Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Ronald Acuna Jr. (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	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	# 23	# 369
VBR	# 8	‐

Projections

Runs	38	5
Home Runs	10	2
RBI	29	5
Stolen Bases	11	1
Batting Average	.277	.198

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 52	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 55	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 23	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 27	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 10	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	195	37

Runs	31	1

Hits	49	8

Singles	31	5

Doubles	10	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	22	6

Stolen Bases	15	0

Caught Stealing	7	0

Walks	35	1

Strikeouts	52	8

Batting Average	.251	.216

On Base Pct	.373	.237

Slugging Pct	.421	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.793	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	195	41

Runs	38	5

Hits	54	8

Singles	34	5

Doubles	9	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	10	2

RBI	29	5

Stolen Bases	11	1

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	32	4

Strikeouts	49	12

Batting Average	.277	.198

On Base Pct	.389	.270

Slugging Pct	.492	.346

On-base Plus Slugging	.881	.615

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Ronald Acuna Jr. reached twice Saturday with a single and a walk in a rehab game for Triple-A Gwinnett. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Ronald Acuna Jr. will play in rehab games for Triple-A Gwinnett on Saturday and Sunday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Braves manager Walt Weiss said that he wouldn't rule out OF Ronald Acuña Jr. returning on the current homestand Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Ronald Acuna Jr. (hamstring) will have his rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Gwinnett on Friday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Ronald Acuna Jr. hit a grand slam in his latest rehab game on Thursday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 17th	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
	Ronald Acuna Jr. RF - ATL			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Thu, Apr 16th				vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#207
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#350
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#166
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#219
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#265
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#160
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#99
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253
Mon, May 25th				vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#293
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jun 8th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#85
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#93
Mon, Jun 29th				vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#168
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#114
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#271
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#235
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#34
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#23
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			@ KC
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Ronald Acuna Jr. (2026)

ExpertRecommendation

Expert
Recommendation