Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Javier Baez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 171	# 333
VBR	# 257	# 1159

Projections

Runs	19	8
Home Runs	7	2
RBI	21	8
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 120	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	# 359

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 270

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	78

Runs	24	10

Hits	34	20

Singles	13	13

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	2

RBI	34	6

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	18	2

Strikeouts	53	16

Batting Average	.283	.256

On Base Pct	.374	.281

Slugging Pct	.683	.397

On-base Plus Slugging	1.057	.678

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	135	71

Runs	19	8

Hits	32	17

Singles	19	12

Doubles	6	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	2

RBI	21	8

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	45	18

Batting Average	.237	.236

On Base Pct	.320	.274

Slugging Pct	.441	.365

On-base Plus Slugging	.761	.639

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
News
	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	Javier Baez will play in a rehab game on Sunday for Triple-A Toledo. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 7-1 win in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Javier Baez is expected to transfer his rehab assignment to Triple-A Toledo on Saturday. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 23rd
	Esmerlyn Valdez went yard three times across Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Tigers manager A.J Hinch said Javier Baez will begin a rehab assignment on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Javier Baez took live batting practice. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 6-1 win over the Phillies on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Tigers utility player Javier Baez (ankle) has begun playing defense in addition to a hitting and running program he began on July 1. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th
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			Javier Baez 2B,3B,SS,CF - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#409	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#376	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#20	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#9	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#425	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#225	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#238	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#362	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#197	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#260	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#309	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#308	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#299	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#167	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#16
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#48
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs COL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs PIT
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th				vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Javier Baez (2026)

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