Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Jake Burger (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 129	‐
VBR	# 89	# 1116

Projections

Runs	23	8
Home Runs	9	3
RBI	27	9
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.243	.244

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 130	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 82	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 147	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 162	‐

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


At Bats	401	31

Runs	47	9

Hits	95	14

Singles	59	7

Doubles	17	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	19	4

RBI	66	11

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	31	0

Strikeouts	118	8

Batting Average	.237	.452

On Base Pct	.295	.469

Slugging Pct	.421	.936

On-base Plus Slugging	.717	1.404

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


At Bats	177	63

Runs	23	8

Hits	43	15

Singles	26	10

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	3

RBI	27	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	5

Strikeouts	49	16

Batting Average	.243	.244

On Base Pct	.299	.304

Slugging Pct	.447	.409

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.713

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Monday's win over the Mariners with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	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
	Jake Burger went 2-for-4 in a 5-4 win over the Mariners with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Jake Burger went 1-for-3 in a loss to the White Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 in Friday's 7-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one run scored, and four RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	Eduardo Valencia is with the Tigers on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Jake Burger went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday’s 6-3 loss to the Tigers. He opened the scoring in the third inning by taking Casey Mize deep for his 15th homer of the season. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jul 6th	Eduardo Valencia was sent down to Triple-A Toledo ahead of Monday's game against the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Burger 1B - TEX			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Mar 30th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Fri, Apr 17th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#120	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Tue, Apr 28th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, May 3rd	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#253	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155
Wed, May 6th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Sat, May 9th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	@ COL	Sammy Peralta	#356	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#415	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Fri, May 29th	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, May 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, May 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jun 1st	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Thu, Jun 11th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214
Sat, Jun 20th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#236	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jun 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Sun, Jun 28th	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jul 5th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Tue, Jul 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#250	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Sun, Jul 19th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Mon, Jul 20th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Jul 21st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Mon, Jul 27th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, Jul 28th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Wed, Jul 29th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Tue, Aug 4th	vs SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#157	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sat, Aug 8th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, Aug 9th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAA			vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAA	Brett Kerry (0-0)	#323	vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ ATH			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs WSH			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs LAA			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs LAA			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs LAA			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ CWS			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ MIL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs ATH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs ATH			@ MIN
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 (10-5)	#10
Mon, Apr 13th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Mon, Apr 27th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, May 7th	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Mon, May 11th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Mon, May 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Thu, Jun 18th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 30th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th	vs WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Jake Burger (2026)

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