Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jorge Barrosa (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Jorge Barrosa LF,CF,RF - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 239	# 1286

Projections

Runs	18	4
Home Runs	6	1
RBI	20	4
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.239	.208

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 482

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Jorge Barrosa LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	123

Runs	26	21

Hits	38	23

Singles	14	9

Doubles	9	11

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	2

RBI	36	10

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	20	13

Strikeouts	56	38

Batting Average	.277	.187

On Base Pct	.371	.270

Slugging Pct	.664	.342

On-base Plus Slugging	1.035	.612

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Jorge Barrosa LF,CF,RF - ARI
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	34

Runs	18	4

Hits	31	7

Singles	18	5

Doubles	6	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	1

RBI	20	4

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	3

Strikeouts	43	9

Batting Average	.239	.208

On Base Pct	.322	.271

Slugging Pct	.443	.309

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.580

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Jorge Barrosa LF,CF,RF - ARI
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Jorge Barrosa went 1-for-2 with a two-run home run as the Diamondbacks dropped a 10-4 decision to the Blue Jays on Sunday. David Leisering Mon, Apr 20th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Barrosa is hitting .324 with three doubles, two triples, two home runs and eight RBI across 37 Cactus League plate appearances, and his ability to play all three outfield positions adds to his case for one of three remaining bench spots. Being out of minor-league options gives him a further advantage over the competition. Bruno Mulé Sat, Mar 21st
	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
	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
	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
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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			Jorge Barrosa LF,CF,RF - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#268
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#180
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs LAD
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ SF
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs TEX
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SD
Fri, Mar 27th				@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Thu, Apr 9th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Mon, May 18th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Mon, Jun 1st				vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, Jul 10th				@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Fri, Jul 17th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Tue, Jul 21st				vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st				vs PHI
Mon, Sep 7th				@ KC
Mon, Sep 14th				vs MIA

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jorge Barrosa (2026)

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