Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jac Caglianone (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 166
VBR	# 101	# 222

Projections

Runs	20	16
Home Runs	7	6
RBI	22	18
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.254	.234

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	# 115

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 81	# 97

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 84	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	398	161

Runs	52	28

Hits	106	39

Singles	62	15

Doubles	21	9

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	21	14

RBI	52	38

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	2	1

Walks	27	33

Strikeouts	114	73

Batting Average	.266	.242

On Base Pct	.319	.371

Slugging Pct	.487	.571

On-base Plus Slugging	.806	.942

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	145	121

Runs	20	16

Hits	37	28

Singles	22	17

Doubles	7	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	6

RBI	22	18

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	12	15

Strikeouts	39	41

Batting Average	.254	.234

On Base Pct	.318	.326

Slugging Pct	.457	.428

On-base Plus Slugging	.775	.754

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, three RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Tue, Aug 11th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jac Caglianone went 4-for-4 in Saturday's 6-3 win over the Cubs with two home runs, two doubles, two runs scored and four RBI. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 9th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Twins with a run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis 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
	Jac Caglianone went 1-for-5 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. 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
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#44
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#117
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#29
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (2-7)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, Mar 31st				@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#416
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#82
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#88
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#46	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#361
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#162
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#177	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-7)	#9
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#96	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-8)	#263	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#241	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#306	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#73	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#91	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#17	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#184	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#235
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#79
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-7)	#407	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#283	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (8-4)	#105	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#158	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-7)	#11	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#65	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#227
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#326
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-5)	#26	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#230
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#113	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#151	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#233
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (5-8)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#209
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#83	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#25	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#33	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#107
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#243	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#187
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#284	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#135
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#129	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-8)	#121
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#253	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#175
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#99	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379
Sat, Jun 20th				@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#434
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#280	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#374	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#108	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#136
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#81	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#63	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-3)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (9-3)	#69	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#267
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#12	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#404
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#51	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (9-5)	#66
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#39	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#176
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#165
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#94
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-11)	#68	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#133
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#186	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#191
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#329	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#74
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#59	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#34	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#118
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#103
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#189
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#435	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-6)	#432	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#93
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#379	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#204
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#60	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#98	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#48
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#104	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#47
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (6-10)	#24	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-2)	#138
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#207
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#38	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#27	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#42
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#345	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#110
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#273
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-5)	#97	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#84
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#31	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#270	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#124
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-2)	#411	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-7)	#36
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs DET	Keider Montero (8-7)	#148
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#101	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#160
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#6
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#180
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#43
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#28
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (11-5)	#15
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-3)	#137
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#54
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#49
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#157
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jac Caglianone (2026)

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