Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Elias Diaz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 1 of 1 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 1 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1183	# 617

Projections

Runs	4	5
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	4	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.226	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 244	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	167	70

Runs	16	12

Hits	38	23

Singles	23	11

Doubles	9	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	6

RBI	22	17

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	5	1

Strikeouts	40	21

Batting Average	.228	.329

On Base Pct	.256	.347

Slugging Pct	.389	.671

On-base Plus Slugging	.645	1.019

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	37	46

Runs	4	5

Hits	8	11

Singles	6	7

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	4	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	3

Strikeouts	10	12

Batting Average	.226	.246

On Base Pct	.278	.307

Slugging Pct	.360	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.638	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Elias Diaz C - TEX	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Elias Diaz went 1-for-2 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 23rd	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 16th
	Elias Diaz went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Elias Diaz is not in the Rangers lineup on Tuesday against the Rays. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Eduardo Valencia went 2-for-5 in Sunday's 11-0 win over the Athletics with two doubles, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 3rd
	Elias Diaz went 2-for-4 with a solo home run, a double, a walk, and two runs scored in Thursday’s 10-4 win over the Tigers. He opened the scoring with a 414-foot solo shot in the second inning, giving him homers in consecutive games after going 18 contests without one following his June 5 arrival in Texas. Bruno Mulé Fri, Jul 3rd	Eduardo Valencia went 4-for-5 in Tuesday's 14-0 win over the Orioles with two home runs, three runs scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th
	Elias Diaz signed a major league contract with the Texas Rangers on Friday. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jun 6th	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Elias Diaz C - TEX			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (5-4)	#134	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#20	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#279	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#116	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#318	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#358	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#188	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#226	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#286	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#304	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#209	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#195	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH	Jackson Kent (0-2)	#208	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS	Jose Urquidy	#275	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TB			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TB			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ARI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ARI			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs BOS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs TOR			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs NYM			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#23
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (5-2)	#176
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#156
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Elias Diaz (2026)

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