Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Michael Helman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 167	‐
VBR	# 243	# 1354

Projections

Runs	18	2
Home Runs	7	0
RBI	21	2
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.240	.183

Misc

Injury Alert	DTD	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 382

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Stats


At Bats	124	30

Runs	26	2

Hits	36	5

Singles	14	3

Doubles	7	1

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	1

RBI	36	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	54	6

Batting Average	.290	.167

On Base Pct	.386	.235

Slugging Pct	.702	.300

On-base Plus Slugging	1.088	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Michael Helman CF - TEX
2026 Projections


At Bats	131	15

Runs	18	2

Hits	31	3

Singles	18	2

Doubles	6	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	21	2

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	1

Strikeouts	44	4

Batting Average	.240	.183

On Base Pct	.322	.253

Slugging Pct	.446	.282

On-base Plus Slugging	.768	.535

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Michael Helman CF - TEX
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	The Rangers transferred OF Michael Helman to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Michael Helman suffered multiple fractures in his right hand when he was hit by a pitch in Saturday's 6-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 14th
	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	The Rangers recalled Michael Helman from Triple-A Round Rock. Ari Koslow Mon, May 18th
	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 optioned outfielder Michael Helman to Triple-A Round Rock. Brenton Kemp Mon, Mar 23rd
	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	Rangers outfielder Michael Helman will see time at shortstop in camp, according to manager Skip Schumaker. Brenton Kemp Thu, Feb 19th
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			Michael Helman CF - TEX
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	@ BAL	Zach Eflin (0-0)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#370	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#185
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123	vs NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#167
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#248
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#115
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ COL	Sammy Peralta
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#421
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#309	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#308	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#331	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#190
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#164	@ ATL	Owen Murphy (0-1)	#212
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#132
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#180
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs LAA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ CWS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ CWS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			vs TB
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs TB
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs TB
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs BOS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIN
Mon, May 11th				vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, May 18th				@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Mon, Jun 1st				@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Thu, Jun 18th				vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Fri, Jul 10th				vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21
Fri, Jul 17th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Tue, Jul 21st				vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAA
Thu, Aug 20th				vs WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs ATH

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Michael Helman (2026)

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