Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Nathan Lukes (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	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	# 284	# 369
VBR	# 288	‐

Projections

Runs	20	5
Home Runs	4	2
RBI	18	5
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.264	.200

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 268	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 225	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	214	37

Runs	23	1

Hits	62	8

Singles	49	5

Doubles	8	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	5	0

RBI	18	6

Stolen Bases	0	0

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	12	1

Strikeouts	34	8

Batting Average	.290	.216

On Base Pct	.341	.237

Slugging Pct	.397	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.738	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	157	40

Runs	20	5

Hits	42	8

Singles	30	5

Doubles	8	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	4	2

RBI	18	5

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	13	4

Strikeouts	28	12

Batting Average	.264	.200

On Base Pct	.324	.273

Slugging Pct	.391	.350

On-base Plus Slugging	.715	.623

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in a 3-2 loss to the Rangers on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 29th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 1-for-3 with a solo home run in a 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 25th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-5 with a double, a run, and an RBI in an 8-3 loss to the Yankees on Sunday. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jun 15th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Blue Jays manager John Schneider said Nathan Lukes is available off the bench on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th	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
	Blue Jays outfielder Nathan Lukes went 3-for-4 in an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, May 26th	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
	Nathan Lukes LF,CF,RF - TOR			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#23
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#189	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#383	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#240	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#78	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#181
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#132	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#72	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#104	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#245
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#370	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#220
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#236
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#223
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#217
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#258
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#29
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#123	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#250
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#287
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#28
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#126	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#152	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#68	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#10	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#115
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#57	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#22	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#134	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#101	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#129
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#242
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#20	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#98	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#162
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#32	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#168	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#118
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#167	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#190	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#377	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#121
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#86	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#229
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#60	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#76	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#146	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#31	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#103
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#327	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#64	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#148
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#94
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#206
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#56
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Nathan Lukes (2026)

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