Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Tyler Freeman (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	# 268
VBR	# 179	# 564

Projections

Runs	19	12
Home Runs	7	1
RBI	21	9
Stolen Bases	1	3
Batting Average	.236	.267

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 117	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	# 232

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 193

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Stats


At Bats	150	252

Runs	28	29

Hits	38	63

Singles	14	53

Doubles	9	6

Triples	1	1

Home Runs	14	3

RBI	38	23

Stolen Bases	0	6

Caught Stealing	1	4

Walks	27	11

Strikeouts	65	34

Batting Average	.253	.250

On Base Pct	.367	.320

Slugging Pct	.607	.318

On-base Plus Slugging	.973	.638

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	87

Runs	19	12

Hits	33	23

Singles	19	17

Doubles	7	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	1

RBI	21	9

Stolen Bases	1	3

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	16	7

Strikeouts	46	13

Batting Average	.236	.267

On Base Pct	.320	.337

Slugging Pct	.435	.368

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.705

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Tyler Freeman went 2-for-3 in a loss to the Dodgers with one walk and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 7th
	The Pirates didn’t provide an update on Esmerlyn Valdez following Monday’s game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman (concussion) has been reinstated from the seven-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	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	Rockies utility player Tyler Freeman was placed on the seven-day concussion injured list on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 9th
	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	Tyler Freeman exited Saturday’s game against the Milwaukee Brewers after being hit on the side of the batting helmet by a 98.2 mph cutter from Jacob Misiorowski. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jun 7th
	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	Tyler Freeman went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run on Wednesday as the Rockies suffered a 10-4 loss to the Angels. David Leisering Thu, Jun 4th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT			Tyler Freeman 2B,RF,DH - COL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ TOR	Cody Ponce (0-0)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ HOU	Colton Gordon (0-0)	#243
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#59
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#348
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)		@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#187
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ ATH	Joey Estes (0-0)	#395
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-3)	#54
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	vs SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#178
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#202
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			@ SF
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs LAD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs LAD
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ WSH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs BAL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs BAL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			vs STL
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			vs STL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			@ DET
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			@ DET
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs SD
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs SD
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			vs ARI
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ CWS
Fri, Mar 27th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Mon, Apr 20th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, May 4th				vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#181
Mon, May 18th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Mon, Jun 1st				@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Mon, Jul 6th				@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, Jul 10th				@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 17th				vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Tue, Jul 21st				vs WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Thu, Aug 27th				@ WSH
Mon, Aug 31st				vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th				vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Tyler Freeman (2026)

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