Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Tristin English (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tristin English 1B,3B,RF - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 169	‐
VBR	# 231	‐

Projections

Runs	14	‐
Home Runs	5	‐
RBI	15	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.236	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 126	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tristin English 1B,3B,RF - ATL
2026 Stats


At Bats	189	‐

Runs	33	‐

Hits	48	‐

Singles	21	‐

Doubles	12	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	14	‐

RBI	41	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	34	‐

Strikeouts	82	‐

Batting Average	.254	‐

On Base Pct	.366	‐

Slugging Pct	.550	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.916	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tristin English 1B,3B,RF - ATL
2026 Projections


At Bats	104	‐

Runs	14	‐

Hits	24	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	5	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	5	‐

RBI	15	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	12	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Batting Average	.236	‐

On Base Pct	.323	‐

Slugging Pct	.422	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.745	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tristin English 1B,3B,RF - ATL
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Infielder Tristin English has been reassigned to minor league camp by the Atlanta Braves. David Leisering Sat, Mar 14th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Tristin English has signed a minor league deal with the Atlanta Braves. David Leisering Fri, Jan 23rd
	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
	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
	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
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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			Tristin English 1B,3B,RF - ATL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (7-7)	#147	vs KC	Michael Wacha (6-8)	#71
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28	vs KC	Seth Lugo (5-7)	#134
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#153
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#377	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-11)	#39	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#188	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#412	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#121	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#32
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#174
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-5)	#81	vs CLE	Parker Messick (9-7)	#40
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-13)	#63
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#356	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (12-3)	#87	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (12-5)	#16	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#38	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-9)	#96	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#101	@ WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#197
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (8-8)	#7	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs PHI	Andrew Painter (2-8)	#169
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88	vs DET	Casey Mize (5-7)	#43
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#126	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (3-3)	#150	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#265
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#216
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#137
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (4-9)	#82	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#435	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (5-6)	#157
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#276
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#339
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)		vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#244
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#340	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#151
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#192	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#29
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#226	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (6-11)	#21
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#256	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#224	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-7)	#266	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#269	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (12-5)	#30
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#89
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#182
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#166
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#176
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-7)	#66	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#199	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-7)	#146
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-9)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#155	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-3)	#172
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#328	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-6)	#436	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-11)	#438	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#218
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (9-8)	#13	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-6)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-7)	#18
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-11)	#175	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (4-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#3	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-4)	#8	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (5-9)	#104
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#364	vs STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#416	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)		@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#4
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-5)	#164	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-5)	#48
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (8-7)	#162	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-10)	#86
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-5)	#83	@ STL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#184	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (7-9)	#42
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-7)	#65	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#90
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#51	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#333
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15	vs SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (8-2)	#53	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (8-8)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-9)	#20	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#130
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#221	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-12)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-10)	#152	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (4-8)	#178	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)		vs WSH	Foster Griffin (13-4)	#46
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-7)	#123	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-9)
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (14-2)	#26	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (10-5)	#44
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#208
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#179
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (9-3)	#47	vs MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (6-7)	#54	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-4)	#15
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM	Robert Stock (0-2)	#196	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (6-6)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-5)	#64	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (6-9)	#34	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (9-8)	#28
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (6-8)	#99	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (3-3)	#129
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-6)	#282
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-6)	#78	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-1)	#103
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (15-3)	#27	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (12-4)	#120
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-2)	#97	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#62
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-8)	#37	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#102
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-7)	#127	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (6-8)	#107
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-1)	#252	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-5)	#55
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-7)	#12	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#142
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-7)	#2	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (12-5)	#5
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD	Blake Snell (1-1)	#17	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (7-2)	#31
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD	Robbie Ray (10-7)	#109
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (7-6)	#279
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD	Joe Musgrove	#74	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#91
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs COL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ MIA
Fri, Mar 27th				vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#301
Mon, Apr 20th				@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-7)	#136
Mon, May 4th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (9-7)	#10
Mon, May 18th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#138
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ SD	Michael King (8-8)	#59
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-10)	#50
Fri, Jul 10th				@ STL	Kyle Leahy (9-4)	#88
Fri, Jul 17th				vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#242
Tue, Jul 21st				vs SD	Walker Buehler (7-6)	#258
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-3)	#195
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-3)	#41
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-5)	#149
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#35
Mon, Aug 31st				vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-12)	#75
Mon, Sep 7th				@ PHI
Mon, Sep 14th				@ CHC

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Tristin English (2026)

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