Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for TJ Friedl (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Expert Recommendation	75% Recommended by 3 of 4 experts	25% Recommended by 1 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 266	# 369
VBR	# 616	‐

Projections

Runs	13	‐
Home Runs	2	‐
RBI	10	‐
Stolen Bases	2	‐
Batting Average	.234	‐

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 257	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 252	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 261	# 382

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 415	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	206	37

Runs	19	1

Hits	34	8

Singles	24	5

Doubles	6	3

Triples	1	0

Home Runs	3	0

RBI	11	6

Stolen Bases	5	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	20	1

Strikeouts	54	8

Batting Average	.165	.216

On Base Pct	.251	.237

Slugging Pct	.248	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	.499	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	95	‐

Runs	13	‐

Hits	22	‐

Singles	15	‐

Doubles	4	‐

Triples	1	‐

Home Runs	2	‐

RBI	10	‐

Stolen Bases	2	‐

Caught Stealing	1	‐

Walks	11	‐

Strikeouts	21	‐

Batting Average	.234	‐

On Base Pct	.322	‐

Slugging Pct	.363	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.684	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	The Reds recalled OF TJ Friedl from Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 28th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	The Reds optioned TJ Friedl to Triple-A Louisville. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 3rd	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 1-for-4 with a home run in a 6-4 win over the Rockies on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Apr 30th	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Reds outfielder TJ Friedl went 3-for-4 with a homer in a 9-2 rout of the Tigers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Apr 25th	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
	TJ Friedl went 2-for-5 with three RBI in the Reds 7-4 win over the Twins in 10 innings on Sunday. Ari Koslow Mon, Apr 20th	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
	TJ Friedl LF,CF - CIN			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#250	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19
Sat, Mar 28th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12
Sun, Mar 29th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#165	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Mar 30th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#96
Tue, Mar 31st	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#102	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, Apr 11th	vs LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#292	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204
Sun, Apr 12th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Tue, Apr 14th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#97	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Apr 15th	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#100	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 16th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Fri, Apr 17th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Sat, Apr 18th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#114
Sun, Apr 19th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Mon, Apr 20th	@ TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#373	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Tue, Apr 21st	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#371
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Fri, Apr 24th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 25th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Sun, Apr 26th	vs DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#295
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#320	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Wed, Apr 29th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, May 1st	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Sat, May 2nd	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#113	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192
Sun, May 3rd	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#186
Mon, May 4th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#80	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#145	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385
Wed, May 6th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#169	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Fri, May 8th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#221	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 9th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Sun, May 10th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-3)	#155
Mon, May 11th				vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#188
Tue, May 12th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#277	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#261
Wed, May 13th	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#164	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Fri, May 15th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#109
Sat, May 16th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Mon, May 18th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Tue, May 19th	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Wed, May 20th	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#143
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Fri, May 22nd				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sun, May 24th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#213
Mon, May 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Tue, May 26th	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#88	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Wed, May 27th	@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#182	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#350
Fri, May 29th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#180	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, May 31st	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#317	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#385	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Thu, Jun 4th				@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 5th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Sat, Jun 6th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#126
Sun, Jun 7th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Mon, Jun 8th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#243	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65
Tue, Jun 9th	@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#306	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Wed, Jun 10th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#101
Fri, Jun 12th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#95
Sat, Jun 13th	vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#133	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110
Wed, Jun 17th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#142
Sat, Jun 20th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#65	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#278
Sun, Jun 21st	@ NYY	Elmer Rodriguez (0-2)	#251	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#260
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Wed, Jun 24th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Sat, Jun 27th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jun 28th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76
Mon, Jun 29th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#110	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-2)	#175
Tue, Jun 30th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#151	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Wed, Jul 1st	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#43	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Wed, Jul 8th	vs PHI	Alan Rangel (0-3)	#265	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Thu, Jul 9th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#10	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, Jul 10th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#28	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Sat, Jul 11th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#231	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Sun, Jul 12th	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (7-1)	#38	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#263
Sat, Jul 18th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#104
Sun, Jul 19th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#431	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#19	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#21
Tue, Jul 21st	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#200
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#76	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#49
Fri, Jul 24th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 26th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Tue, Jul 28th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#85	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#152
Fri, Jul 31st	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#267
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-9)	#130
Tue, Aug 4th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#75
Wed, Aug 5th	vs ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#325	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, Aug 6th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#192	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#158
Fri, Aug 7th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Sat, Aug 8th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#201	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#179
Sun, Aug 9th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#191	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Tue, Aug 11th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#66	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#59
Wed, Aug 12th	@ CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Thu, Aug 13th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190	@ DET	Keider Montero (8-6)	#103
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs STL			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs STL			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs STL			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ ARI			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ ARI			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ ARI			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th	@ SF			@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ SF			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ SF			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ CHC			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ CHC			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SD			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SD			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs MIL			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs MIL			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ LAD			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIL			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs LAD			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs CHC			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATL			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATL			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ TOR			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#81
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#86
Thu, Apr 30th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-10)	#432
Thu, May 14th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53
Mon, Jun 1st	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#305
Sun, Jun 14th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#232
Mon, Jun 15th	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#206
Fri, Jul 17th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#240
Thu, Jul 30th	vs PIT	Yohan Ramirez
Mon, Aug 17th	vs STL
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SD
Thu, Sep 17th	vs LAD

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for TJ Friedl (2026)

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