Who Should I Trade?

Christian Yelich for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 86	# 369
VBR	# 131	‐

Projections

Runs	22	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	21	‐
Stolen Bases	5	‐
Batting Average	.252	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 160	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 65	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 84	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 81	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 122	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 97	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	299	37

Runs	45	1

Hits	69	8

Singles	43	5

Doubles	17	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	37	6

Stolen Bases	9	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	35	1

Strikeouts	91	8

Batting Average	.231	.216

On Base Pct	.316	.237

Slugging Pct	.371	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.687	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	151	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	38	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	7	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	21	‐

Stolen Bases	5	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	19	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Batting Average	.252	‐

On Base Pct	.343	‐

Slugging Pct	.412	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-5 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Rockies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Christian Yelich went 0-for-3 in a win over the Marlins with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Christian Yelich went 1-for-3 in an 8-6 win over the Marlins with a double, one run scored, one stolen base, two walks, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Christian Yelich went 3-for-5 in Monday’s 4-3 win over the Cardinals with two doubles and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Christian Yelich LF,DH - MIL			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#216	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs KC
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ KC
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Christian Yelich for George Valera (2026)

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