Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Patrick Bailey (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 499	# 617

Projections

Runs	8	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	8	7
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.222	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 349	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Patrick Bailey C - CLE	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	252	66

Runs	23	12

Hits	49	22

Singles	34	10

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	30	17

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	21	1

Strikeouts	70	19

Batting Average	.194	.333

On Base Pct	.254	.353

Slugging Pct	.314	.697

On-base Plus Slugging	.567	1.050

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Patrick Bailey C - CLE	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	72	46

Runs	8	5

Hits	16	11

Singles	11	7

Doubles	3	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	8	7

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	6	3

Strikeouts	21	12

Batting Average	.222	.246

On Base Pct	.281	.307

Slugging Pct	.348	.418

On-base Plus Slugging	.629	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Patrick Bailey C - CLE	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Patrick Bailey went 2-for-5 in a 9-1 win over the Rockies with a home run, a double, a run scored, three RBI, and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Sat, Aug 22nd	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
	Bailey went 2-for-3 in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Giants with a walk, one run scored, one RBI, one stolen base and one strikeout. Matthew Adam Fri, Aug 21st	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-3 in a 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday with a home run, a run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Patrick Bailey went 1-for-4 in a 3-1 loss to the Twins in 12 innings with a home run, a walk, one run scored, and one RBI. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Patrick Bailey went 4-for-5 in Monday's 13-4 win over the Twins with a home run, two runs scored and two RBI. Matthew Adam Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Patrick Bailey C - CLE			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#212
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-10)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (9-6)	#245
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#75	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#97
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#70
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#7	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#194
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#24	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#100
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-9)	#4	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#90	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-14)	#64	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#135
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#174
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#326	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#39
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#189
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-6)	#155	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (5-8)	#240
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#248
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#403
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#133
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#199	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#234	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#22
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)		vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#144
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-5)	#137	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-9)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#253
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#161
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (7-11)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#150
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#138	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#40	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)		vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-7)	#47
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-3)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#31	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#337
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#110	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#102	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#170
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#257
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-6)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#109	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-7)	#12	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#196
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#29
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (4-2)	#157	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#111
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-8)	#9	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (11-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#38	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#85
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-4)	#227
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#131
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-8)	#197
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#270
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-9)	#33	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#272	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#34
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (5-3)	#83	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#228
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#184
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#278	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#81	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#215
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#50
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson		vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#154	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-8)	#61
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-2)	#175	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#360
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#343	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-9)	#149
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-12)	#139	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-8)	#89
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#62	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#57	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#35	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#42
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#393	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#19
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-13)	#56
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#41	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#45
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#153	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#59	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#169
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#219	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-7)	#48	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#76
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#125
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)	#237	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-1)	#282	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#6
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-4)	#370	@ KC	Noah Cameron (8-8)	#63
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-5)	#328	@ KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-7)	#438	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#241	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#14
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (8-9)	#252	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#214
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#105	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-11)	#52
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (7-8)	#68	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#187	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#49
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (5-2)	#69	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#91
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Spencer Arrighetti (7-6)	#231	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#74
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#71
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-11)	#101
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#152
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#107
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#236
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#5
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#46
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-5)	#120
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#171
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-13)	#93
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (8-5)	#11
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Patrick Bailey (2026)

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