Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Tommy Pham (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 175	‐
VBR	# 272	# 1275

Projections

Runs	20	3
Home Runs	8	1
RBI	24	3
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.243	.246

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 122	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 125	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 199	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tommy Pham LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Stats


At Bats	108	13

Runs	24	1

Hits	33	0

Singles	12	0

Doubles	7	0

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	34	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	1

Strikeouts	46	7

Batting Average	.306	.000

On Base Pct	.377	.071

Slugging Pct	.750	.000

On-base Plus Slugging	1.127	.071

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tommy Pham LF,CF,RF - PHI
2026 Projections


At Bats	144	23

Runs	20	3

Hits	35	6

Singles	20	4

Doubles	7	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	8	1

RBI	24	3

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	15	2

Strikeouts	48	6

Batting Average	.243	.246

On Base Pct	.319	.319

Slugging Pct	.458	.407

On-base Plus Slugging	.777	.726

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tommy Pham LF,CF,RF - PHI
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	The Phillies signed OF Tommy Pham to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Tommy Pham has decided to opt out of his deal with the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jun 12th
	Esmerlyn Valdez went yard three times across Saturday's doubleheader against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Tommy Pham is in the lineup for Triple-A Norfolk on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Tommy Pham is joining the Norfolk Tides on Sunday. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	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	Tommy Pham has agreed to a deal with the Orioles. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, May 16th
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			Tommy Pham LF,CF,RF - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#73
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#191
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293	vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (10-6)	#132
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (1-1)	#179	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#193
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-8)	#82	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#231	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#340
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#209	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-1)	#187	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#178
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	vs NYM	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#315	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#297	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	@ KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#224	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#162	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 21st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL			vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA			@ MIN
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ ARI
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			vs TB
Mon, Apr 20th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Mon, May 4th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Mon, May 18th				vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Fri, Jul 10th				@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st				@ ARI
Mon, Sep 7th				vs ATL

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Tommy Pham (2026)

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