Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Matt Thaiss (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 577	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	6	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.252	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
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	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
2026 Projections


At Bats	45	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	7	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	3	‐

Strikeouts	11	‐

Batting Average	.252	‐

On Base Pct	.310	‐

Slugging Pct	.434	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Matt Thaiss C - HOU
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	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league deal with the Astros. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th
	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th	The Red Sox released Matt Thaiss. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	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	The Red Sox reassigned C Matt Thaiss to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 23rd
	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	Matt Thaiss has signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox. The deal includes an invitation to spring training. David Leisering Sat, Jan 31st
	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
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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			Matt Thaiss C - HOU
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#203	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-4)	#111
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#113	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#199	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#89	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#49	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#424
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#436
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#418
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#414
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#107	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#434
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs COL	Juan Mejia
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#98
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#130	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#290
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#162	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#38	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#155	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#160	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#243	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#347
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#230	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#68
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#128	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (8-6)	#74
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#142
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#29
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#23	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#5
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#127	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#30	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-3)	#20
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#103
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#134	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#234
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#42	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#186
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#150	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#129
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#276
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83	vs ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#295	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	vs DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#93
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#177	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#220	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#62
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#149
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#43	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-3)	#60
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#226	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#174
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#201	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#46
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#25	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#108
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#229	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#115
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#228
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#235
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#54	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#215
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#10	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#221	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#172
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#85	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#246
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#61
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#417	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#145
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#55	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#63	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#382	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#97
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#146	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#8
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#87	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#188
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker		@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#96
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#71	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#57
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#281
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#59	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#294
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	@ SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#217
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#72
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#16
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#91
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#28	vs LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#225
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#7	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#266
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#70	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#179
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#69	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#176
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#202	vs ATH	Brady Basso (0-0)	#242
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#205	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#67
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#51	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#265
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#56
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#14	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#34
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#17	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#161
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#45	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#191
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#94	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#58
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#80	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#83
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#41	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#387
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#33	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#132
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#19	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TB
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TB
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TB
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs KC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs KC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs KC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ ATH
Sun, Mar 29th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Apr 13th				@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Mon, May 11th				vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#26
Sat, May 23rd				@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#182
Mon, May 25th				@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#124
Thu, Jun 4th				vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#47
Mon, Jun 8th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#82
Mon, Jul 6th				@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#147
Mon, Aug 10th				@ SF	Blade Tidwell (0-0)	#171
Thu, Aug 20th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#114
Thu, Aug 27th				@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#18
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#272
Thu, Sep 10th				@ PHI
Thu, Sep 24th				@ ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Matt Thaiss (2026)

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