Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Josh Bell (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	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	# 185	‐
VBR	# 204	# 1053

Projections

Runs	15	6
Home Runs	5	2
RBI	16	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.249	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 156	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 222	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 157	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 118	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	446	54

Runs	62	12

Hits	115	21

Singles	73	9

Doubles	25	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	6

RBI	75	17

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	40	1

Strikeouts	102	15

Batting Average	.258	.389

On Base Pct	.320	.411

Slugging Pct	.426	.833

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	1.244

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	113	50

Runs	15	6

Hits	28	12

Singles	18	8

Doubles	5	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	2

RBI	16	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	25	12

Batting Average	.249	.245

On Base Pct	.328	.307

Slugging Pct	.418	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.746	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Josh Bell went 2-for-5 in a 9-5 win over the Orioles on Monday with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Aug 11th	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
	Josh Bell went 4-for-5 in an 8-6 win over the Brewers with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 8th	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Josh Bell went 2-for-4 against the Royals with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI in an 8-2 loss on Tuesday. Matthew Adam Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Josh Bell went 3-for-5 in an 11-4 win over the Yankees with two home runs, a double, two runs scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Josh Bell went 1-for-4 in Wednesday's 8-3 win over the Astros with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Thu, Jul 2nd	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Josh Bell 1B,DH - MIN			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#72	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#276	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#311	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#363	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#410	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#405	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#273	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#437	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#293	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#290
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#25	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Brady Basso	#165	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#159	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Josh Bell (2026)

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