Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Riley Greene (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	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	# 30	# 164
VBR	# 34	# 179

Projections

Runs	27	19
Home Runs	9	7
RBI	29	21
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.264	.236

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 29	# 115

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 27	# 97

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 36	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 29	# 161

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 98	# 128

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Stats


At Bats	403	150

Runs	61	28

Hits	111	38

Singles	71	14

Doubles	23	9

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	16	14

RBI	53	38

Stolen Bases	3	0

Caught Stealing	1	1

Walks	59	27

Strikeouts	124	65

Batting Average	.275	.253

On Base Pct	.367	.367

Slugging Pct	.457	.607

On-base Plus Slugging	.823	.973

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
2026 Projections


At Bats	180	140

Runs	27	19

Hits	48	33

Singles	29	19

Doubles	9	7

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	9	7

RBI	29	21

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	21	16

Strikeouts	55	46

Batting Average	.264	.236

On Base Pct	.345	.320

Slugging Pct	.468	.435

On-base Plus Slugging	.813	.755

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
News
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 3-for-5 with a homer in an 8-0 rout of the Mariners on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Aug 5th	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 2-for-5 with a three-run homer and an additional run scored in an 8-6 extra-innings win over the Cubs on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th
	Riley Greene went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Angels with a solo home run and one walk. 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
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 3-for-4 with a triple, a homer, and four RBI in a 6-3 win over the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 6th	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
	Tigers outfielder Riley Greene went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-0 win over the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp 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
	Riley Greene LF,CF,RF,DH - DET			Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Apr 13th				vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Mon, Apr 27th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th				@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sat, May 23rd				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Mon, May 25th				vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Jun 4th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 14th				vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs NYM
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs DET
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs DET
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ LAD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ LAD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ LAD
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ STL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ STL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Thu, Sep 10th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ CHC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs KC
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs STL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs STL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ DET
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ DET
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Riley Greene (2026)

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