Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Tim Elko (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1257	# 1368

Projections

Runs	2	1
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.237	.170

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Stats


At Bats	12	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	5	‐

Singles	3	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	4	‐

Batting Average	.417	‐

On Base Pct	.462	‐

Slugging Pct	.917	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.378	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
2026 Projections


At Bats	19	7

Runs	2	1

Hits	5	1

Singles	3	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	5	3

Batting Average	.237	.170

On Base Pct	.288	.189

Slugging Pct	.396	.226

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	.415

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Tim Elko 1B - CWS
News
	Eduardo Valencia was sent down to Triple-A Toledo ahead of Monday's game against the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th	White Sox first baseman Tim Elko is beginning a minor league rehab assignment with High-A Winston-Salem on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
	Eduardo Valencia was called up from Triple-A Toledo ahead of Thursday's game against the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
	Valencia attended big-league camp with Detroit. Dillon Dingler and Jake Rogers comprise the organization's catching depth at the major-league level. Bruno Mulé Mon, Mar 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET			Tim Elko 1B - CWS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs TB	Cole Sulser
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#348
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs KC	Steven Cruz
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#305
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#144
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#78
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#140
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ DET
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ DET
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CHC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs NYM
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs TEX
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs PIT
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CLE
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs DET
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ KC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ KC
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs COL
Sun, Mar 29th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Mon, Apr 27th				vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 23rd				@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204
Mon, May 25th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Sun, Jun 14th				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35
Thu, Jun 18th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 30th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ KC

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Tim Elko (2026)

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