Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Luken Baker (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 372	‐
VBR	‐	‐

Projections

Runs	‐	‐
Home Runs	‐	‐
RBI	‐	‐
Stolen Bases	‐	‐
Batting Average	‐	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	FA

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 392	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	5

Runs	1	0

Hits	8	1

Singles	5	1

Doubles	3	0

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	0	0

RBI	6	0

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	1	0

Strikeouts	8	3

Batting Average	.216	.200

On Base Pct	.237	.200

Slugging Pct	.297	.200

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	.400

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
2026 Projections


At Bats	‐	‐

Runs	‐	‐

Hits	‐	‐

Singles	‐	‐

Doubles	‐	‐

Triples	‐	‐

Home Runs	‐	‐

RBI	‐	‐

Stolen Bases	‐	‐

Caught Stealing	‐	‐

Walks	‐	‐

Strikeouts	‐	‐

Batting Average	‐	‐

On Base Pct	‐	‐

Slugging Pct	‐	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	‐	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	The Diamondbacks re-signed 1B Luken Baker to a minor league contract. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 24th
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	The Diamondbacks sent 1B Luken Baker outright to Triple-A Reno. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	The Diamondbacks designated 1B Luken Baker for assignment. Ari Koslow Sat, Apr 18th
	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	Baker is a career .206/.317/.338 hitter with four home runs over parts of three major-league seasons. Arizona selected his contract from Triple-A Reno on Tuesday to fill the roster spot left by Carlos Santana (groin), with Pavin Smith (elbow) also currently sidelined. Bruno Mulé Tue, Apr 7th
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	The D-backs have reassigned first baseman Luken Baker to minor league camp. Brenton Kemp Sun, Mar 15th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			Luken Baker 1B,DH - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (9-11)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (12-9)	#11
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#152
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#78
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#39
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8)	#2
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (11-10)	#20
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (9-9)	#164
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (14-9)	#3
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-14)	#105
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (7-9)	#113
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (7-9)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#58
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (8-5)	#88
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#291
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-10)	#287
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (3-8)	#116
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#22
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#160
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#56
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#13
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#211
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (6-7)	#128
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#137
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#93
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-8)	#138
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (2-2)	#182
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#194
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (6-8)	#27
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-11)	#139
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#50
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#155
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#87
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (6-9)	#68
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-6)	#7
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (13-5)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (3-9)	#195
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (13-5)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (14-6)	#10
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#121
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#258
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#45
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (9-9)	#18
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (6-3)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#102
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (10-7)	#1
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (4-5)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#289
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (7-5)	#98
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (8-9)	#291
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#169
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#140
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#215
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (12-10)	#12
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#152
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (5-2)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (11-9)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-11)	#34
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (9-7)	#83
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#140
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#93
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#97
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#54
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (7-11)	#61
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (5-6)	#221
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#6
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#276
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-6)	#97
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (10-7)	#101
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (15-4)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (15-5)	#13
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-15)	#355
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (1-3)
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-1)	#288
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (9-14)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (5-7)	#65
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM	Christian Scott (4-5)	#73
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (11-10)	#44
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-9)	#314
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#136
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET	Drew Anderson (5-6)	#87
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#50
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET	Keider Montero (9-9)	#155
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD	Michael King (12-9)	#59
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (3-3)	#159
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD	Casey Mize (6-9)	#68
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (3-4)
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF	Matt Wilkinson (1-3)	#189
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (9-14)	#149
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL	Tanner Gordon (1-5)	#369
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-8)	#354
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (12-10)	#377
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA	George Klassen (2-2)	#264
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (9-10)	#194
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-8)	#117
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#239
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (7-9)	#137
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#125
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (11-6)	#8
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#30
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET	Andrew Sears (0-1)	#245
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (10-11)	#50
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET	Jackson Jobe (2-2)	#207
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-10)	#36
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (9-4)	#202
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (6-15)	#58
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#26
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (6-7)	#93
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-10)	#43
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-5)	#146
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy (3-0)	#140
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-9)	#171
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-4)	#370
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (6-4)	#211
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#94
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (9-7)	#47
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-5)	#33
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (8-4)	#28
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#57
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-9)	#64
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (6-5)	#239

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Luken Baker (2026)

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