Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Harrison Bader (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 197	‐

Projections

Runs	19	12
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	12
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.237	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	-	OUT

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	# 215

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 239

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 348

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 214

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Stats


At Bats	142	106

Runs	27	10

Hits	38	18

Singles	14	8

Doubles	9	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	5

RBI	38	14

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	4

Strikeouts	57	34

Batting Average	.268	.170

On Base Pct	.369	.198

Slugging Pct	.641	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	1.010	.557

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	98

Runs	19	12

Hits	32	21

Singles	19	14

Doubles	6	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	12

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	7

Strikeouts	44	27

Batting Average	.237	.214

On Base Pct	.319	.277

Slugging Pct	.437	.347

On-base Plus Slugging	.756	.624

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Giants have suspended payment to outfielder Harrison Bader (foot) as they continue to investigate a scooter accident in which the veteran re-injured his ailing foot. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 31st
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Giants’ manager Tony Vitello told reporters on Thursday that Harrison Bader will miss the remainder of the season. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st
	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	The Giants say Harrison Bader had a scooter accident "on Saturday night/early Sunday morning" and further injured his left foot. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	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	Giants outfielder Harrison Bader (foot) is expected to be back this season, according to manager Tony Vitello. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
	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	Giants outfielder Harrison Bader (foot) will see a specialist about his continued discomfort. Brenton Kemp Fri, Jul 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Harrison Bader LF,CF,RF - SF
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#218
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#205
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#197
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#359
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#165
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs DET
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs HOU
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs COL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs COL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ CLE
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ CLE
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BOS
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CIN
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CIN
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CIN
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs SD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs SD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ STL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ STL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAD
Wed, Mar 25th				vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, May 4th				vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, May 11th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Mon, May 18th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Mon, Jun 1st				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Mon, Jun 8th				vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363
Mon, Jul 6th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Fri, Jul 17th				@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st				@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Aug 10th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th				vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Mon, Sep 7th				vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st				vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Harrison Bader (2026)

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