Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Matt Wallner (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	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	# 268	# 369
VBR	# 1243	‐

Projections

Runs	5	5
Home Runs	2	2
RBI	6	5
Stolen Bases	0	1
Batting Average	.215	.221

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 240	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 244	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 292	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	‐	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	120	37

Runs	14	1

Hits	20	8

Singles	13	5

Doubles	3	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	10	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	10	1

Strikeouts	53	8

Batting Average	.167	.216

On Base Pct	.259	.237

Slugging Pct	.292	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.551	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	39	43

Runs	5	5

Hits	8	10

Singles	5	6

Doubles	2	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	2

RBI	6	5

Stolen Bases	0	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	4

Strikeouts	14	12

Batting Average	.215	.221

On Base Pct	.306	.287

Slugging Pct	.410	.372

On-base Plus Slugging	.716	.659

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Matt Wallner was optioned to Triple-A St. Paul on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, May 14th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Matt Wallner avoided an injury after getting hit by a pitch and being removed from Thursday’s game against the Nationals. Ari Koslow Thu, May 7th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Matt Wallner went 2-for-3 in Wednesday's 15-2 loss to the Nationals with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Matthew Adam Thu, May 7th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Matt Wallner is back in the lineup for Tuesday’s game against the Mets. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 21st	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 Wallner was scratched from the Twins’ starting lineup on Sunday due to a lingering rib injury. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Matt Wallner LF,RF - MIN			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Mar 30th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Apr 6th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Wed, Apr 8th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sat, Apr 11th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241
Sun, Apr 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Apr 14th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Wed, Apr 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201
Sat, Apr 18th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81
Sun, Apr 19th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#342
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Mon, Apr 27th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Wed, Apr 29th	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, May 2nd	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sun, May 3rd	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Mon, May 4th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Wed, May 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, May 8th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Sat, May 9th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273
Wed, May 13th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sat, May 16th	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, May 18th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Tue, May 19th	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Wed, May 20th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265
Mon, May 25th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Tue, May 26th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 27th	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295
Fri, May 29th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 5th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Sat, Jun 6th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Sun, Jun 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Wed, Jun 10th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th				@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ARI			@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Sat, Jun 27th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Sun, Jun 28th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Mon, Jun 29th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150
Tue, Jun 30th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jul 1st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Sat, Jul 4th	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#233	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Fri, Jul 10th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Sat, Jul 11th	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277
Sat, Jul 18th	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116
Sun, Jul 19th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ CLE			vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Mon, Jul 27th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Wed, Jul 29th	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Fri, Jul 31st	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ SEA			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ SEA			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ KC			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ KC			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ KC			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIL			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BAL			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BAL			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs PHI			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th				vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs PHI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs PHI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ATL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ATL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th				vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ SD			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ SD			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ SD			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATH			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs CWS			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs CWS			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs DET			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs DET			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CWS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CWS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ DET			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ DET			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ DET			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ LAA			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SF			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SF			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs TEX			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs TEX			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 14th	vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Thu, May 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st	vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Thu, Jun 11th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 14th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 30th	vs KC
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st	@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Matt Wallner (2026)

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