Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Mike Trout (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	# 166
VBR	# 88	# 197

Projections

Runs	27	19
Home Runs	9	7
RBI	24	21
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.244	.237

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 87	# 117

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 68	# 97

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 81	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	335	145

Runs	64	27

Hits	82	38

Singles	48	14

Doubles	16	9

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	18	14

RBI	40	38

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	76	24

Strikeouts	103	60

Batting Average	.245	.262

On Base Pct	.391	.366

Slugging Pct	.454	.628

On-base Plus Slugging	.845	.994

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	153	135

Runs	27	19

Hits	37	32

Singles	21	19

Doubles	6	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	7

RBI	24	21

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	28	15

Strikeouts	52	44

Batting Average	.244	.237

On Base Pct	.376	.319

Slugging Pct	.474	.437

On-base Plus Slugging	.849	.756

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Mike Trout went 4-for-4 in Sunday's win over the Giants with one double and one run scored. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mike Trout went 0-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Mike Trout went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	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
	Mike Trout (hamstring) has been activated from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) is on track to return from the injured list on Wednesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#350	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#76
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#290
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#383	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Thu, Apr 30th				vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#74	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Thu, May 14th				vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#189	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#231	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#300
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#93
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#145	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#226
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#194
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#275	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#202	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, Jul 1st				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#303
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#83	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#322
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#154
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#162	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#179	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#124
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#108	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#29
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford	#133	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA

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Esmerlyn Valdez for Mike Trout (2026)

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