Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 164	‐
VBR	# 179	# 870

Projections

Runs	19	10
Home Runs	7	3
RBI	21	11
Stolen Bases	1	2
Batting Average	.236	.231

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 115	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 97	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 161	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 128	# 255

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Stats


At Bats	150	130

Runs	28	17

Hits	38	26

Singles	14	16

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	14	8

RBI	38	17

Stolen Bases	0	4

Caught Stealing	1	3

Walks	27	15

Strikeouts	65	36

Batting Average	.253	.200

On Base Pct	.367	.281

Slugging Pct	.607	.400

On-base Plus Slugging	.973	.681

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
2026 Projections


At Bats	140	85

Runs	19	10

Hits	33	20

Singles	19	13

Doubles	7	4

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	3

RBI	21	11

Stolen Bases	1	2

Caught Stealing	0	1

Walks	16	7

Strikeouts	46	21

Batting Average	.236	.231

On Base Pct	.320	.292

Slugging Pct	.435	.384

On-base Plus Slugging	.755	.676

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Esmerlyn Valdez 1B,LF,RF - PIT	Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
News
	Esmerlyn Valdez is expected to be in the lineup in Tuesday's game against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 28th	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Monday's 7-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Nicholas Rodriguez 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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 in a loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. 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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Saturday's 7-6 loss to the Boston Red Sox. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 3-for-4 with a home run, one run scored, one RBI and a stolen base in Friday's 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. Nicholas Rodriguez Fri, Jul 10th
	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	Victor Mesa Jr. went 2-for-4 with a home run, one run scored and an RBI in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th
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			Victor Mesa Jr. RF - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Sat, Mar 28th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Sun, Mar 29th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Tue, Apr 7th	vs SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#225
Wed, Apr 8th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#83	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Apr 13th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Tue, Apr 14th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Apr 15th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Apr 18th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#328
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Fri, Apr 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 25th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Sun, Apr 26th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Tue, Apr 28th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Wed, Apr 29th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Thu, Apr 30th	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-2)	#163
Fri, May 1st	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97
Sat, May 2nd	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 3rd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99
Tue, May 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Wed, May 6th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Thu, May 7th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, May 8th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Sat, May 9th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Tue, May 12th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Wed, May 13th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#429	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Thu, May 14th	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Fri, May 15th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Sat, May 16th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sun, May 17th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, May 19th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Thu, May 21st	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, May 22nd	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sat, May 23rd	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Sun, May 24th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Mon, May 25th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Tue, May 26th	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#322	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, May 27th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#287
Thu, May 28th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Fri, May 29th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Sat, May 30th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sun, May 31st	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60
Thu, Jun 4th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Fri, Jun 5th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-3)	#226
Sat, Jun 6th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212
Sun, Jun 7th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Tue, Jun 9th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 10th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Fri, Jun 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sat, Jun 13th	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#212	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Sun, Jun 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Sat, Jun 20th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Sun, Jun 21st	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307
Wed, Jun 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Mon, Jun 29th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Tue, Jun 30th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Jul 1st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#268	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sat, Jul 4th	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-2)	#292	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#383	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#197
Sat, Jul 11th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 12th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CLE	Logan Allen (0-0)	#183	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Mon, Jul 20th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Mon, Jul 27th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Jul 28th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Wed, Jul 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-4)	#129	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 30th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs TEX	Cole Winn
Fri, Jul 31st	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#29	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367
Sat, Aug 1st	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#185
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Tue, Aug 4th	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Wed, Aug 5th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Thu, Aug 6th	@ MIL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Fri, Aug 7th	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sat, Aug 8th	vs NYM			@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sun, Aug 9th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, Aug 13th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BOS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs DET			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	vs DET			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ LAD			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SD			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	@ STL			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ STL			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ STL			vs SD
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SF			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SF			vs NYM
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs SF			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	vs LAA			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 8th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Thu, Sep 10th	@ CWS			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	@ CHC			vs HOU
Tue, Sep 15th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs KC			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs KC			vs BOS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs STL			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs STL			@ NYY
Thu, Sep 24th	vs STL			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	@ DET			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	@ DET			@ PHI
Mon, Apr 20th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, May 4th				vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, May 18th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Jun 1st				vs DET	Ty Madden	#273
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167
Mon, Jun 22nd				vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jul 10th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Jul 17th				@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#215
Tue, Jul 21st				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Thu, Jul 23rd				@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Mon, Aug 31st				vs NYM

Who Should I Trade?

Esmerlyn Valdez for Victor Mesa Jr. (2026)

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