Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Jonah Heim (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 238	# 370
VBR	# 442	‐

Projections

Runs	6	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	7	‐
Stolen Bases	0	‐
Batting Average	.229	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 203	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 254	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 137	# 329

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	‐	# 388

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	303	37

Runs	31	1

Hits	66	8

Singles	37	5

Doubles	16	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	0

RBI	42	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	24	1

Strikeouts	61	8

Batting Average	.218	.216

On Base Pct	.277	.237

Slugging Pct	.399	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.676	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	58	‐

Runs	6	‐

Hits	13	‐

Singles	8	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	7	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	5	‐

Strikeouts	13	‐

Batting Average	.229	‐

On Base Pct	.287	‐

Slugging Pct	.383	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.670	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 in loss to the Orioles with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 29th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Jonah Heim went 3-for-5 in Wednesday’s loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 30th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Jonah Heim went 1-for-4 in Monday's 4-2 loss to the Red Sox with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 28th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Jonah Heim went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and six RBI. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Jonah Heim went 2-for-3 in win over the Dodgers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and a walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 2nd	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
	Jonah Heim C,1B,DH - ATH			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#124
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#258	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (12-8)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)		vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th				vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Tue, Apr 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Wed, Apr 8th	@ NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (6-6)	#51	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#162
Sat, Apr 11th	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-9)	#72	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-8)	#187
Sun, Apr 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37	@ ATL	Chris Sale (13-9)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#44
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (7-8)	#421	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (2-5)	#98
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Mon, Apr 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#310
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#78	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#120
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (8-11)	#24
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (5-4)	#191
Tue, Apr 28th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#230	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Wed, Apr 29th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Fri, May 1st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-8)	#79	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#147
Sat, May 2nd	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#208	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#150
Sun, May 3rd	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-8)	#33	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#193
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Tue, May 5th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Fri, May 8th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-12)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Sat, May 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Sun, May 10th	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#167
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#190
Tue, May 12th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (12-6)	#296	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, May 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-13)	#80	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144
Sat, May 16th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)		vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (4-7)	#375	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Mon, May 18th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Tue, May 19th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Wed, May 20th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Thu, May 21st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ DET	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Fri, May 22nd	@ SD	Walker Buehler (8-6)	#181	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (16-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#358	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (11-5)	#11
Sun, May 24th	@ SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-8)	#168
Mon, May 25th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (5-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (12-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#152	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (8-10)	#25	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-7)	#146	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117
Sat, Jun 6th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#249
Sun, Jun 7th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#297	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#56	vs NYY	Will Warren (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-7)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-3)	#39
Fri, Jun 12th	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#418	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#90
Sat, Jun 13th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (4-10)	#394	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)		@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#92
Wed, Jun 17th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-5)	#26	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#223
Thu, Jun 18th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (3-7)	#236	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#110
Fri, Jun 19th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Sat, Jun 20th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-8)	#175
Sun, Jun 21st	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#238
Mon, Jun 22nd				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SF	Robbie Ray (11-7)	#108	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (5-10)	#77	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-10)	#101
Sat, Jun 27th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (4-8)	#36	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#392	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (8-7)	#277	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#133
Tue, Jun 30th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-5)	#116	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Wed, Jul 1st	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (5-2)	#149	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sat, Jul 4th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (8-7)	#2	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ DET	Troy Melton (7-4)	#69	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jul 9th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Fri, Jul 10th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-6)	#66	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-8)	#67
Sat, Jul 11th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (4-4)	#154	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-10)	#49
Sun, Jul 12th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (4-6)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (8-8)	#359	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#63
Sun, Jul 19th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (15-4)	#55	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-11)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-4)	#94
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-6)	#42
Sat, Jul 25th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#216	@ TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89
Sun, Jul 26th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-4)	#109	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186
Fri, Jul 31st	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-5)	#96	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)	#301
Sat, Aug 1st	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#364
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-12)	#171
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-13)	#186	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (4-7)	#70
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-8)	#237	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#52
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#144	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (10-8)	#30
Fri, Aug 7th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#329
Sat, Aug 8th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-6)	#74	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-7)	#159
Sun, Aug 9th	@ BOS	Erik Miller		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#112
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (13-4)	#89	@ DET	Drew Anderson (4-5)	#73
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#23	@ DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET	Keider Montero (9-8)	#143
Fri, Aug 14th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-10)	#117	vs SD	Michael King (9-9)	#60
Sat, Aug 15th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#188
Sun, Aug 16th	vs TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	vs SD	Casey Mize (5-9)	#58
Tue, Aug 18th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (0-2)	#161
Thu, Aug 20th	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (2-3)	#428	vs SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Aug 21st	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (4-1)	#82	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#417
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (4-3)	#21	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-6)	#372
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-5)	#153	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Mon, Aug 24th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-8)	#95	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#384
Tue, Aug 25th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (10-6)	#50	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-9)	#207
Wed, Aug 26th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (4-7)	#71	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-6)	#97
Fri, Aug 28th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137	vs KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Sat, Aug 29th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (4-4)	#170
Sun, Aug 30th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (6-4)	#157	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#156
Tue, Sep 1st	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#46	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (5-2)	#87
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ TEX	Cody Bradford (0-4)	#88	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ SEA	Kade Anderson (0-0)	#43	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32
Fri, Sep 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (11-8)	#10	vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	vs DET	Framber Valdez (8-10)	#35
Sun, Sep 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (10-9)	#12	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (1-2)	#183
Mon, Sep 7th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (10-5)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (9-9)	#40
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (11-7)	#32	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-3)	#137
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#140	@ BAL	Shane Baz (5-14)	#47
Fri, Sep 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (9-10)	#20	@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs SEA			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TB			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TB			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CLE			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs LAA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs HOU			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#217
Thu, Apr 30th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#85
Thu, May 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#114
Sun, Jun 14th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-8)	#431
Mon, Jun 15th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-6)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (8-13)	#100
Fri, Jul 17th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (12-5)	#54
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (8-6)	#34
Thu, Jul 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (16-4)	#29
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (7-11)	#37
Mon, Aug 17th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (8-8)	#75
Mon, Aug 31st	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (10-9)	#6
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TB

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Jonah Heim (2026)

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