Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Walker Jenkins (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 2 of 2 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 2 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 369	‐
VBR	‐	# 1328

Projections

Runs	5	2
Home Runs	2	0
RBI	5	1
Stolen Bases	1	0
Batting Average	.221	.232

Misc

Injury Alert	MiLB	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 384	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 329	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
2026 Stats


At Bats	37	‐

Runs	1	‐

Hits	8	‐

Singles	5	‐

Doubles	3	‐

Triples	0	‐

Home Runs	0	‐

RBI	6	‐

Stolen Bases	0	‐

Caught Stealing	0	‐

Walks	1	‐

Strikeouts	8	‐

Batting Average	.216	‐

On Base Pct	.237	‐

Slugging Pct	.297	‐

On-base Plus Slugging	.534	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
2026 Projections


At Bats	43	14

Runs	5	2

Hits	10	3

Singles	6	2

Doubles	2	1

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	2	0

RBI	5	1

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	4	1

Strikeouts	12	3

Batting Average	.221	.232

On Base Pct	.287	.298

Slugging Pct	.372	.317

On-base Plus Slugging	.659	.616

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE	Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
News
	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st	Walker Jenkins is back in the Triple-A St. Paul lineup on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 23rd
	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th	Walker Jenkins is continuing his rehab assignment with Single-A Cedar Rapids. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th	Twins OF prospect Walker Jenkins has begun hitting off a machine. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	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	Twins prospect Walker Jenkins has a Grade 2 AC joint sprain in his left shoulder. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	The Guardians placed OF George Valera on the 10-day injured list with a left calf strain. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th	Twins prospect Walker Jenkins was forced to leave Triple-A St. Paul’s game on Sunday with a shoulder injury. Ari Koslow Sun, May 3rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE			Walker Jenkins CF - MIN
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#167
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (4-5)	#362
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#7	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#201	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#428
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#342	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#111
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (6-4)	#10
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#313
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#200
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#154	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#221
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (5-7)	#273	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#258
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIL	Logan Henderson (3-1)	#56
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157	vs HOU	Jason Alexander (1-1)	#323
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#102	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#265	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#295	@ CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#60
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#29
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#120
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#136	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-3)	#93	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	@ ARI
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#217
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#82
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#439
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#431
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#438
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#150	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#181
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	@ NYY	Brendan Beck (0-1)	#233
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#128	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-4)	#277	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#116	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CLE
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (7-5)	#20	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (11-1)	#22
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#433
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ KC
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ KC
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ KC
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			vs ATL
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			vs ATL
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ SD
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ SD
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ SD
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			@ ATH
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs CWS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			vs DET
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			@ DET
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			@ DET
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			@ DET
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs CLE
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			@ SF
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			@ SF
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs TEX
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Apr 4th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, Apr 9th				vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Thu, Apr 23rd				@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66
Thu, Apr 30th				vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Thu, May 14th				vs MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#188
Thu, May 28th				@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100
Mon, Jun 1st				vs CWS	David Sandlin (2-1)	#315
Thu, Jun 11th				@ DET	Keider Montero (6-5)	#157
Sun, Jun 14th				vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th				@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37
Fri, Jul 17th				@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 30th				vs KC
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th				vs ATL
Mon, Aug 31st				vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th				@ LAA
Mon, Sep 21st				@ SF

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Walker Jenkins (2026)

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