Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Nick Sogard (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 327	‐
VBR	# 1257	‐

Projections

Runs	4	1
Home Runs	0	0
RBI	3	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.221	.154

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 388	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 257	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	40	‐

Runs	3	‐

Hits	11	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	2	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	3	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.275	‐

On Base Pct	.356	‐

Slugging Pct	.375	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.731	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	31	7

Runs	4	1

Hits	7	1

Singles	5	1

Doubles	1	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	3	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	3	1

Strikeouts	8	2

Batting Average	.221	.154

On Base Pct	.302	.267

Slugging Pct	.308	.154

On-base Plus Slugging	.611	.421

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS	Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
News
	The Red Sox are recalling Nick Sogard from Triple-A Worcester. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Pirates designated INF Enmanuel Valdez for assignment. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 3rd
	The Red Sox activated Nick Sogard from the injured list and optioned him to Triple-A. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Pirates optioned INF Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis. Ari Koslow Mon, Mar 16th
	Nick Sogard will go on a rehab assignment starting on Thursday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	Nick Sogard is expected to begin a minor league rehab assignment in the coming days. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 28th
	Nick Sogard has been doing defensive work while hitting right-handed as he continues to build up his left-handed swing. He is currently progressing through tee work and soft toss as part of his recovery and hitting progression. Nicholas Rodriguez Mon, Jun 22nd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Nick Sogard 1B,2B,3B - BOS			Enmanuel Valdez 1B - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#321	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#358	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#213	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#376	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH			vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#129
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Enmanuel Valdez for Nick Sogard (2026)

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