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, May 17th | The Pirates optioned Esmerlyn Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Thu, May 28th | |
| Cedric Mullins II went 4-for-4 with a home run, three runs scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win against the Miami Marlins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, May 16th | Esmerlyn Valdez belted a two-run, first-inning home run on Tuesday to help the Pirates to a 12-1 victory over the Cubs. David Leisering Wed, May 27th | |
| Cedric Mullins II went 1-for-5 with one run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Tuesday's 7-6 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, May 13th | Esmerlyn Valdez hit his first career major league home run on Sunday, helping the Pirates to a 4-1 victory over the Blue Jays in Toronto. David Leisering Mon, May 25th | |
| Cedric Mullins II went 1-for-4 with an RBI and a stolen base in Thursday's 8-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, May 8th | The Pirates officially called up Esmerlyn Valdez from Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd | |
| Cedric Mullins II went 0-for-3 with one walk, a run scored and one stolen base in Saturday's 6-1 win against the Minnesota Twins. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Apr 26th | Esmerlyn Valdez was called up to the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. Diego Sandoval Thu, May 21st | |
| Notes | ||
| There are no recent notes for these players | ||
| Cedric Mullins II CF - TB | Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT | |||||
| Date | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR | Opp | Opp Pitcher | VBR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thu, Mar 26th | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 | @ NYM | Freddy Peralta (3-4) | #28 |
| Sat, Mar 28th | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 | @ NYM | David Peterson (3-5) | #117 |
| Sun, Mar 29th | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | @ NYM | Nolan McLean (2-4) | #29 |
| Mon, Mar 30th | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 | @ CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Tue, Mar 31st | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 | @ CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 |
| Wed, Apr 1st | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 | @ CIN | Andrew Abbott (4-3) | #99 |
| Fri, Apr 3rd | @ MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 |
| Sat, Apr 4th | @ MIN | Mick Abel (1-2) | #209 | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 |
| Sun, Apr 5th | @ MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | vs BAL | Chris Bassitt (4-3) | #125 |
| Mon, Apr 6th | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 | vs SD | German Marquez (3-2) | #330 |
| Tue, Apr 7th | vs CHC | Javier Assad (3-1) | #276 | vs SD | Nick Pivetta (1-2) | #138 |
| Wed, Apr 8th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | vs SD | Michael King (4-4) | #35 |
| Fri, Apr 10th | vs NYY | Luis Gil (1-2) | #249 | @ CHC | Shota Imanaga (4-6) | #24 |
| Sat, Apr 11th | vs NYY | Max Fried (4-3) | #33 | @ CHC | Edward Cabrera (3-2) | #70 |
| Sun, Apr 12th | vs NYY | Cam Schlittler (7-2) | #36 | @ CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Tue, Apr 14th | @ CWS | Noah Schultz (2-4) | #221 | vs WSH | PJ Poulin (3-0) | #237 |
| Wed, Apr 15th | @ CWS | Sean Burke (2-3) | #142 | vs WSH | Jake Irvin (2-4) | #203 |
| Thu, Apr 16th | @ CWS | Jordan Leasure | vs WSH | Foster Griffin (6-2) | #88 | |
| Fri, Apr 17th | @ PIT | Bubba Chandler (1-6) | #122 | vs TB | Nick Martinez (5-1) | #81 |
| Sat, Apr 18th | @ PIT | Paul Skenes (6-5) | #2 | vs TB | Drew Rasmussen (4-2) | #21 |
| Sun, Apr 19th | @ PIT | Mitch Keller (5-2) | #95 | vs TB | Shane McClanahan (5-2) | #22 |
| Mon, Apr 20th | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 | |||
| Tue, Apr 21st | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 | @ TEX | Kumar Rocker (2-5) | #103 |
| Wed, Apr 22nd | vs CIN | Brandon Williamson (2-3) | #370 | @ TEX | Jack Leiter (2-4) | #76 |
| Fri, Apr 24th | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 | @ MIL | Brandon Woodruff (2-1) | #56 |
| Sat, Apr 25th | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 | @ MIL | Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) | #18 |
| Sun, Apr 26th | vs MIN | Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7) | #222 | @ MIL | Kyle Harrison (6-1) | #63 |
