Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 166	# 288
VBR	# 179	# 335

Projections

Runs	19	14
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	14
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.237	.272

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 279

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 242

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Stats


At Bats	146	227

Runs	28	30

Hits	38	60

Singles	14	43

Doubles	9	11

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	5

RBI	38	22

Stolen Bases	0	2

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	24

Strikeouts	61	27

Batting Average	.260	.264

On Base Pct	.375	.341

Slugging Pct	.623	.388

On-base Plus Slugging	.998	.729

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	110

Runs	19	14

Hits	33	30

Singles	19	21

Doubles	7	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	14

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	16	9

Strikeouts	46	16

Batting Average	.237	.272

On Base Pct	.321	.338

Slugging Pct	.438	.406

On-base Plus Slugging	.759	.745

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Masataka Yoshida went 2-for-4 in a win over the Dodgers with a home run, one walk, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer 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	Masataka Yoshida went 3-for-5 in Friday’s win over the Rays with a double, a home run, one RBI, and three runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	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	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-3 in a win over the Mets with a two-run home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Masataka Yoshida went 1-for-4 in a win over the Mariners with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 21st
	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	Roman Anthony's recovery from a finger injury is taking longer than originally anticipated, clearing up the outfield and DH logjam that had limited Yoshida's playing time earlier in the season. Yoshida lost sight of a fly ball in left field in the fourth inning Sunday, allowing the Guardians to take a lead, before delivering a two-run single during Boston's six-run seventh inning to put the Red Sox ahead for good. Bruno Mulé Mon, Jun 1st
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			Masataka Yoshida LF,DH - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#275
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#327	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#321
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#381	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#74	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#289
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#166
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#302
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#48
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#428	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#329	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#312	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#216	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#178
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#424
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#274	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#423
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#236
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#401	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#64	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#280	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#39	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#44	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#241
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#94
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#83
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#91
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ NYY
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs LAA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs CHC
Mon, Apr 20th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Mon, May 4th				@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Mon, May 18th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#93
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431
Fri, Jul 10th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SEA
Mon, Sep 7th				vs LAA

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Esmerlyn Valdez for Masataka Yoshida (2026)

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