Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Nolan Schanuel (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 167	# 187
VBR	# 239	# 242

Projections

Runs	18	21
Home Runs	6	4
RBI	20	18
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.239	.265

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 118	# 176

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 99	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 139

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 188	# 158

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 191

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	133	329

Runs	26	34

Hits	37	90

Singles	14	65

Doubles	8	19

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	6

RBI	36	36

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	20	33

Strikeouts	56	51

Batting Average	.278	.274

On Base Pct	.374	.348

Slugging Pct	.669	.386

On-base Plus Slugging	1.043	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	130	158

Runs	18	21

Hits	31	42

Singles	18	30

Doubles	6	8

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	6	4

RBI	20	18

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	19

Strikeouts	43	26

Batting Average	.239	.265

On Base Pct	.322	.352

Slugging Pct	.443	.383

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.734

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-5 in a loss to the Giants with one RBI and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 25th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Nolan Schanuel went 4-for-4 in Thursday’s loss to the Rangers with two doubles, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Nolan Schanuel went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run on Tuesday night, helping the Angels to a 5-1 victory over the Orioles. David Leisering 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	Nolan Schanuel went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Athletics with a solo home run, one walk, and two runs scored. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th
	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	Nolan Schanuel is in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Astros. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 9th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Nolan Schanuel 1B - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#179
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#272
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#208
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#264
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#161
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#109
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs TEX
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs KC
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ HOU
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ HOU
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ TEX
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs CLE
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYY
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PIT
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs MIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ ATH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ SEA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ SEA
Fri, Mar 27th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Nolan Schanuel (2026)

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