Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Jake Cronenworth (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 250	‐
VBR	# 320	‐

Projections

Runs	18	‐
Home Runs	3	‐
RBI	15	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.235	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 233	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 243	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 218	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 359	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	226	‐

Runs	27	‐

Hits	49	‐

Singles	40	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	17	‐

Stolen Bases	7	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	24	‐

Strikeouts	55	‐

Batting Average	.217	‐

On Base Pct	.306	‐

Slugging Pct	.283	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.589	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	133	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	31	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	3	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	17	‐

Strikeouts	32	‐

Batting Average	.235	‐

On Base Pct	.329	‐

Slugging Pct	.372	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.701	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
News
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 4-1 win over the Diamondbacks on Friday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 8th	The Pirates designated INF Enmanuel Valdez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Jake Cronenworth went 1-for-5 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 12-7 loss against the Dodgers on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	The Pirates optioned INF Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	The Padres have activated infielder Jake Cronenworth off the concussion injured list. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th
	Jake Cronenworth will begin his rehab assignment at Triple-A El Paso on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 26th
	Jake Cronenworth is getting close to starting a rehab assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jake Cronenworth 1B,2B,SS - SD			Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Wed, Apr 1st	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (5-8)	#122	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#40	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th				@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#193	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#72	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, May 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#194	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 7th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, May 13th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#208	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Tue, May 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326
Wed, May 27th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 29th	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#192	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#288	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#62	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sat, Jun 20th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#277	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#132	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ARI			vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#154	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#70	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#142	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-4)	#202	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Jul 31st	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-3)	#169	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#166	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#279	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#123	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#141	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Sun, Aug 9th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#173	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th	vs MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Fri, Aug 14th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Aug 15th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	@ NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs MIN			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs PIT			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ TB			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ TB			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ TB			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs NYY			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs WSH			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ SF			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ SF			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ COL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ COL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ COL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ LAD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs ARI			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs ARI			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Thu, Apr 9th	vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#258
Mon, May 4th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#10
Mon, Jun 8th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 6th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Fri, Jul 10th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#106
Fri, Jul 17th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Mon, Aug 10th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th	@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Jake Cronenworth (2026)

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