Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 180	‐
VBR	# 268	# 1053

Projections

Runs	14	6
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	13	7
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.265	.245

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 146	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 160	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 165	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 115	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	288	58

Runs	37	12

Hits	75	21

Singles	52	9

Doubles	12	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	6

RBI	38	17

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	44	1

Strikeouts	49	17

Batting Average	.260	.362

On Base Pct	.367	.383

Slugging Pct	.413	.776

On-base Plus Slugging	.781	1.159

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	50

Runs	14	6

Hits	27	12

Singles	18	8

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	13	7

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	14	4

Strikeouts	20	12

Batting Average	.265	.245

On Base Pct	.358	.307

Slugging Pct	.417	.417

On-base Plus Slugging	.774	.724

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
News
	Spencer Horwitz went 1-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 4-3 win over the Brewers on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Aug 4th	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
	The Pirates activated INF Spencer Horwitz from the 10-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 2nd	Eduardo Valencia went 1-for-3 in a win over the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 14th
	Spencer Horwitz suffered a concussion on his rehab assignment and will remain on the injured list. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	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
	Spencer Horwitz will begin a rehab assignment with Single-A Bradenton on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th	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
	Spencer Horwitz has started a running program. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th	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
	Spencer Horwitz 1B - PIT			Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#283
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-3)	#24
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#124
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	vs MIL	DL Hall (2-0)	#204
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#247
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#141
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#170
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#274
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#340	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#93
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#173
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#279	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#411
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#67
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#364	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (5-4)	#242
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#290
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#184	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#92
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#248
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#432
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#300
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#252	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#68
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#52
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#74	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Spencer Horwitz (2026)

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