Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Matt Olson (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 14	‐
VBR	# 28	‐

Projections

Runs	35	1
Home Runs	13	0
RBI	37	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.259	.211

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 13	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 19	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 19	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 13	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 21	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 13	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	402	‐

Runs	69	‐

Hits	108	‐

Singles	56	‐

Doubles	25	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	27	‐

RBI	63	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	46	‐

Strikeouts	109	‐

Batting Average	.269	‐

On Base Pct	.344	‐

Slugging Pct	.532	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.877	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	217	10

Runs	35	1

Hits	56	2

Singles	31	2

Doubles	12	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	37	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	29	1

Strikeouts	60	2

Batting Average	.259	.211

On Base Pct	.353	.286

Slugging Pct	.492	.263

On-base Plus Slugging	.845	.549

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
News
	Matt Olson went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer in Friday's 7-6 win over the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 25th	The Pirates designated INF Enmanuel Valdez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Matt Olson went 2-for-3 with a solo homer, two walks, and two runs scored in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	The Pirates optioned INF Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Matt Olson went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, two walks, and two runs scored in Thursday's 10-5 win over the Pirates. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 9th
	Matt Olson went 2-for-5 with a pair of homers and three RBI in Monday's 7-6 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 7th
	Matt Olson went 2-for-3 in a 5-3 win over the Mets with two solo home runs and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Olson 1B - ATL			Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#418
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#388
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#135
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#38	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#83
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#168	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#12
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#96
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#229
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#285
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#389
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#74
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#191
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#184	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#8	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#351
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#206	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#233	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#101	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#304
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#286
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#51	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#163
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#142	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#127	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#157	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#80	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#308	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#49
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#173
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#215
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Matt Olson (2026)

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