Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Josue Briceno (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 182	‐

Projections

Runs	18	‐
Home Runs	6	‐
RBI	20	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.237	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Stats


At Bats	153	‐

Runs	28	‐

Hits	38	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	38	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	28	‐

Strikeouts	68	‐

Batting Average	.248	‐

On Base Pct	.364	‐

Slugging Pct	.595	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.959	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
2026 Projections


At Bats	132	‐

Runs	18	‐

Hits	31	‐

Singles	18	‐

Doubles	6	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	6	‐

RBI	20	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	15	‐

Strikeouts	44	‐

Batting Average	.237	‐

On Base Pct	.324	‐

Slugging Pct	.437	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.760	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Tigers catching/first base prospect Josue Briceno (wrist) played in his first rehab game with Single-A Lakeland on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 30th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Briceno (wrist) hit .266/.383/.500 with 20 home runs across 100 games between High-A West Michigan and Double-A Erie last season. He sustained a wrist injury during Grapefruit League play over the weekend. Bruno Mulé Thu, Mar 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
	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			Josue Briceno C,1B - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#134	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#298
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#325	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#59	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#142	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#368	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#17
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#104	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#51	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#96	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#343	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#120
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#16	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (4-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#62	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#252
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#7	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#98	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#160	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#122
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#75	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#89	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#71
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#46
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#43
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#102
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#77	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#82	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#28	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#378
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#157
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#334	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#76	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#177
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269	@ TB	Nick Martinez (11-3)	#86
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#191	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#353	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#70
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-6)	#314	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#396
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#85	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#117
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#57	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#186	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#126
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#185	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#143
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#304	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#202
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-5)	#438	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#435	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#18	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#94
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#269
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#257
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#141	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#21
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#264	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#296	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#283
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#68	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#404	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#151
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#163	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-6)	#132	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#169
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#93	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#150	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#211	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#107
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#78	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#215
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#249
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#39	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#430
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#25	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#67
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#139	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#312
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#80	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#108
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#113	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-7)	#63
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-7)	#282
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#332
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#87
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#23	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#106
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#192
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#45	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#72
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-2)	#52	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#10
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#53	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#147	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-1)	#245	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#64
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#66	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#15
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-9)	#37	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#50
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-7)	#105	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-4)	#69
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#253	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#40
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#112	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#176
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#99
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#19	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-6)	#74
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 (6-8)	#51
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (14-2)	#32
Mon, May 4th				vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#49
Mon, May 18th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#130
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#44
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#27
Fri, Jul 10th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#54
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-8)	#29
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#134
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#437
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 Josue Briceno (2026)

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