Who Should I Trade?

Dane Myers for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 166	# 360
VBR	# 179	# 405

Projections

Runs	19	14
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	13
Stolen Bases	1	4
Batting Average	.236	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 314

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 367

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	150	164

Runs	28	22

Hits	38	44

Singles	14	33

Doubles	9	8

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	3

RBI	38	16

Stolen Bases	0	7

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	23

Strikeouts	65	50

Batting Average	.253	.268

On Base Pct	.367	.367

Slugging Pct	.607	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.973	.738

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	109

Runs	19	14

Hits	33	27

Singles	19	19

Doubles	7	5

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	13

Stolen Bases	1	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	16	10

Strikeouts	46	31

Batting Average	.236	.245

On Base Pct	.320	.315

Slugging Pct	.435	.367

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Reds outfielder Dane Myers went 1-for-3 with a stolen base in an 8-0 loss to the Mariners on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Reds activated Dane Myers from the injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	Dane Myers is hopeful to be activated from the injured list for the Cincinnati Reds' first game after the All-Star break on July 17 against the Rockies. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 11th
	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	Dane Myers received an injection in his AC joint on Saturday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 5th
	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	The Reds have placed outfielder Dane Myers on the 10-day injured list with a left shoulder contusion. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
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			Dane Myers LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#295
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Apr 20th				@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Mon, May 4th				@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, May 18th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Mon, Jun 1st				vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#300
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#205
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Fri, Jul 17th				@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs STL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs STL
Thu, Aug 20th				vs STL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ ARI
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SF
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SF
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SD
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SD
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs LAD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ TOR
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Dane Myers for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

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