Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Sal Frelick (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 190	# 369
VBR	# 546	‐

Projections

Runs	13	5
Home Runs	2	1
RBI	11	5
Stolen Bases	3	1
Batting Average	.260	.214

Misc

Injury Alert	IL10	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 150	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 141	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 210	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 175	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	276	37

Runs	33	1

Hits	65	8

Singles	47	5

Doubles	14	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	4	0

RBI	34	6

Stolen Bases	6	0

Caught Stealing	2	0

Walks	25	1

Strikeouts	31	8

Batting Average	.236	.216

On Base Pct	.301	.237

Slugging Pct	.330	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.630	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	102	35

Runs	13	5

Hits	26	8

Singles	19	5

Doubles	5	2

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	2	1

RBI	11	5

Stolen Bases	3	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	9	4

Strikeouts	15	10

Batting Average	.260	.214

On Base Pct	.325	.286

Slugging Pct	.369	.343

On-base Plus Slugging	.694	.629

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy said Sal Frelick will seek a second opinion. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Sal Frelick remains without a clear timetable to return. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 21st	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	The Brewers placed OF Sal Frelick on the 10-day injured list with a right shoulder strain. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Brewers manager Pat Murphy told reporters that Sal Frelick could miss extended time. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th	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
	Sal Frelick left Friday’s game against the Marlins due to right shoulder soreness. 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
	Sal Frelick LF,CF,RF - MIL			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#194	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Sat, Mar 28th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd				vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Apr 6th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, Apr 7th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 8th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Sun, Apr 12th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Tue, Apr 14th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Wed, Apr 15th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#12	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Thu, Apr 16th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Mon, Apr 20th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#386
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#165
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#135	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#287
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Tue, Apr 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Wed, Apr 29th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#187
Sun, May 3rd	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Tue, May 5th				@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#365
Wed, May 6th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Fri, May 8th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Sat, May 9th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#210
Tue, May 12th	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Wed, May 13th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Fri, May 15th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, May 16th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Mon, May 18th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#99	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#100
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#65	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#234
Mon, May 25th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Tue, May 26th	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#55
Wed, May 27th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#288
Fri, May 29th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 5th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sat, Jun 6th	@ COL	Zach Agnos		@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Sun, Jun 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Fri, Jun 12th	vs PHI	Tanner Banks		vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Sat, Jun 13th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#114
Wed, Jun 17th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Thu, Jun 18th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs CHC	Ryan Rolison		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#82	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#196
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ ARI			vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sat, Jul 4th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#168	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jul 8th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#109
Thu, Jul 9th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Fri, Jul 10th				@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Sat, Jul 11th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 12th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#278
Sat, Jul 18th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#87	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#110
Sun, Jul 19th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#152	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Fri, Jul 24th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#30
Sat, Jul 25th	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Sun, Jul 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Wed, Jul 29th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#198
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#256
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Tue, Aug 4th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#35	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#76
Thu, Aug 6th	vs PIT			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	vs MIN			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SD			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SD			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th	@ LAD			@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ LAD			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SEA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SEA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SEA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATL			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATL			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATL			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYM			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	vs TEX			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	vs TEX			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CHC			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CHC			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CIN			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CIN			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CHC			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	vs CIN			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ BAL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ PHI			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ PHI			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs STL			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs STL			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Thu, May 14th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#176
Mon, Jun 1st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Sun, Jun 14th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Mon, Jul 6th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Fri, Jul 17th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Mon, Jul 27th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#50
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SD
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYM
Mon, Aug 31st	@ CHC
Thu, Sep 17th	@ PIT

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Sal Frelick (2026)

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