Who Should I Trade?

Coby Mayo for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Coby Mayo 1B,3B,DH - BAL
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 253
VBR	# 179	# 441

Projections

Runs	19	15
Home Runs	7	5
RBI	21	15
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.222

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	# 220

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 274

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 340

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 225

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Coby Mayo 1B,3B,DH - BAL
2026 Stats


At Bats	146	256

Runs	28	38

Hits	38	51

Singles	14	26

Doubles	9	10

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	14

RBI	38	40

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	21

Strikeouts	61	95

Batting Average	.260	.199

On Base Pct	.375	.267

Slugging Pct	.623	.410

On-base Plus Slugging	.998	.677

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Coby Mayo 1B,3B,DH - BAL
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	108

Runs	19	15

Hits	33	24

Singles	19	14

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	21	15

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	46	35

Batting Average	.237	.222

On Base Pct	.321	.295

Slugging Pct	.438	.415

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.710

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Coby Mayo 1B,3B,DH - BAL
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Coby Mayo went 2-for-4 in Monday's 8-5 win over the Tigers with a home run, two runs scored and three RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jul 28th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Coby Mayo went 2-for-4 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. A Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Coby Mayo went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, a run scored, one RBI and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Coby Mayo went 1-for-1 in a loss to the Cubs with a solo home run, one run scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Thu, Jul 9th
	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	Coby Mayo went 1-for-4 in Monday's 6-1 win over the Angels with a home run, three RBI, one run scored and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd
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			Coby Mayo 1B,3B,DH - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#218
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Apr 20th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Mon, May 4th				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, May 18th				@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#271
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#167
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#393
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#115
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs NYY
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ STL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st				@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ COL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th				vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th				@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ NYY
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Coby Mayo for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

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