Who Should I Trade?

Ernie Clement for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 130	# 166
VBR	# 173	# 179

Projections

Runs	20	19
Home Runs	4	7
RBI	19	21
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.276	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 113	# 117

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 140	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 118	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 108	# 128

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 174	# 97

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	427	150

Runs	47	28

Hits	122	38

Singles	86	14

Doubles	27	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	8	14

RBI	36	38

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	15	27

Strikeouts	42	65

Batting Average	.286	.253

On Base Pct	.310	.367

Slugging Pct	.410	.607

On-base Plus Slugging	.720	.973

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	140

Runs	20	19

Hits	48	33

Singles	34	19

Doubles	10	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	7

RBI	19	21

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	16

Strikeouts	19	46

Batting Average	.276	.236

On Base Pct	.307	.320

Slugging Pct	.404	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.712	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 in a 6-0 win over the Red Sox with one double, one stolen base, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 13th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Ernie Clement went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Padres with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	Esmerlyn Valdez was removed from Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks after being hit by a pitch on the left hand. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in a 9-3 win over the Giants on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-7 win over the Cubs on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Ernie Clement is back in the Blue Jays lineup on Thursday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Thu, Jun 25th	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-3 with a home run in the Pirates 8-5 loss against the Yankees on Monday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ernie Clement 1B,2B,3B,SS - TOR			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs DET
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ LAD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs LAA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ CHC
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ DET
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, Jun 21st				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL

Who Should I Trade?

Ernie Clement for Esmerlyn Valdez (2026)

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