Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Taylor Ward (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	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	# 71	# 369
VBR	# 87	‐

Projections

Runs	32	5
Home Runs	9	1
RBI	28	5
Stolen Bases	2	1
Batting Average	.250	.205

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 53	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 76	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 152	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 104	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 82	# 384

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 65	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	384	37

Runs	63	1

Hits	96	8

Singles	69	5

Doubles	20	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	7	0

RBI	27	6

Stolen Bases	4	0

Caught Stealing	3	0

Walks	80	1

Strikeouts	95	8

Batting Average	.250	.216

On Base Pct	.385	.237

Slugging Pct	.357	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.742	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	205	37

Runs	32	5

Hits	51	8

Singles	32	5

Doubles	10	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	9	1

RBI	28	5

Stolen Bases	2	1

Caught Stealing	1	0

Walks	30	4

Strikeouts	55	10

Batting Average	.250	.205

On Base Pct	.350	.284

Slugging Pct	.433	.329

On-base Plus Slugging	.782	.613

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Astros with a home run, a walk, one run scored, two RBI and one strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 18th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Royals with a home run, two runs scored, one RBI, a walk, and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sun, Jul 12th	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Taylor Ward went 1-for-3 in a win over the Reds with a walk and one stolen base. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jul 4th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Taylor Ward went 3-for-5 in a win over the Nationals with a run scored and a strikeout. Jesse Garcia Sat, Jun 27th	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
	Taylor Ward went 2-for-5 in a win over the Angels with a home run, two runs scored and one RBI. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 23rd	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
	Taylor Ward LF - BAL			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20
Sat, Mar 28th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Mar 29th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Mar 30th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108
Tue, Mar 31st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#132	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#27	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#37	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, Apr 7th	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#196	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Wed, Apr 8th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Sat, Apr 11th	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#16	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Sun, Apr 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#204	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Apr 13th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#202	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Tue, Apr 14th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Wed, Apr 15th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#114	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65
Fri, Apr 17th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251
Sat, Apr 18th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Sun, Apr 19th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Mon, Apr 20th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Tue, Apr 21st	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Tue, Apr 28th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Sat, May 2nd	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217
Sun, May 3rd	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200
Mon, May 4th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Tue, May 5th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358
Wed, May 6th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Fri, May 8th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Sat, May 9th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sun, May 10th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151
Mon, May 11th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Tue, May 12th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330
Wed, May 13th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Fri, May 15th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, May 16th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#376	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Mon, May 18th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Tue, May 19th	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145
Wed, May 20th	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53
Fri, May 22nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, May 24th	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236
Mon, May 25th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Tue, May 26th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Fri, May 29th	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#235	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Sun, May 31st	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#91	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Thu, Jun 4th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#170	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 9th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Wed, Jun 10th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Fri, Jun 12th	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#172	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71
Sat, Jun 13th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129
Wed, Jun 17th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Thu, Jun 18th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jun 19th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Sat, Jun 20th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sun, Jun 21st	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#35	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#428	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Wed, Jun 24th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#148	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 27th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#60	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#175	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Jun 29th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182
Tue, Jun 30th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#411	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#250	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sat, Jul 4th	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#17	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Sun, Jul 5th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#36	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jul 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120
Thu, Jul 9th	vs CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Fri, Jul 10th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43
Sun, Jul 12th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297
Sat, Jul 18th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125
Sun, Jul 19th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Jul 21st				vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#213	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Fri, Jul 24th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#154	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39
Sat, Jul 25th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Sun, Jul 26th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18
Mon, Jul 27th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21
Tue, Jul 28th	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#100	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Wed, Jul 29th	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PHI	Brad Keller		vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Tue, Aug 4th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 5th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Thu, Aug 6th	vs LAA			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 7th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Aug 8th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Aug 9th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ MIN			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ MIN			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	@ TB			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	@ TB			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	@ TB			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs NYY			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs NYY			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs NYY			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs TB			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs TB			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs TB			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ STL			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ STL			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ ATH			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ ATH			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	@ COL			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ COL			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs BOS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs BOS			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs BOS			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CLE			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	@ NYM			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs TOR			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th				@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#134
Thu, Apr 30th	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#176
Thu, May 28th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 11th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sun, Jun 14th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#274
Fri, Jul 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Mon, Aug 10th	@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th	@ STL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ COL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs TOR

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Taylor Ward (2026)

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