Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Ethan Salas (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 617	‐

Projections

Runs	5	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.246	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	70	‐

Runs	12	‐

Hits	23	‐

Singles	11	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	17	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.329	‐

On Base Pct	.347	‐

Slugging Pct	.671	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.019	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Ethan Salas C - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	46	‐

Runs	5	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	12	‐

Batting Average	.246	‐

On Base Pct	.307	‐

Slugging Pct	.418	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Ethan Salas C - SD
News
	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	The San Diego Padres are promoting C Ethan Salas to Triple-A El Paso. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	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
	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
	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
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET			Ethan Salas C - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#145
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#423
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#106
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-5)	#410
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#437
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#146
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#151
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#220
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (13-5)	#10
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs ATH	Luis Medina (5-3)	#168
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#285
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#398
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#322
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#9
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (8-5)	#147
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#113
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#55	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#126
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#158
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#420
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#72
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#89	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (13-4)	#99
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#167
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-4)	#198
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#17
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#160
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#224
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#136
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#49	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#154
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#129
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#101
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#94
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (8-2)	#30
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Ethan Salas (2026)

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