Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Oswald Peraza (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Oswald Peraza 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - LAA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 166	# 317
VBR	# 221	# 517

Projections

Runs	16	11
Home Runs	5	3
RBI	18	10
Stolen Bases	0	4
Batting Average	.232	.218

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 232

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 381

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Oswald Peraza 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - LAA
2026 Stats


At Bats	172	292

Runs	30	28

Hits	43	68

Singles	19	48

Doubles	9	11

Triples	1	2

Home Runs	14	7

RBI	39	24

Stolen Bases	0	12

Caught Stealing	1	2

Walks	33	11

Strikeouts	74	92

Batting Average	.250	.233

On Base Pct	.368	.279

Slugging Pct	.558	.356

On-base Plus Slugging	.927	.635

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Oswald Peraza 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - LAA
2026 Projections


At Bats	117	97

Runs	16	11

Hits	27	21

Singles	16	15

Doubles	5	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	3

RBI	18	10

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	14	7

Strikeouts	40	30

Batting Average	.232	.218

On Base Pct	.323	.277

Slugging Pct	.421	.348

On-base Plus Slugging	.744	.625

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Oswald Peraza 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - LAA
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Oswald Peraza left Wednesday’s game against the Rangers due to a left hand contusion. Ari Koslow Thu, Aug 13th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Oswald Peraza went 2-for-4 in a win over the Tigers with one run scored, one RBI, and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th
	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	Oswald Peraza went 1-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-3 loss to the Rangers with a run scored and one stolen base. Chris Schommer 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	Oswald Peraza went 3-for-5 in a loss to the Athletics with a double 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	Oswald Peraza went 3-for-4 with a solo home run on Friday, helping the Angels to a 9-6 victory over the Rangers. David Leisering Sat, May 23rd
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			Oswald Peraza 1B,2B,3B,SS,DH - LAA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-2)	#24
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#121	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#183
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#417	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-7)	#83
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#165	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-9)	#89
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-7)	#5
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#77	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#113
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#417
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-6)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#348	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-6)	#162	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#253
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#228
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#345
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44	vs SD	Michael King (7-8)	#48
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#92	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#104	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#339
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#75
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#134	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#411
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#160
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#46
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (8-8)	#30
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-5)	#61
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-8)	#411
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#53	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#275
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-11)	#72	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#186
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#84	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#124
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#181
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#426	@ CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#42
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#350
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#178
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#110	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#243
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#25	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#235
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#315	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#247	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#85
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45	@ TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#91
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#111	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#14
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#233	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#239
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-6)	#199	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#90
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#300	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#339	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#239
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#44
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#182	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#95
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#136	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#266
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#292
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#117	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#310
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-5)	#439	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#438	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#117
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#63
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#117
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#194	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#174
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#52	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#23
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (15-4)	#3	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (8-8)	#12
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#9
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#366	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#29
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#49	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#397	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#58	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#170	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#168	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#81
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#109	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#45
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#188	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#57	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#97
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-3)	#160
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-1)	#35	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#18
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#26	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#80
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#225	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#189
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#116	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#76	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (11-4)	#106	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#88
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#222
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#109
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#131	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#137
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-2)	#20	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#196
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-2)	#41	@ BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#202
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (7-8)	#56
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#60	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#146
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#138	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#210	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-6)	#50
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#68	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#141
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#39	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-7)	#107	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#276
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#260	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-5)	#82	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#150
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (14-3)	#27	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-1)	#436
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-1)	#115	vs KC	Noah Cameron (6-8)	#75
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (7-8)	#34
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#147	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-3)	#183
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-0)	#152	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-1)	#130
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-4)	#105	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-1)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#276
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)	#233
Mon, Apr 20th				vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 4th				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#103
Mon, May 11th				@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#69
Mon, May 18th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#163
Mon, Jun 1st				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#395
Mon, Jun 8th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256
Thu, Jun 18th				@ ATH	Gage Jump (5-7)	#87
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#40
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#108
Fri, Jul 17th				vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#67
Tue, Jul 21st				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-9)	#94
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#31
Thu, Aug 20th				@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-6)	#149
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SEA

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Oswald Peraza (2026)

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