Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Tyler Austin (2026)

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

Rest of Season	‐	‐
VBR	# 1170	# 1241

Projections

Runs	7	3
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	7	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.243	.243

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	23	‐

Runs	8	‐

Hits	9	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	0	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	4	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	0	‐

Strikeouts	6	‐

Batting Average	.391	‐

On Base Pct	.417	‐

Slugging Pct	.913	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	53	26

Runs	7	3

Hits	13	6

Singles	9	4

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	7	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	3

Strikeouts	13	7

Batting Average	.243	.243

On Base Pct	.297	.315

Slugging Pct	.404	.438

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	.753

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Eduardo Valencia C,1B,DH - DET	Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
News
	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	The Cubs placed 1B/OF Tyler Austin on the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	Eduardo Valencia was recalled from Triple-A Toledo by the Tigers on Monday. Diego Sandoval Mon, Jul 27th	Austin (knee) signed a one-year contract with Chicago over the winter after spending the previous six campaigns with Yokohama in Japan. He has not played in the majors since 2019. Bruno Mulé Wed, Feb 25th
	Eduardo Valencia is with the Tigers on Monday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Eduardo Valencia was sent down to Triple-A Toledo ahead of Monday's game against the Cubs. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jul 20th
	Eduardo Valencia was called up from Triple-A Toledo ahead of Thursday's game against the Athletics. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
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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			Tyler Austin 1B,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#411
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Eduardo Valencia for Tyler Austin (2026)

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