| Mon, Apr 27th | @ CLE | Parker Messick (6-1) | #51 | vs STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 |
| Tue, Apr 28th | @ CLE | Tanner Bibee (0-7) | #38 | vs STL | Kyle Leahy (5-3) | #162 |
| Wed, Apr 29th | @ CLE | Gavin Williams (8-3) | #27 | vs STL | Andre Pallante (5-4) | #163 |
| Fri, May 1st | vs SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 | vs CIN | Brady Singer (2-5) | #143 |
| Sat, May 2nd | vs SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | vs CIN | Rhett Lowder (3-3) | #206 |
| Sun, May 3rd | vs SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 | vs CIN | Chase Burns (7-1) | #25 |
| Mon, May 4th | vs TOR | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 | |||
| Tue, May 5th | vs TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | @ ARI | Eduardo Rodriguez (5-1) | #112 |
| Wed, May 6th | vs TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | @ ARI | Michael Soroka (7-2) | #67 |
| Thu, May 7th | @ BOS | Jake Bennett (1-1) | #303 | @ ARI | Zac Gallen (3-4) | #71 |
| Fri, May 8th | @ BOS | Connelly Early (5-2) | #97 | @ SF | Robbie Ray (3-6) | #83 |
| Sun, May 10th | @ BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | @ SF | Tyler Mahle (1-7) | #119 |
| Mon, May 11th | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 | |||
| Tue, May 12th | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | vs COL | Michael Lorenzen (2-7) | #427 |
| Wed, May 13th | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 | vs COL | Jose Quintana (2-3) | #425 |
| Fri, May 15th | vs MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | vs PHI | Aaron Nola (3-4) | #39 |
| Sat, May 16th | vs MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | vs PHI | Cristopher Sanchez (6-2) | #3 |
| Sun, May 17th | vs MIA | Eury Perez (3-6) | #109 | vs PHI | Zack Wheeler (4-1) | #7 |
| Mon, May 18th | vs BAL | Trevor Rogers (2-6) | #94 | |||
| Tue, May 19th | vs BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | @ STL | Matthew Liberatore (2-3) | #114 |
| Wed, May 20th | vs BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | @ STL | Michael McGreevy (3-4) | #86 |
| Fri, May 22nd | @ NYY | Gerrit Cole (1-0) | #23 | @ TOR | Kevin Gausman (4-3) | #19 |
| Sun, May 24th | @ NYY | Ryan Weathers (2-3) | #66 | @ TOR | Dylan Cease (3-3) | #16 |
| Mon, May 25th | @ BAL | Kyle Bradish (2-6) | #43 | vs CHC | Ben Brown (2-2) | #52 |
| Tue, May 26th | @ BAL | Shane Baz (2-5) | #84 | vs CHC | Jordan Wicks (0-1) | #234 |
| Wed, May 27th | @ BAL | Trey Gibson (1-0) | #309 | vs CHC | Jameson Taillon (2-4) | #107 |
| Fri, May 29th | vs LAA | Walbert Urena (2-4) | #421 | vs MIN | Taj Bradley (5-1) | #74 |
| Sat, May 30th | vs LAA | Reid Detmers (2-5) | #41 | vs MIN | Bailey Ober (6-3) | #72 |
| Sun, May 31st | vs LAA | Jack Kochanowicz (2-3) | #420 | vs MIN | Zebby Matthews (1-2) | #82 |
| Mon, Jun 1st | vs DET | Casey Mize (2-3) | #65 | |||
| Tue, Jun 2nd | vs DET | Jack Flaherty (0-7) | #62 | @ HOU | Mike Burrows (3-6) | #121 |
| Wed, Jun 3rd | vs DET | Troy Melton (1-0) | #118 | @ HOU | Spencer Arrighetti (7-1) | #126 |
| Fri, Jun 5th | @ MIA | Tyler Phillips | @ ATL | Martin Perez (3-3) | #200 | |
| Sat, Jun 6th | @ MIA | Janson Junk (3-5) | #116 | @ ATL | Spencer Strider (3-0) | #31 |
| Sun, Jun 7th | @ MIA | Sandy Alcantara (3-4) | #73 | @ ATL | Bryce Elder (4-3) | #113 |
| Mon, Jun 8th | vs BOS | Payton Tolle (2-2) | #75 | |||
| Tue, Jun 9th | vs BOS | Brayan Bello (2-5) | #144 | vs LAD | Eric Lauer (2-5) | #264 |
| Wed, Jun 10th | vs BOS | vs LAD | ||||
| Fri, Jun 12th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sat, Jun 13th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Sun, Jun 14th | @ LAA | vs MIA | ||||
| Mon, Jun 15th | @ LAD | @ ATH | ||||
| Tue, Jun 16th | @ LAD | @ ATH | ||||
| Wed, Jun 17th | @ LAD | @ ATH | ||||
| Fri, Jun 19th | vs WSH | @ COL | ||||
| Sat, Jun 20th | vs WSH | @ COL | ||||
| Sun, Jun 21st | vs WSH | @ COL | ||||
| Mon, Jun 22nd | vs KC | |||||
| Tue, Jun 23rd | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Wed, Jun 24th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Thu, Jun 25th | vs KC | vs SEA | ||||
| Fri, Jun 26th | vs ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Sat, Jun 27th | vs ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Sun, Jun 28th | vs ARI | vs CIN | ||||
