Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Spencer Jones (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	# 287
VBR	# 179	# 1094

Projections

Runs	19	8
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.236	.220

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	# 159

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 451

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Stats


At Bats	150	104

Runs	28	10

Hits	38	23

Singles	14	14

Doubles	9	4

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	5

RBI	38	13

Stolen Bases	0	3

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	12

Strikeouts	65	43

Batting Average	.253	.221

On Base Pct	.367	.302

Slugging Pct	.607	.404

On-base Plus Slugging	.973	.706

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	63

Runs	19	8

Hits	33	14

Singles	19	8

Doubles	7	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	16	6

Strikeouts	46	26

Batting Average	.236	.220

On Base Pct	.320	.293

Slugging Pct	.435	.413

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.705

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Cubs with one home run, two runs scored, and one RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Spencer Jones went 1-for-2 in a win over the Cubs with a solo home run and one walk. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st
	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	Spencer Jones went 2-for-4 in a loss to the White Sox with a home run, one run scored, one stolen base, and three RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Yankees manager Aaron Boone said Spencer Jones will get "a lot" of playing time in left field. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
	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	The Yankees recalled Spencer Jones from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 26th
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			Spencer Jones LF,CF,RF,DH - NYY
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs BAL	Cade Povich (2-1)	#210
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#246
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ PHI	Tim Mayza (3-3)	#171
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs ATL	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Thu, Apr 9th				vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, May 4th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Mon, May 18th				vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#150
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, Jul 10th				@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Fri, Jul 17th				vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Mon, Aug 31st				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 14th				@ MIN

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Spencer Jones (2026)

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