Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Salvador Perez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 112	‐
VBR	# 165	# 1107

Projections

Runs	15	7
Home Runs	6	2
RBI	20	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.244	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 93	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 96	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 138	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 112	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 126	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 190	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	436	48

Runs	41	11

Hits	94	19

Singles	60	8

Doubles	17	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	16	5

RBI	52	15

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	18	1

Strikeouts	94	13

Batting Average	.216	.396

On Base Pct	.262	.420

Slugging Pct	.369	.833

On-base Plus Slugging	.631	1.253

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	132	53

Runs	15	7

Hits	32	13

Singles	20	8

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	2

RBI	20	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	7	4

Strikeouts	29	13

Batting Average	.244	.243

On Base Pct	.297	.303

Slugging Pct	.428	.411

On-base Plus Slugging	.725	.714

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Salvador Perez is not in the Royals lineup on Friday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Fri, Aug 14th	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, a run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in win over the Tigers with a home run, one run scored and one RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-4 in a win over the Giants with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th
	Salvador Perez went 1-for-3 in a 4-3 win over the Giants with a home run, one walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 21st	Eduardo Valencia is with the Tigers on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Salvador Perez C,1B,DH - KC			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#80
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#107	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#363
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)	#240	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st				@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#105
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#223
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#42	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#145
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#129
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#131
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#51
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#166	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#198
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#194
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (8-8)	#251	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#181
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#171	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#229	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#259
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#157
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#143	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#151
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#394	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#268	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#178
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#94	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#144
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#130	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#162	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#36
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#189
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#111	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson		@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#133	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#163
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#29	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#77	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#32	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#412
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#68
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#125	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#241	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#138
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#189
Sat, Jun 20th				vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#134
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#22
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#69
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#261	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#387	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#116	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#19
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#90	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#57	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#11	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#265
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#44	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#49	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#284
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#132	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#62	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#47	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#193	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#420	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#156
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#242
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#435
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#31	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#50
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#437	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#290
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-6)	#436	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#81
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#93	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (5-5)	#71	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#72
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#40	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-12)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#296	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#45
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#99	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#134
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#37	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#176
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#257	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#66
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-3)	#427	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-5)	#115
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#123	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#26
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#86	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#127
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#63	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#76
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#84	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#60
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#35	@ KC	Daniel Lynch
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#43
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#172
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#61
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#55
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#152
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#85
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#153
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Salvador Perez (2026)

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