Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Freddie Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 32	# 164
VBR	# 21	# 182

Projections

Runs	27	18
Home Runs	7	6
RBI	27	20
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.291	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 17	# 115

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 31	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	# 97

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 39	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 26	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 24	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	423	153

Runs	57	28

Hits	131	38

Singles	88	14

Doubles	27	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	15	14

RBI	54	38

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	51	28

Strikeouts	78	68

Batting Average	.310	.248

On Base Pct	.385	.364

Slugging Pct	.485	.595

On-base Plus Slugging	.869	.959

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	173	132

Runs	27	18

Hits	50	31

Singles	32	18

Doubles	11	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	27	20

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	15

Strikeouts	35	44

Batting Average	.291	.237

On Base Pct	.376	.324

Slugging Pct	.486	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	.862	.760

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Freddie Freeman told reporters he expects to be back in the lineup on Friday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 6th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Freddie Freeman had X-rays return negative on his hand injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Freddie Freeman was removed from Wednesday's game early with an apparent hand/wrist injury. Ari Koslow Wed, Aug 5th	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
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a run scored. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	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
	Freddie Freeman went 3-for-4 in Friday's 9-4 loss to the Red Sox with three singles and one RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Freddie Freeman 1B - LAD			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#22	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#286	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#135	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#81	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#434	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#272	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#6	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#175	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#189	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#420	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#9	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#208	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-10)	#3	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#56	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#383	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#153	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#218	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#201	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#232	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#258	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#195	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-1)	#196	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150
Sat, Jul 18th				@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#243	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#124
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#73	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#224	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#105
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Freddie Freeman (2026)

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