Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Mike Trout (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 70	# 369
VBR	# 95	‐

Projections

Runs	32	5
Home Runs	11	2
RBI	29	5
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.244	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 90	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 88	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 67	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 52	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 76	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 58	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	297	37

Runs	58	1

Hits	69	8

Singles	37	5

Doubles	14	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	18	0

RBI	39	6

Stolen Bases	8	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	70	1

Strikeouts	95	8

Batting Average	.232	.216

On Base Pct	.385	.237

Slugging Pct	.461	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.847	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	181	41

Runs	32	5

Hits	44	8

Singles	25	5

Doubles	7	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	11	2

RBI	29	5

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	34	4

Strikeouts	62	12

Batting Average	.244	.198

On Base Pct	.378	.270

Slugging Pct	.478	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.856	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Mike Trout went 0-for-3 in a win over the Tigers with two walks and one stolen base. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 20th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Mike Trout went 1-for-4 in a win over the Rangers with a home run, two runs scored, two RBI, and one walk. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 9th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Mike Trout (hamstring) has been activated from the IL ahead of Wednesday's game against the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jul 8th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) is on track to return from the injured list on Wednesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 8th	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
	Angels outfielder Mike Trout (hamstring) said he is hopeful to return as soon as Tuesday against the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Mike Trout CF,RF,DH - LAA			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (0-1)	#214	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#97	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#91	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#151	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#423	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#308	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#24	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#264	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#300	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#404	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#210	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (6-5)	#9	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#100	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#223	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#428	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#115	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-5)	#90	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#307	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#107	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#133	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#96
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Mike Trout (2026)

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