Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Marcell Ozuna (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	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	# 250	‐
VBR	# 1006	# 307

Projections

Runs	1	2
Home Runs	0	1
RBI	1	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.154	.274

Misc

Injury Alert	FA	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 210	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 217	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 379	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	251	104

Runs	22	19

Hits	51	34

Singles	36	17

Doubles	7	11

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	6

RBI	29	18

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	27	3

Strikeouts	80	27

Batting Average	.203	.327

On Base Pct	.286	.358

Slugging Pct	.327	.606

On-base Plus Slugging	.612	.964

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	4	13

Runs	1	2

Hits	1	4

Singles	1	2

Doubles	0	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	1

RBI	1	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	1

Strikeouts	1	3

Batting Average	.154	.274

On Base Pct	.259	.327

Slugging Pct	.178	.497

On-base Plus Slugging	.437	.823

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Marcell Ozuna was released by the Pirates on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a home run in the Pirates 14-5 win over the Brewers on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 13th	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-5 with a solo home run as the Pirates defeated the Athletics, 12-4, on Wednesday. David Leisering Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Marcell Ozuna went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run and also drew a walk in Friday's loss to the Phillies. David Leisering Sat, May 16th	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
	Marcell Ozuna went 2-for-3 with a solo home run, a single, and a walk on Friday as the Pirates dropped a 5-2 decision in San Francisco. David Leisering Sat, May 9th	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Marcell Ozuna DH - FA	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th		@ SD	Nick Pivetta (3-2)	#60
Fri, Mar 27th		@ SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#244
Mon, Mar 30th		@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#40
Tue, Mar 31st		@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-3)	#66
Wed, Apr 1st		@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th		vs STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-5)	#85
Mon, Apr 6th		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Tue, Apr 7th		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Wed, Apr 8th		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th		vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th		vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#137
Thu, Apr 16th		vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#28
Sat, Apr 18th		@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#112
Sun, Apr 19th		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)
Mon, Apr 20th		@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-5)	#75
Wed, Apr 22nd		vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#263
Thu, Apr 23rd		vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#289
Fri, Apr 24th		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th		@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Sun, Apr 26th		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-11)	#308
Tue, Apr 28th		@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#164
Wed, Apr 29th		@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-3)	#229
Thu, Apr 30th		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Fri, May 1st		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#34
Sat, May 2nd		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#121
Sun, May 3rd		vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#258
Mon, May 4th		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#37
Tue, May 5th		vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#107
Wed, May 6th		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Fri, May 8th		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, May 10th		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Tue, May 12th		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Wed, May 13th		@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73
Thu, May 14th		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44
Fri, May 15th		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#115
Sat, May 16th		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#134
Sun, May 17th		vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22
Mon, May 18th		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#285
Tue, May 19th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#24
Wed, May 20th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42
Thu, May 21st		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82
Fri, May 22nd		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Tue, May 26th		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30
Thu, May 28th		vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#117
Fri, May 29th		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#148
Sat, May 30th		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Sun, May 31st		@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Mon, Jun 1st		@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd		@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Wed, Jun 3rd		@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#56
Fri, Jun 5th		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#72
Sun, Jun 7th		vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#215
Tue, Jun 9th		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)
Thu, Jun 11th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th		@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42
Sat, Jun 13th		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (10-9)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th		@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#169
Tue, Jun 16th		@ HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th		@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#287
Fri, Jun 19th		vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#148
Sat, Jun 20th		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#146
Sun, Jun 21st		vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd		vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd		vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 24th		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#236
Thu, Jun 25th		vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#291
Sat, Jun 27th		vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#169
Sun, Jun 28th		vs HOU	Hunter Brown (6-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th		@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#10
Wed, Jul 1st		@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd		@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (11-9)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th		@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (9-5)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#121
Tue, Jul 7th		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Wed, Jul 8th		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#296
Thu, Jul 9th		vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (7-10)	#48
Sat, Jul 11th		vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7
Sun, Jul 12th		vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th		@ LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#27
Sat, Jul 18th		@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#117
Sun, Jul 19th		@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (5-8)	#237
Mon, Jul 20th		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st		@ CHC	David Peterson (8-8)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd		@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#259
Thu, Jul 23rd		vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-4)	#375
Fri, Jul 24th		vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#309
Sat, Jul 25th		vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, Jul 26th		vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-14)
Tue, Jul 28th		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th		vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Fri, Jul 31st		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-14)	#296
Sat, Aug 1st		@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd		@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-11)
Tue, Aug 4th		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#152
Wed, Aug 5th		@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th		@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th		@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th		@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149
Sun, Aug 9th		@ SF	Logan Webb (8-9)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th		vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (6-15)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th		vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th		vs CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#24
Fri, Aug 14th		vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#146
Sat, Aug 15th		vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th		vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Mon, Aug 17th		@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7)	#110
Tue, Aug 18th		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)
Wed, Aug 19th		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st		@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Sat, Aug 22nd		@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, Aug 23rd		@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#239
Mon, Aug 24th		vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th		vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#201
Wed, Aug 26th		vs TB	Freddy Peralta (9-11)	#49
Fri, Aug 28th		vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Sat, Aug 29th		vs LAD	Blake Snell (4-1)	#74
Sun, Aug 30th		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (5-1)	#15
Mon, Aug 31st		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Tue, Sep 1st		@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#138
Wed, Sep 2nd		@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Fri, Sep 4th		@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#46
Sat, Sep 5th		@ CLE	Parker Messick (12-9)	#24
Sun, Sep 6th		@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-8)	#16
Mon, Sep 7th		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Tue, Sep 8th		vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#108
Fri, Sep 11th		vs COL	Mason Adams (0-1)	#361
Sat, Sep 12th		vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#369
Sun, Sep 13th		vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#354
Mon, Sep 14th		@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30
Tue, Sep 15th		@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-4)	#188
Wed, Sep 16th		@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#116
Thu, Sep 17th		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (8-9)	#358
Fri, Sep 18th		@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-2)	#318
Sat, Sep 19th		@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Sun, Sep 20th		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Mon, Sep 21st		vs WSH	Jackson Kent (1-4)	#284
Tue, Sep 22nd		vs WSH	Connelly Early (7-5)	#144
Wed, Sep 23rd		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35
Fri, Sep 25th		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (8-9)	#123
Sat, Sep 26th		vs PIT	Antwone Kelly (0-0)	#363
Sun, Sep 27th		vs PIT	Jared Jones (4-6)	#63

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Marcell Ozuna (2026)

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