Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for JJ Bleday (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 136	# 167
VBR	# 117	# 243

Projections

Runs	26	18
Home Runs	9	7
RBI	26	21
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.239	.240

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 145	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 158	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 102	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 74	# 128

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 142	# 99

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 140	# 118

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	281	130

Runs	40	26

Hits	65	37

Singles	35	14

Doubles	11	8

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	18	14

RBI	45	36

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	44	19

Strikeouts	68	56

Batting Average	.231	.285

On Base Pct	.337	.378

Slugging Pct	.470	.685

On-base Plus Slugging	.807	1.062

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	171	131

Runs	26	18

Hits	41	31

Singles	22	18

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	7

RBI	26	21

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	23	15

Strikeouts	44	44

Batting Average	.239	.240

On Base Pct	.332	.322

Slugging Pct	.455	.446

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.768

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in a 5-3 win over the Mariners on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 in a 4-0 win over the Cubs with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, an additional run, an additional RBI, and a walk in a 11-5 win over the Phillies on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 2-for-4 with a homer, four RBI, and an additional run scored in a 12-0 rout of the Mets on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 16th	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
	Reds outfielder JJ Bleday went 1-for-3 with a solo homer in a 5-3 loss to the D-backs on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	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
	JJ Bleday LF,CF,RF,DH - CIN			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#306	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, May 24th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#194	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH			@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH			vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ DET
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#355
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for JJ Bleday (2026)

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