Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Gavin Sheets (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 255
VBR	# 179	# 253

Projections

Runs	19	17
Home Runs	7	5
RBI	21	19
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 182

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 173

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Stats


At Bats	146	316

Runs	28	42

Hits	38	68

Singles	14	39

Doubles	9	15

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	14

RBI	38	43

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	43

Strikeouts	61	76

Batting Average	.260	.215

On Base Pct	.375	.315

Slugging Pct	.623	.396

On-base Plus Slugging	.998	.711

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	142

Runs	19	17

Hits	33	34

Singles	19	21

Doubles	7	7

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	5

RBI	21	19

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	15

Strikeouts	46	33

Batting Average	.237	.237

On Base Pct	.321	.312

Slugging Pct	.438	.403

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.715

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Gavin Sheets went 3-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 15-3 loss against the Dodgers on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Gavin Sheets went 2-for-4 with a home run in the Padres 9-7 loss on Friday against the Rangers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 20th
	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	Gavin Sheets went 1-for-4 with a home run and two RBI in the Padres 3-2 loss against the Phillies on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd
	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	Gavin Sheets went 3-for-3 with two home runs and four RBI in the Padres 8-3 win over the Mariners on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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	Gavin Sheets went 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBI in the Padres 3-1 win over the Brewers on Wednesday. Ari Koslow Thu, May 14th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Gavin Sheets 1B,LF,RF,DH - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#125
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#189
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-3)	#205
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#433
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#176
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#172
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TB
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ SF
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ARI
Fri, Mar 27th				vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Apr 9th				vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-4)	#237
Mon, May 4th				@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Mon, May 18th				vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Fri, Jul 10th				vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Jul 17th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, Jul 21st				@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Mon, Aug 31st				@ CIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs WSH
Mon, Sep 14th				@ COL

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Gavin Sheets (2026)

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