Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jung Hoo Lee (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jung Hoo Lee CF,RF - SF	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	# 143	# 166
VBR	# 121	# 179

Projections

Runs	23	19
Home Runs	3	7
RBI	19	21
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.274	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 117	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 183	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 113	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 80	# 128

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 161	# 97

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 153	# 117

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jung Hoo Lee CF,RF - SF	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	389	146

Runs	55	28

Hits	119	38

Singles	82	14

Doubles	25	9

Triples	4	1

Home Runs	8	14

RBI	43	38

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	17	27

Strikeouts	43	61

Batting Average	.306	.260

On Base Pct	.341	.375

Slugging Pct	.452	.623

On-base Plus Slugging	.794	.998

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jung Hoo Lee CF,RF - SF	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	176	140

Runs	23	19

Hits	48	33

Singles	34	19

Doubles	10	7

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	3	7

RBI	19	21

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	16

Strikeouts	22	46

Batting Average	.274	.237

On Base Pct	.328	.321

Slugging Pct	.401	.438

On-base Plus Slugging	.729	.759

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jung Hoo Lee CF,RF - SF	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Jung Hoo Lee went 2-for-3 in Sunday's loss to the Padres with one double and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jung Hoo Lee went 2-for-6 in Wednesday’s win over the Brewers with a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Jung Hoo Lee is not in the Giants lineup on Sunday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Jung Hoo Lee went 2-for-3 in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Angels with a home run, a double, one walk, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Jung Hoo Lee went 2-for-4 in Wednesday’s 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks with two runs scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Jung Hoo Lee CF,RF - SF			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#215	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#60	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#173	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#202	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#228	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#224	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#79	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#364	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#156	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#197	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#272	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Jordan Montgomery	#161	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs NYM
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#128	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#405
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#421
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Jung Hoo Lee (2026)

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