Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Mauricio Dubon (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mauricio Dubon 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - ATL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	60% Recommended by 3 of 5 experts	40% Recommended by 2 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 192	# 167
VBR	# 190	# 197

Projections

Runs	20	19
Home Runs	4	7
RBI	19	21
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.257	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 236	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 149	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 101	# 128

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	‐	# 99

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 230	# 118

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mauricio Dubon 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - ATL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	399	142

Runs	50	27

Hits	103	38

Singles	70	14

Doubles	21	9

Triples	2	1

Home Runs	10	14

RBI	55	38

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	3	1

Walks	27	23

Strikeouts	59	57

Batting Average	.258	.268

On Base Pct	.308	.369

Slugging Pct	.396	.641

On-base Plus Slugging	.704	1.010

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mauricio Dubon 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - ATL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	171	135

Runs	20	19

Hits	44	32

Singles	31	19

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	7

RBI	19	21

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	15

Strikeouts	25	44

Batting Average	.257	.237

On Base Pct	.301	.319

Slugging Pct	.376	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	.677	.756

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mauricio Dubon 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - ATL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Mauricio Dubon went 1-for-4 with a solo homer in Saturday's 4-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 12th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mauricio Dubon went 1-for-4 with a solo homer, a walk, two RBI, and two runs scored in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mauricio Dubon went 2-for-5 with a couple of singles, a stolen base, and two runs scored in Friday's 3-1 win over the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Mauricio Dubon went 2-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs scored in Wednesday's 7-6 loss to the Padres. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 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
	Mauricio Dubon went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer and a walk in Wednesday's 7-5 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jun 18th	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
	Mauricio Dubon 2B,3B,SS,LF,CF - ATL			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#122	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#312	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#171	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#363	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#163	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#100	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th				@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th				@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Mauricio Dubon (2026)

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