Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Michael Busch (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 72	‐
VBR	# 89	‐

Projections

Runs	18	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	19	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.248	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 42	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 74	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 111	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 77	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 66	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 133	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	476	‐

Runs	53	‐

Hits	116	‐

Singles	79	‐

Doubles	20	‐

Triples	2	‐

Home Runs	15	‐

RBI	64	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	70	‐

Strikeouts	124	‐

Batting Average	.244	‐

On Base Pct	.351	‐

Slugging Pct	.389	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.740	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	31	‐

Singles	19	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	19	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	16	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.342	‐

Slugging Pct	.443	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.785	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
News
	Michael Busch went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in Tuesday's 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Aug 19th	The Pirates designated INF Enmanuel Valdez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	Michael Busch went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored in Sunday's 10-2 win over the Kansas City Royals. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Aug 10th	The Pirates optioned INF Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Michael Busch went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and three RBI in Monday's 10-5 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Aug 4th
	Michael Busch went 3-for-6 with two RBI in Saturday's 11-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th
	Michael Busch went 1-for-4 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and an RBI in Monday's 8-6 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Nicholas Rodriguez Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Michael Busch 1B - CHC			Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147
Sun, Mar 29th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-7)	#249	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (10-6)	#49	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#378
Wed, Apr 1st	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39
Sat, Apr 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#413
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#287	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#177	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Mon, Apr 13th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Apr 14th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#357
Wed, Apr 15th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-4)	#87
Sat, Apr 18th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#185	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38
Tue, Apr 21st	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (11-5)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#284	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#235	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150
Fri, May 1st	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#302	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Sun, May 3rd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, May 5th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Wed, May 6th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Thu, May 7th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#217
Fri, May 8th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Sat, May 9th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Sun, May 10th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-10)	#82
Tue, May 12th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Wed, May 13th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#248	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Thu, May 14th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#6	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#61	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Sat, May 16th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#406	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, May 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#125	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-6)	#106	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#245
Tue, May 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#341
Wed, May 27th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#117	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Thu, May 28th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Fri, May 29th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Sat, May 30th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Sun, May 31st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#94	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#301	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#257
Thu, Jun 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#225
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#267
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#270
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Tue, Jun 9th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280
Wed, Jun 10th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199
Sun, Jun 14th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Jun 15th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (5-7)	#437	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#426	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Fri, Jun 19th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#329
Sat, Jun 20th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#111	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Mon, Jun 29th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#183	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#334	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#259	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#365
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (14-4)	#46
Sat, Jul 4th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#88	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#417
Sun, Jul 5th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Tue, Jul 7th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-13)	#57	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#84	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164
Thu, Jul 9th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#184
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (7-8)	#107	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#122	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 25th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (13-5)	#30	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#222
Mon, Jul 27th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152
Tue, Jul 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Thu, Jul 30th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178
Fri, Jul 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#69	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-8)	#123
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-6)	#280	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-3)	#47
Thu, Aug 6th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, Aug 7th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#214	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-4)	#129
Sat, Aug 8th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196
Sun, Aug 9th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#433	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Wed, Aug 12th	@ WSH	Jackson Kent (0-1)	#190	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Thu, Aug 13th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#283
Fri, Aug 14th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78
Sat, Aug 15th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 16th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97
Mon, Aug 17th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#79	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Tue, Aug 18th	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#135	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#127
Wed, Aug 19th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-3)	#131	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#253
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#76	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-7)	#36	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-11)	#152	@ SD	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#109
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#74
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CIN			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CIN			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ MIA			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PIT			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIA			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIA			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ BOS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ BOS			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Mon, May 4th	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#421
Mon, May 18th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Jul 21st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Mon, Aug 31st	vs MIL
Mon, Sep 7th	@ MIL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Michael Busch (2026)

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