Who Should I Trade?

Dairon Blanco for George Valera (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Dairon Blanco LF,CF,RF - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 372	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 392	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Dairon Blanco LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.216	‐

On Base Pct	.237	‐

Slugging Pct	.297	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Dairon Blanco LF,CF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Dairon Blanco LF,CF,RF - FA
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Rangers released Dairon Blanco. Ari Koslow Fri, May 29th
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Rangers designated OF Dairon Blanco for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Texas claimed Blanco off waivers from Kansas City on Sunday. He has compiled a 99 wRC+ across his first four major-league seasons. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
	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	The Rangers claimed OF Dairon Blanco off of waivers from the Royals. Ari Koslow Sun, Mar 8th
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Dairon Blanco has been designated for assignment by the Kansas City Royals. The move was made to make room for Starling Marte on the 40-man roster. David Leisering Mon, Mar 2nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			Dairon Blanco LF,CF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#15
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-10)	#3
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#183
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#8
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (6-14)	#90
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#117
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#42
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (9-5)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (4-5)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-9)	#147
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#21
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-6)	#207
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#152
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#246
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (3-2)	#177
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#131
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (18-6)	#11
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#7
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-10)	#164
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#48
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (6-11)	#78
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (10-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (7-3)	#33
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#93
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (11-7)	#1
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (5-5)	#60
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#317
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#70
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#179
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (9-9)	#254
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-11)	#4
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#130
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-10)	#5
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#27
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (10-7)	#101
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-11)	#91
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#55
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#132
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#9
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#110
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-5)	#85
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (16-5)	#18
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#201
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#257
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (10-14)	#182
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (6-7)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#29
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (12-10)	#16
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (4-9)	#191
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#96
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-7)	#62
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (10-9)	#107
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-10)	#43
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#301
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#38
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#231
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#102
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-6)	#287
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#192
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-11)	#336
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-11)	#113
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (5-8)	#123
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#218
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#67
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#128
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-8)	#19
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#200
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-12)	#74
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-3)	#154
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-11)	#39
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-5)	#92
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#63
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (12-6)	#88
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#59
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#36
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#219
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#211
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#83
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#339
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-5)	#267
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-12)	#126
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#30
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (18-5)	#32
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-5)	#44
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#81
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#97
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-6)	#236

Who Should I Trade?

Dairon Blanco for George Valera (2026)

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