Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Jac Caglianone (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 81	# 369
VBR	# 98	‐

Projections

Runs	22	‐
Home Runs	8	‐
RBI	24	‐
Stolen Bases	1	‐
Batting Average	.251	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 75	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 80	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 81	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 90	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 101	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 206	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	375	37

Runs	49	1

Hits	95	8

Singles	57	5

Doubles	18	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	43	6

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	27	1

Strikeouts	112	8

Batting Average	.253	.216

On Base Pct	.310	.237

Slugging Pct	.456	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	164	‐

Runs	22	‐

Hits	41	‐

Singles	25	‐

Doubles	8	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	8	‐

RBI	24	‐

Stolen Bases	1	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	14	‐

Strikeouts	45	‐

Batting Average	.251	‐

On Base Pct	.315	‐

Slugging Pct	.451	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.766	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in Tuesday's 8-2 win over the Twins with a run scored, one RBI and one stolen base. Chase Davis Wed, Aug 5th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jac Caglianone went 1-for-5 in loss to the Rockies with a home run, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Chase Davis Sun, Aug 2nd	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Jac Caglianone went 2-for-4 in loss to the Twins with a home run, one run scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Fri, Jul 31st	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Jac Caglianone is back in the Royals lineup on Saturday against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	George Valera (calf) has been reinstated from the IL and will join the Guardians ahead of Monday's game against the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Apr 13th
	Jac Caglianone remains out of the Royals lineup for Friday's series opener against the Tigers. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 24th	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Jac Caglianone 1B,RF,DH - KC			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#112	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Mar 30th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Apr 14th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113
Sun, Apr 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Tue, Apr 21st	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#370
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#124	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#296
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Sun, May 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#189
Mon, May 4th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs DET	Burch Smith		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#186
Tue, May 12th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#367	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#263
Wed, May 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, May 16th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Mon, May 18th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Wed, May 20th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Mon, May 25th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Tue, May 26th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#366
Fri, May 29th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CIN	Chase Burns (13-1)	#26	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#158	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, Jun 12th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Sat, Jun 13th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#109
Wed, Jun 17th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Thu, Jun 18th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143
Sat, Jun 20th				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, Jun 21st	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#404	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 27th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#172
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 4th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Sun, Jul 5th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ NYM	Cionel Perez		@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#264
Sat, Jul 18th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#162	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#199
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-1)	#60	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Sun, Jul 26th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Fri, Jul 31st	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#196
Sat, Aug 1st	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#261
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#126
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Aug 7th	vs CHC	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	vs CHC	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#91	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sun, Aug 9th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Tue, Aug 11th	@ LAD	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#142
Wed, Aug 12th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#30	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#104
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATH			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATH			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs ATH			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs DET			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs DET			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs DET			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ TOR			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CLE			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CLE			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs MIA			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs MIA			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs TOR			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs TOR			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs ARI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ BOS			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CWS			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CWS			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CLE			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sat, Apr 4th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (6-1)	#39
Thu, Apr 9th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Thu, May 14th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Mon, Jun 1st	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Thu, Jun 11th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Sun, Jun 14th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Mon, Jun 15th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#200
Thu, Jun 25th	@ TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Mon, Jul 6th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Fri, Jul 17th	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Jul 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Aug 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th	@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ HOU

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Jac Caglianone (2026)

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