Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	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	# 2	# 368
VBR	# 5	‐

Projections

Runs	32	4
Home Runs	13	1
RBI	34	4
Stolen Bases	1	1
Batting Average	.305	.219

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 3	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 7	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 7	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 4	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 2	# 383

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 2	# 329

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Stats


At Bats	392	37

Runs	74	1

Hits	126	8

Singles	71	5

Doubles	20	3

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	35	0

RBI	80	6

Stolen Bases	1	0

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	73	1

Strikeouts	82	8

Batting Average	.321	.216

On Base Pct	.433	.237

Slugging Pct	.640	.297

On-base Plus Slugging	1.073	.534

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
2026 Projections


At Bats	170	32

Runs	32	4

Hits	52	7

Singles	29	5

Doubles	10	2

Triples	0	0

Home Runs	13	1

RBI	34	4

Stolen Bases	1	1

Caught Stealing	0	0

Walks	28	3

Strikeouts	34	9

Batting Average	.305	.219

On Base Pct	.421	.286

Slugging Pct	.592	.359

On-base Plus Slugging	1.013	.645

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU	George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
News
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Angels with a home run, one run scored, one walk, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Wed, Jul 29th	The Guardians sent George Valera outright to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a win over the Marlins with a home run, one run scored, and two RBI. Chris Schommer Thu, Jul 23rd	The Guardians have designated outfielder George Valera for assignment. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jun 14th
	Yordan Alvarez went 3-for-4 in Monday’s 8-5 win over the Marlins with two solo home runs. Chris Schommer Tue, Jul 21st	The Guardians optioned George Valera to Triple-A Columbus. Ari Koslow Thu, Apr 30th
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-3 in Saturday's 9-3 win over the Rangers with a home run, a double, two runs scored, and two RBI while drawing two walks. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 12th	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
	Yordan Alvarez went 2-for-4 in a loss to the Rangers with a solo home run. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Yordan Alvarez LF,DH - HOU			George Valera LF,RF,DH - CLE
Thu, Mar 26th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Fri, Mar 27th	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#128	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22
Sat, Mar 28th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Mar 29th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Mar 30th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Tue, Mar 31st	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Wed, Apr 1st	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, Apr 7th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Wed, Apr 8th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sat, Apr 11th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sun, Apr 12th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Mon, Apr 13th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Apr 14th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Wed, Apr 15th	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Thu, Apr 16th	vs COL	Juan Mejia		vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Fri, Apr 17th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#261
Sat, Apr 18th	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#115	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Mon, Apr 20th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Tue, Apr 21st	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#368
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Apr 25th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Sun, Apr 26th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#291	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Mon, Apr 27th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Tue, Apr 28th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Wed, Apr 29th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Fri, May 1st	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Sat, May 2nd	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#167	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#203
Sun, May 3rd	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#190
Mon, May 4th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Tue, May 5th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Wed, May 6th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#62	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Thu, May 7th				@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131
Fri, May 8th	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Sat, May 9th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Sun, May 10th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#143
Mon, May 11th	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#22	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#197
Tue, May 12th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Wed, May 13th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Fri, May 15th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, May 16th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Mon, May 18th	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Tue, May 19th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144
Wed, May 20th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Thu, May 21st				@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Fri, May 22nd	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Sat, May 23rd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sun, May 24th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, May 25th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Tue, May 26th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Wed, May 27th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Fri, May 29th	vs MIL	Coleman Crow (0-1)	#226	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego
Sat, May 30th	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sun, May 31st	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jun 4th	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Jun 6th	vs ATH	Kade Morris (0-1)	#355	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Jun 7th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Tue, Jun 9th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Wed, Jun 10th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105
Fri, Jun 12th	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jun 13th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Tue, Jun 16th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 18th				@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Wed, Jun 24th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ CWS	Chris Murphy
Fri, Jun 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#144	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jun 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Mon, Jun 29th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#157
Tue, Jun 30th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Wed, Jul 1st	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Thu, Jul 2nd				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jul 4th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jul 5th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#175	vs CWS	Chris Murphy
Tue, Jul 7th	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#192	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Wed, Jul 8th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#98
Thu, Jul 9th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Fri, Jul 10th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Sat, Jul 11th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sun, Jul 12th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Sat, Jul 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#113
Sun, Jul 19th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50
Fri, Jul 24th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Sun, Jul 26th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#385	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Tue, Jul 28th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ CIN	Caleb Ferguson
Wed, Jul 29th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Sat, Aug 1st	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#297
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Tue, Aug 4th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Wed, Aug 5th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Thu, Aug 6th				vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#209
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SD			@ CWS
Tue, Aug 11th	@ SF			@ DET
Wed, Aug 12th	@ SF			@ DET
Thu, Aug 13th				@ DET
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SEA			vs SD
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SEA			vs SD
Tue, Aug 18th	vs LAA			vs SF
Wed, Aug 19th	vs LAA			vs SF
Thu, Aug 20th	vs LAA			vs SF
Fri, Aug 21st	vs ATH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs ATH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs ATH			@ COL
Mon, Aug 24th				@ LAA
Tue, Aug 25th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Wed, Aug 26th	@ NYY			@ LAA
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYM			vs KC
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYM			vs KC
Tue, Sep 1st	vs CWS			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs CWS			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 4th	vs ARI			vs DET
Sat, Sep 5th	vs ARI			vs DET
Sun, Sep 6th	vs ARI			vs DET
Mon, Sep 7th				@ BAL
Tue, Sep 8th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 9th	@ PHI			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 11th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sat, Sep 12th	@ TB			@ MIN
Sun, Sep 13th	@ TB			@ MIN
Mon, Sep 14th				vs CWS
Tue, Sep 15th	vs KC			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 16th	vs KC			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATL			vs ATH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ SEA			@ BOS
Thu, Sep 24th	@ ATH			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 25th	@ ATH			@ KC
Sat, Sep 26th	@ ATH			@ KC
Sun, Sep 27th	@ ATH			@ KC
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#332
Thu, Apr 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Thu, May 14th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Thu, May 28th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sun, Jun 14th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#356
Mon, Jun 15th	vs DET	Drew Anderson	#135
Thu, Jun 25th	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#96
Mon, Jul 6th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Fri, Jul 17th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92
Mon, Jul 27th	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#318
Mon, Aug 3rd	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#80
Mon, Aug 10th	@ SF
Thu, Aug 27th	@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	vs CWS
Thu, Sep 10th	@ PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs KC

Who Should I Trade?

George Valera for Yordan Alvarez (2026)

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