Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Owen Caissie (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA
Expert Recommendation	80% Recommended by 4 of 5 experts	20% Recommended by 1 of 5 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 175	# 241
VBR	# 272	# 428

Projections

Runs	20	16
Home Runs	8	5
RBI	24	18
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.243	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL10

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	# 220

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	# 242

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 330

Mike Maher BettingPros	‐	# 230

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Stats


At Bats	108	218

Runs	24	30

Hits	33	52

Singles	12	28

Doubles	7	12

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	12

RBI	34	50

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	13	18

Strikeouts	46	96

Batting Average	.306	.239

On Base Pct	.377	.297

Slugging Pct	.750	.459

On-base Plus Slugging	1.127	.756

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA
2026 Projections


At Bats	144	126

Runs	20	16

Hits	35	29

Singles	20	18

Doubles	7	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	5

RBI	24	18

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	15	12

Strikeouts	48	46

Batting Average	.243	.231

On Base Pct	.319	.302

Slugging Pct	.458	.402

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.704

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA
News
	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	Owen Caissie has resumed baseball activities. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 7-1 win in Game 1 of Saturday's doubleheader against the Guardians. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th	Owen Caissie is expected to miss 2-4 weeks with a mild right calf strain. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went yard three times across Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Owen Caissie is expected to be placed on the injured list. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 9th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 1-for-4 with a home run in the Pirates 10-5 loss against the Braves on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 10th	Owen Caissie left Wednesday's game early with tightness in his right calf. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went 2-for-4 with three RBI in the Pirates 6-1 win over the Phillies on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 3rd	Owen Caissie went 1-for-2 with a home run, a walk, one run scored and one RBI in Tuesday's 6-5 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
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			Owen Caissie CF,RF,DH - MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#156
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#248
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#75
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#245
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#365
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#216
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#153
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#150
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#338
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ HOU	Ronel Blanco (0-0)	#145
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			@ ATL
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ CIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ PHI
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ PHI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs WSH
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			vs BOS
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs BOS
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs BOS
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ WSH
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ WSH
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ KC
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ KC
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs CHC
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ SD
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ SD
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ SD
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs ATL
Fri, Mar 27th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Thu, Apr 9th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Mon, Apr 20th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Mon, May 4th				vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Mon, May 18th				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Mon, Jun 1st				@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Fri, Jul 10th				vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Fri, Jul 17th				@ MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#58
Mon, Aug 31st				@ WSH
Mon, Sep 7th				vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th				@ ARI

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Owen Caissie (2026)

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