Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Luke Raley (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 247
VBR	# 179	# 810

Projections

Runs	19	11
Home Runs	7	4
RBI	21	11
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.229

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	# 241

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 228

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 332

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 238

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
2026 Stats


At Bats	146	262

Runs	28	28

Hits	38	59

Singles	14	34

Doubles	9	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	15

RBI	38	39

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	27	15

Strikeouts	61	93

Batting Average	.260	.225

On Base Pct	.375	.284

Slugging Pct	.623	.439

On-base Plus Slugging	.998	.723

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	76

Runs	19	11

Hits	33	17

Singles	19	10

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	4

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	6

Strikeouts	46	27

Batting Average	.237	.229

On Base Pct	.321	.307

Slugging Pct	.438	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.733

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Mariners GM Justin Hollander said Luke Raley is likely out for the season. Ari Koslow Mon, Aug 3rd
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Mariners are placing Luke Raley on the injured list. Ari Koslow Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Luke Raley is back in the Mariners lineup on Thursday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 2nd
	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	Luke Raley remains out of the Mariners lineup on Tuesday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	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	Luke Raley remains out of the Mariners lineup on Monday against the Angels. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Luke Raley 1B,LF,CF,RF,DH - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#149
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#89	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs LAA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Apr 20th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, May 4th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#288
Mon, May 11th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Mon, May 18th				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Mon, Jun 1st				vs NYM	Austin Warren
Mon, Jun 8th				@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#286
Thu, Jun 18th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Jul 10th				@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Fri, Jul 17th				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Thu, Aug 20th				@ MIL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				@ LAA

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Luke Raley (2026)

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