Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Rafael Devers (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	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	# 61	# 167
VBR	# 65	# 239

Projections

Runs	29	18
Home Runs	11	6
RBI	31	20
Stolen Bases	0	0
Batting Average	.247	.239

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 71	# 118

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 70	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 38	# 99

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 49	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 61	# 188

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 69	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	415	137

Runs	57	26

Hits	103	38

Singles	53	14

Doubles	27	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	22	14

RBI	61	36

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	44	20

Strikeouts	126	56

Batting Average	.248	.277

On Base Pct	.319	.371

Slugging Pct	.477	.664

On-base Plus Slugging	.796	1.035

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	195	130

Runs	29	18

Hits	48	31

Singles	27	18

Doubles	10	6

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	11	6

RBI	31	20

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	26	15

Strikeouts	57	43

Batting Average	.247	.239

On Base Pct	.348	.322

Slugging Pct	.464	.443

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.766

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Rafael Devers went 3-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and four RBI. 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
	Rafael Devers went 2-for-4 in a 7-6 win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored, and three RBI. 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
	Rafael Devers went 1-for-5 in a loss to the Mariners with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 19th	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
	Rafael Devers went 3-for-3 in a loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Rafael Devers went 2-for-5 in Sunday's loss to the Rockies with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Rafael Devers 1B,DH - SF			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Mar 28th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Mar 30th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, Mar 31st	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#330
Wed, Apr 1st	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Sat, Apr 4th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Apr 5th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#187	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Mon, Apr 6th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#357
Tue, Apr 7th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107
Wed, Apr 8th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Fri, Apr 10th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sat, Apr 11th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Sun, Apr 12th	@ BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#223	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Fri, Apr 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sat, Apr 18th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Sun, Apr 19th	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Tue, Apr 28th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115
Thu, Apr 30th	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#163	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#170
Fri, May 1st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Sat, May 2nd	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Sun, May 3rd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Tue, May 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Wed, May 6th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, May 8th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#119	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Sat, May 9th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Sun, May 10th	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Tue, May 12th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, May 13th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Thu, May 14th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, May 16th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Tue, May 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Wed, May 20th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Thu, May 21st				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Fri, May 22nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sat, May 23rd	vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Sun, May 24th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, May 25th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97
Tue, May 26th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#222
Wed, May 27th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Thu, May 28th				vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, May 29th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Sat, May 30th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Sun, May 31st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#227
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Fri, Jun 5th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Jun 6th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, Jun 7th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Tue, Jun 9th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Wed, Jun 10th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Fri, Jun 12th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jun 13th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#97	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193
Sun, Jun 14th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 15th				@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Tue, Jun 16th				@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Fri, Jun 19th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#193	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sat, Jun 20th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sun, Jun 21st	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, Jun 24th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Jun 25th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#301
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Sat, Jul 4th	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Sun, Jul 5th	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#306
Wed, Jul 8th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Thu, Jul 9th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Jul 11th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jul 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sat, Jul 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#155
Sun, Jul 19th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Mon, Jul 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Jul 24th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Sat, Jul 25th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Sun, Jul 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Mon, Jul 27th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Wed, Jul 29th	vs MIL	Thomas Pannone (0-1)	#372	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Thu, Jul 30th	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Tue, Aug 4th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Wed, Aug 5th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Thu, Aug 6th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Fri, Aug 7th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sat, Aug 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Sun, Aug 9th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Tue, Aug 11th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs HOU			@ MIA
Thu, Aug 13th				@ MIA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs COL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs COL			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th				vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ CLE			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ CLE			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BOS			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CIN			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CIN			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CIN			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs ARI			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th				@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ PIT			vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ NYM			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs STL			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs STL			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SD			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SD			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAD			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs LAD			@ DET
Wed, Mar 25th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#15
Fri, Mar 27th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, May 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Mon, May 11th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#100
Mon, May 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Jun 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Mon, Jun 8th	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#392
Mon, Jul 6th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Fri, Jul 10th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Fri, Jul 17th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Tue, Jul 21st	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Aug 10th	vs HOU
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CLE
Thu, Aug 27th	vs ARI
Mon, Aug 31st	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Mon, Sep 7th	vs STL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ STL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Rafael Devers (2026)

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