Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Mickey Moniak (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	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	# 99	# 164
VBR	# 110	# 179

Projections

Runs	20	19
Home Runs	7	7
RBI	21	21
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.261	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 83	# 115

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 97	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 127	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 95	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 104	# 128

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 150	# 97

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	263	150

Runs	40	28

Hits	73	38

Singles	37	14

Doubles	13	9

Triples	4	1

Home Runs	19	14

RBI	52	38

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	27

Strikeouts	71	65

Batting Average	.278	.253

On Base Pct	.318	.367

Slugging Pct	.574	.607

On-base Plus Slugging	.892	.973

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	137	140

Runs	20	19

Hits	36	33

Singles	21	19

Doubles	7	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	7

RBI	21	21

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	8	16

Strikeouts	37	46

Batting Average	.261	.236

On Base Pct	.305	.320

Slugging Pct	.482	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.787	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Mickey Moniak went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Rays with a three-run home run. Chris Schommer Wed, Aug 5th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-4 in Monday's 13-9 loss to the Rays with a home run, a triple, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 4th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mickey Moniak and the Colorado Rockies are expected to agree to a two-year contract extension. Brenton Kemp 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
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Padres with a home run, a double, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	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
	Mickey Moniak went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-7 win over the Nationals with a home run, two runs scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 22nd	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	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Mickey Moniak LF,CF,RF,DH - COL			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th				vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	@ SF			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ SF			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs LAD			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAD			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAD			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs CLE			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ WSH			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ WSH			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	@ WSH			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATL			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATL			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs BAL			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs BAL			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs STL			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs STL			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ DET			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ DET			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SD			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SD			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs SD			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs ARI			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs ARI			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs ARI			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ CWS			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ CWS			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Apr 20th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st	vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 27th	@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st	vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Mickey Moniak (2026)

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