Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 5 of 5 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 131	‐
VBR	# 756	# 1112

Projections

Runs	11	8
Home Runs	3	3
RBI	11	9
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.247	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 121	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 109	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 134	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 192	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 122	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	293	31

Runs	37	9

Hits	72	14

Singles	45	7

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	4

RBI	44	11

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	23	0

Strikeouts	77	8

Batting Average	.246	.452

On Base Pct	.306	.469

Slugging Pct	.451	.936

On-base Plus Slugging	.757	1.404

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	80	63

Runs	11	8

Hits	20	15

Singles	13	10

Doubles	4	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	3

RBI	11	9

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	5

Strikeouts	20	16

Batting Average	.247	.245

On Base Pct	.314	.306

Slugging Pct	.412	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.726	.716

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a 1-0 win over the Phillies with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-4 in a win over the Nationals with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s win over the Tigers with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 25th	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Reds with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st	Eduardo Valencia is with the Tigers on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Paul Goldschmidt went 2-for-5 in Wednesday’s win over the White Sox with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jun 18th	Eduardo Valencia was sent down to Triple-A Toledo ahead of Monday's game against the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Paul Goldschmidt 1B,DH - NYY			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks		vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th				@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 16th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Sun, Apr 19th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#187
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Apr 25th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Fri, May 1st	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sun, May 3rd	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#157
Wed, May 6th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Sat, May 9th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, May 10th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, May 13th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, May 16th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#147
Sun, May 17th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, May 19th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Wed, May 20th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, May 21st	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Fri, May 22nd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Tue, May 26th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 31st	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Jun 13th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Wed, Jun 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Thu, Jun 25th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Fri, Jun 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sat, Jun 27th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#87	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Sun, Jun 28th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Mon, Jun 29th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Jun 30th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171
Fri, Jul 10th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Mon, Jul 20th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 4th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Tue, Aug 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Aug 12th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Thu, Aug 13th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ BAL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TOR			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TOR			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TOR			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs HOU			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs HOU			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BOS			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ LAA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ LAA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ LAA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SD			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SD			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs COL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs COL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs NYM			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs NYM			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ MIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ ARI			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TB			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TB			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs BAL			vs PIT
Wed, Mar 25th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Mon, Apr 13th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, May 7th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, May 11th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 25th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, Jun 4th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 8th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sun, Jun 14th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#404
Mon, Jul 6th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, Aug 20th	@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th	vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	vs COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Paul Goldschmidt (2026)

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