Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	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	# 1	‐
VBR	# 1	# 548

Projections

Runs	‐	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	‐	6
Stolen Bases	‐	0
Batting Avg	‐	.253
Strikeouts	20	11
Wins	1	‐
Saves	0	‐
ERA	3.11	‐
WHIP	1.15	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


Runs	‐	13

Home Runs	4	6

RBI	‐	17

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Batting Avg	‐	.316

Strikeouts	95	23

Wins	8	‐

Saves	0	‐

ERA	1.79	‐

WHIP	0.95	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


Runs	‐	5

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	‐	6

Stolen Bases	‐	0

Batting Avg	‐	.253

Strikeouts	20	11

Wins	1	‐

Saves	0	‐

ERA	3.11	‐

WHIP	1.15	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Shohei Ohtani will not make his scheduled start against the Tigers on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 30th	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
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in Wednesday's 6-5 loss to Atlanta with a double, a run scored, one stolen base and one strikeout. Chase Davis Thu, Aug 27th	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Shohei Ohtani is scheduled to throw a bullpen session on Friday. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 27th	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
	Shohei Ohtani has a chance to start on Sunday against the Detroit Tigers as he works back from knee and bicep injuries. Diego Sandoval Tue, Aug 25th	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
	Shohei Ohtani went 0-for-3 in a win over the Pirates with one run scored, one stolen base, one walk, and one strikeout. Chase Davis Mon, Aug 24th	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
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#192
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-8)	#195	vs STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#96
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-7)	#149	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (9-5)	#10	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#108
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (9-9)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (5-6)	#62	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-7)	#155
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-7)	#146
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#160
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#432	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#68	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#201
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#90
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-12)	#223
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#117	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#226
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#59	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#300
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-12)	#100	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-10)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (6-8)	#44	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#229
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#112
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#25
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#315	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#328	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#83	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#60
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#222
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#114
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (4-9)	#142	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#163	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (12-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#198	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-4)	#111	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#36	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#326
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#79
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#71	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#164
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#332	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#167	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#121
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (8-8)	#105	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#244	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#126
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#212	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-7)	#200
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#156	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#183
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#26
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#233
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#57
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#252	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#80
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#267	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (6-5)	#197
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#275	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#120
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#199	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#193
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#414	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#287	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (7-7)	#19	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-5)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#168	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#216
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#179
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-5)	#12	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (5-10)	#47	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-2)	#433
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-6)	#58	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#429
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#33	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#53
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#97	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#56
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#30	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-12)	#251
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#27	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-10)	#138
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#92	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-8)	#72
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#65
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#29	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-8)	#73
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#129	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#76	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#74
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (14-4)	#82	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-14)	#46
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#37
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#115	vs CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-3)	#181
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (14-5)	#6	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-6)	#173
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (9-2)	#28	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#78
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#436	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#118
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-8)	#435	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#31
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-9)	#116	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#63	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#69
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT	Lake Bachar (1-3)	#248	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#190
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#15
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#187	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#180
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL	AJ Smith-Shawver (0-0)	#140	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (6-11)	#38
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#88	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#148	vs LAD	Blake Snell (2-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-9)	#45	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#18
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-6)	#40
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#122	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#274	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#103
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#61	@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-6)	#144	@ CLE	Parker Messick (10-8)	#32
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH	Will Dion (1-1)	#209	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (12-7)	#20
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-3)	#127	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#219	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-7)	#81
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#98
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#413
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#132
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (8-9)	#55
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#419
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-9)	#11
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-3)	#43
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#67
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#4
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (1-2)	#170
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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