Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Mark Canha (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 239	# 1316

Projections

Runs	18	1
Home Runs	6	0
RBI	20	1
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.239	.216

Misc

Injury Alert	-	FA

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Mark Canha LF,RF - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	137	‐

Runs	26	‐

Hits	38	‐

Singles	14	‐

Doubles	9	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	36	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	20	‐

Strikeouts	56	‐

Batting Average	.277	‐

On Base Pct	.371	‐

Slugging Pct	.664	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	1.035	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Mark Canha LF,RF - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	9

Runs	18	1

Hits	31	2

Singles	18	2

Doubles	6	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	0

RBI	20	1

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	43	2

Batting Average	.239	.216

On Base Pct	.322	.316

Slugging Pct	.443	.303

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.619

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Mark Canha LF,RF - FA
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Rangers released OF Mark Canha. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Veteran outfielder Mark Canha will remain with the organization after being told he will not make the Opening Day roster. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Canha slashed .300/.333/.525 this spring but was beat out by Andrew McCutchen for a roster spot in Texas. He has indicated he does not intend to accept a Triple-A assignment. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	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	The Rangers signed Mark Canha to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sun, Feb 15th
	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
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Mark Canha LF,RF - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Mark Canha (2026)

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