Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Matt Vierling (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 312	# 368
VBR	# 638	‐

Projections

Runs	16	5
Home Runs	3	2
RBI	15	5
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.246	.221

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 286	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 292	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	246	37

Runs	23	1

Hits	51	8

Singles	32	5

Doubles	12	3

Triples	2	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	30	6

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	19	1

Strikeouts	45	8

Batting Average	.207	.216

On Base Pct	.260	.237

Slugging Pct	.333	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.594	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	127	43

Runs	16	5

Hits	31	10

Singles	21	6

Doubles	6	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	2

RBI	15	5

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	11	4

Strikeouts	29	12

Batting Average	.246	.221

On Base Pct	.308	.287

Slugging Pct	.387	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.695	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Matt Vierling went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with one stolen base. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 with a stolen base in a 7-5 loss to the Astros on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Matt Vierling went 1-for-4 in Friday's 4-3 win over the White Sox with a two-run home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 20th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Tigers outfielder Matt Vierling went 3-for-4 with an RBI in a 5-3 loss to the Orioles in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 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
	Matt Vierling went 1-for-3 in a loss to the Guardians with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th	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
	Matt Vierling LF,CF,RF - DET			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#300	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th				@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (9-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (5-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#341
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#331	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#223
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#240	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#219	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-3)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#272
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-4)	#84	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#388	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#264
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (11-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-4)	#83	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (7-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#21	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-5)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-7)	#17	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#319	vs CWS	Sean Burke (6-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#276
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (1-4)	#170	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (8-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#252
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-7)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-5)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#226	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ CIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#258
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (6-6)	#31
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-6)	#109
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#248
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Matt Vierling (2026)

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