Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Jorge Polanco (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 236	‐
VBR	‐	# 635

Projections

Runs	2	5
Home Runs	1	2
RBI	2	6
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.200	.250

Misc

Injury Alert	IL60	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 211	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 220	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 227	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 296	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	135	72

Runs	7	13

Hits	20	24

Singles	13	11

Doubles	5	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	6

RBI	6	17

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	9	1

Strikeouts	36	22

Batting Average	.148	.333

On Base Pct	.201	.351

Slugging Pct	.230	.681

On-base Plus Slugging	.431	1.032

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	15	44

Runs	2	5

Hits	3	11

Singles	2	7

Doubles	1	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	2

RBI	2	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	2	3

Strikeouts	4	11

Batting Average	.200	.250

On Base Pct	.273	.308

Slugging Pct	.333	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.606	.743

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Mets interim manager Andy Green told reporters that Jorge Polanco is likely to undergo surgery on his ankle. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 19th	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
	Jorge Polanco went 2-for-4 with a home run, a double, one run scored and an RBI in Wednesday's 6-5 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 5th	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	The Mets activated Jorge Polanco from the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Jorge Polanco said his rehab game on Saturday went well. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	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
	Jorge Polanco will begin a rehab assignment on Saturday with Triple-A Syracuse. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Jorge Polanco 2B,3B,DH - NYM			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#191
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232
Mon, Mar 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#104
Tue, Mar 31st	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#83
Wed, Apr 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#81	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46
Sun, Apr 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#77
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#173	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#223	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 14th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#25
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#178	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#148
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#337	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#241
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175
Fri, Apr 24th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th				@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135
Sun, Apr 26th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#234
Tue, Apr 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228
Wed, Apr 29th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#349
Thu, Apr 30th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Fri, May 1st	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#238	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Sun, May 3rd	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Mon, May 4th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#435	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26
Tue, May 5th				vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#119
Wed, May 6th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#292	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28
Fri, May 8th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#134	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#132
Sat, May 9th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#120	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#88	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Wed, May 13th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#44	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#171	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243
Sat, May 16th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#121
Sun, May 17th	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#157	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#143
Tue, May 19th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Wed, May 20th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#330	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Tue, May 26th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#99	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Fri, May 29th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, May 30th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, May 31st	vs MIA	John King		@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Jun 1st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#85
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#218
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#23	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#73
Fri, Jun 5th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#169	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#232	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103
Tue, Jun 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#293	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#386
Thu, Jun 11th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#203	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#307	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#22	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#135	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th				vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#210
Sat, Jun 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sun, Jun 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#144
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#138	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#39
Wed, Jun 24th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#30	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Thu, Jun 25th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#45	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#145	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#182
Sun, Jun 28th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#243	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#226
Tue, Jun 30th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#141	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#94
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#199
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#118
Tue, Jul 7th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#102	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#204
Wed, Jul 8th	vs KC	Steven Cruz		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#310
Fri, Jul 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#28	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#259	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#26	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#11
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#335	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#213
Mon, Jul 20th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#187
Tue, Jul 21st	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#175	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#80
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#32	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#167
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#131	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#422
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#10	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#110	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th				vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#124	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#277
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#229	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#65	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#59	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#122	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#228	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#52
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATL	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#70	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Fri, Aug 14th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#139	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208
Sat, Aug 15th	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#151	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#185
Sun, Aug 16th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84
Mon, Aug 17th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#197	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#29
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#51	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#78
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#208	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#201
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#57	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#189
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-8)	#46	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41
Fri, Aug 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#24	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs HOU	Bennett Sousa		vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#17
Sun, Aug 30th	vs HOU	Ethan Pecko (0-0)	#181	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#16
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TB	Ian Seymour (9-5)	#71	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#41	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#90
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#48	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#75
Fri, Sep 4th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#192	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#365	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#31
Sun, Sep 6th	vs SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#20	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#69
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ NYY			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ NYY			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs BAL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs PHI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ TEX			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ WSH			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#87
Mon, Apr 13th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#133
Thu, May 7th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)
Mon, May 25th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, Jun 18th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (9-5)	#205
Mon, Jul 6th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#109
Thu, Jul 16th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Thu, Jul 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#194
Thu, Aug 27th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Thu, Sep 24th	@ TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Jorge Polanco (2026)

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