Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Justin Dean (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 369	‐
VBR	‐	# 1312

Projections

Runs	4	2
Home Runs	1	0
RBI	4	2
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.219	.190

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	-

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 384	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	7

Runs	1	3

Hits	8	2

Singles	5	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	1

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	6	3

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	2

Strikeouts	8	4

Batting Average	.216	.286

On Base Pct	.237	.444

Slugging Pct	.297	.571

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	1.016

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
2026 Projections


At Bats	32	15

Runs	4	2

Hits	7	3

Singles	5	2

Doubles	2	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	1	0

RBI	4	2

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	2

Strikeouts	9	5

Batting Average	.219	.190

On Base Pct	.296	.264

Slugging Pct	.359	.274

On-base Plus Slugging	.655	.538

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Justin Dean went 1-for-2 with a bases-clearing triple on Friday, helping the Cubs to a 16-2 win over the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, Jun 20th
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Cubs recalled OF Justin Dean from Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Fri, Jun 19th
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Cubs optioned OF Justin Dean to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	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	The Cubs claimed OF Justin Dean off waivers from the Giants. Ari Koslow Wed, Jan 14th
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The San Francisco Giants have designated outfielder Justin Dean for assignment. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jan 6th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			Justin Dean CF,RF - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#130
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#373	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#295
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#197
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#188	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#213
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#145	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#49
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#256
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#161	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	vs SD	JP Sears (3-3)	#158
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#173	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#45
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#82	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ KC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ KC
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs STL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs CWS
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR			vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			@ BOS
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 14th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Thu, May 28th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jun 11th				@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Mon, Jun 15th				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Thu, Jun 25th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Mon, Jul 27th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, Aug 17th				vs CWS
Mon, Aug 31st				vs MIL

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Justin Dean (2026)

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