| Tue, Jun 30th | @ KC | @ PHI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 1st | @ KC | @ PHI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 2nd | @ KC | @ PHI | ||||
| Fri, Jul 3rd | @ HOU | @ WSH | ||||
| Sat, Jul 4th | @ HOU | @ WSH | ||||
| Sun, Jul 5th | @ HOU | @ WSH | ||||
| Mon, Jul 6th | vs NYY | |||||
| Tue, Jul 7th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Wed, Jul 8th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Thu, Jul 9th | vs NYY | vs ATL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 10th | vs SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sat, Jul 11th | vs SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Sun, Jul 12th | vs SEA | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Jul 17th | @ BOS | @ CLE | ||||
| Sat, Jul 18th | @ BOS | @ CLE | ||||
| Sun, Jul 19th | @ BOS | @ CLE | ||||
| Mon, Jul 20th | @ TOR | @ NYY | ||||
| Tue, Jul 21st | @ TOR | @ NYY | ||||
| Wed, Jul 22nd | @ TOR | @ NYY | ||||
| Thu, Jul 23rd | @ TOR | |||||
| Fri, Jul 24th | vs CLE | vs CHC | ||||
| Sat, Jul 25th | vs CLE | vs CHC | ||||
| Sun, Jul 26th | vs CLE | vs CHC | ||||
| Tue, Jul 28th | vs TEX | vs ARI | ||||
| Wed, Jul 29th | vs TEX | vs ARI | ||||
| Thu, Jul 30th | vs TEX | @ CIN | ||||
| Fri, Jul 31st | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Sat, Aug 1st | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Sun, Aug 2nd | vs CWS | @ CIN | ||||
| Mon, Aug 3rd | @ COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Tue, Aug 4th | @ COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Wed, Aug 5th | @ COL | @ MIL | ||||
| Fri, Aug 7th | @ SEA | vs NYM | ||||
| Sat, Aug 8th | @ SEA | vs NYM | ||||
| Sun, Aug 9th | @ SEA | vs NYM | ||||
| Mon, Aug 10th | @ ATH | |||||
| Tue, Aug 11th | @ ATH | @ MIA | ||||
| Wed, Aug 12th | @ ATH | @ MIA | ||||
| Fri, Aug 14th | vs BAL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sat, Aug 15th | vs BAL | vs BOS | ||||
| Sun, Aug 16th | vs BAL | vs BOS | ||||
| Mon, Aug 17th | vs BAL | vs DET | ||||
| Tue, Aug 18th | vs TOR | vs DET | ||||
| Wed, Aug 19th | vs TOR | vs DET | ||||
| Thu, Aug 20th | vs TOR | |||||
| Fri, Aug 21st | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sat, Aug 22nd | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Sun, Aug 23rd | @ BAL | @ LAD | ||||
| Mon, Aug 24th | @ DET | @ SD | ||||
| Tue, Aug 25th | @ DET | @ SD | ||||
| Wed, Aug 26th | @ DET | @ SD | ||||
| Fri, Aug 28th | vs SD | @ STL | ||||
| Sat, Aug 29th | vs SD | @ STL | ||||
| Sun, Aug 30th | vs SD | @ STL | ||||
| Mon, Aug 31st | vs NYM | |||||
| Tue, Sep 1st | vs NYM | vs SF | ||||
| Wed, Sep 2nd | vs NYM | vs SF | ||||
| Thu, Sep 3rd | @ TEX | vs SF | ||||
| Fri, Sep 4th | @ TEX | vs LAA | ||||
| Sat, Sep 5th | @ TEX | vs LAA | ||||
| Sun, Sep 6th | @ TEX | vs LAA | ||||
| Tue, Sep 8th | @ ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Wed, Sep 9th | @ ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Thu, Sep 10th | @ ATL | @ CWS | ||||
| Fri, Sep 11th | vs HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 12th | vs HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 13th | vs HOU | @ CHC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 15th | vs ATH | vs MIL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 16th | vs ATH | vs MIL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 17th | vs ATH | vs MIL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 18th | vs BOS | vs KC | ||||
| Sat, Sep 19th | vs BOS | vs KC | ||||
| Sun, Sep 20th | vs BOS | vs KC | ||||
| Tue, Sep 22nd | @ NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Wed, Sep 23rd | @ NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Thu, Sep 24th | @ NYY | vs STL | ||||
| Fri, Sep 25th | @ PHI | @ DET | ||||
| Sat, Sep 26th | @ PHI | @ DET | ||||
| Sun, Sep 27th | @ PHI | @ DET | ||||
| Mon, Apr 13th | vs WSH | Cade Cavalli (3-3) | #87 | |||
| Thu, Apr 23rd | @ TEX | Jacob deGrom (3-4) | #8 | |||
| Thu, Apr 30th | vs STL | Hunter Dobbins (0-0) | #198 | |||
| Sat, May 9th | @ SF | Landen Roupp (5-5) | #61 | |||
| Thu, May 14th | vs COL | Chase Dollander (3-3) | #340 | |||
| Thu, May 21st | @ STL | Dustin May (3-6) | #85 | |||
| Sat, May 23rd | @ TOR | Patrick Corbin (2-1) | #216 | |||
| Thu, May 28th | vs CHC | Colin Rea (5-3) | #140 | |||
| Thu, Jun 4th | @ HOU | Kai-Wei Teng (3-3) | #181 | |||
| Thu, Jun 11th | vs LAD | |||||
| Mon, Jun 29th | @ PHI | |||||
| Mon, Jul 27th | vs ARI | |||||
| Thu, Aug 6th | @ MIL | |||||
| Thu, Aug 13th | @ MIA | |||||
