Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Luis Arraez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 139	# 169
VBR	# 57	# 238

Projections

Runs	18	15
Home Runs	2	5
RBI	16	16
Stolen Bases	2	0
Batting Average	.306	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 112	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 117	# 126

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 212	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 60	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 32	# 128

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 204	# 115

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	473	184

Runs	58	33

Hits	149	48

Singles	110	21

Doubles	27	12

Triples	7	1

Home Runs	5	14

RBI	51	41

Stolen Bases	10	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	27	34

Strikeouts	23	79

Batting Average	.315	.261

On Base Pct	.350	.374

Slugging Pct	.433	.565

On-base Plus Slugging	.784	.939

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	141	109

Runs	18	15

Hits	43	26

Singles	33	16

Doubles	7	5

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	5

RBI	16	16

Stolen Bases	2	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	13

Strikeouts	7	36

Batting Average	.306	.237

On Base Pct	.347	.326

Slugging Pct	.405	.426

On-base Plus Slugging	.751	.752

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Luis Arraez went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in Wednesday's 10-4 loss to the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Aug 6th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Luis Arraez went 2-for-4 with a double, two RBI, and a run scored in Tuesday's 5-0 win over the Nationals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Aug 5th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Luis Arraez has been traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. Vince DiSilvio Mon, Aug 3rd	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
	Luis Arraez is in the Giants lineup on Sunday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 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
	Giants manager Tony Vitello said Luis Arraez is likely to start Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, Aug 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
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Luis Arraez 1B,2B,DH - PHI			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#99	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (4-1)	#54	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#41	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#373
Wed, Apr 1st	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Sat, Apr 4th	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#270	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58
Sun, Apr 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#176
Mon, Apr 6th	@ SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#417
Tue, Apr 7th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#119
Wed, Apr 8th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Fri, Apr 10th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75
Sun, Apr 12th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Mon, Apr 13th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#209	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Tue, Apr 14th	vs CHC	Riley Martin		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349
Wed, Apr 15th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 17th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#85
Sat, Apr 18th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#36
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#95
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#75	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#6
Fri, Apr 24th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4
Sun, Apr 26th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-8)	#7	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123
Thu, Apr 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (3-7)	#190	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Fri, May 1st	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Tue, May 5th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Wed, May 6th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#297	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#68
Thu, May 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#207
Fri, May 8th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Sat, May 9th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#79
Sun, May 10th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Wed, May 13th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#436
Thu, May 14th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Sat, May 16th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Tue, May 19th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#89
Wed, May 20th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#110
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 22nd	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-7)	#17	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Sat, May 23rd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#187	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Sun, May 24th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Mon, May 25th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#182	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#234
Tue, May 26th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#338
Wed, May 27th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Fri, May 29th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59
Sat, May 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#97
Sun, May 31st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#101
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (8-6)	#379	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#219
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-5)	#278	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#264
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#327	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#237
Fri, Jun 5th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#169	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#186
Sat, Jun 6th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#183	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#281
Sun, Jun 7th	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#336	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Fri, Jun 12th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#4	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#184
Sun, Jun 14th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#140
Mon, Jun 15th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#194	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#151
Tue, Jun 16th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#127
Wed, Jun 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#156
Fri, Jun 19th				@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#384
Sat, Jun 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#48	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#438
Sun, Jun 21st	vs NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#152	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#437
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#349	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25
Wed, Jun 24th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#406	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 26th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#139	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Sat, Jun 27th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173
Mon, Jun 29th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 30th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (6-8)	#114	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#5	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#51	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#354
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Sat, Jul 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#70	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#406
Sun, Jul 5th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)		@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#47
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#179
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#173	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#161
Sat, Jul 11th	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#31	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#96
Sun, Jul 12th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#132
Sat, Jul 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#198
Sun, Jul 19th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#28	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#67
Mon, Jul 20th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#141	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#284	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#16	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#49
Sat, Jul 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#56	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#216
Mon, Jul 27th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#158
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#194	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#215
Fri, Jul 31st	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#136	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)
Sat, Aug 1st	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#58	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#130
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-4)	#120	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#189
Tue, Aug 4th	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#406	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#37
Wed, Aug 5th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#147	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#46
Thu, Aug 6th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)		@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#50
Fri, Aug 7th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#38	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#139
Sat, Aug 8th	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-5)	#118	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#211
Sun, Aug 9th	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (4-2)	#100	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Tue, Aug 11th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#32
Wed, Aug 12th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#59	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227
Fri, Aug 14th				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#80
Sat, Aug 15th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-6)	#76	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27
Sun, Aug 16th	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (2-4)	#87	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#105
Mon, Aug 17th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#227	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#142
Wed, Aug 19th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#65	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#241
Fri, Aug 21st	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#123	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#86	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#22
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#9	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#107
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#25	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#60
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-7)	#81	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#72
Fri, Aug 28th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ LAA			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ LAA			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ ARI			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ ARI			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ATL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ ATL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ NYM			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIL			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIL			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs MIL			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TB			@ DET
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#201
Mon, May 4th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#102
Mon, May 18th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#91
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 18th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#52
Mon, Jul 6th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (7-8)	#74
Fri, Jul 10th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#131
Thu, Jul 16th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#111
Mon, Aug 10th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#163
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Luis Arraez (2026)

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