MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 19, 2026
Aaron Civale
ATH · P
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Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Framber Valdez.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, and WHIP.

Head-to-head
K
ERA
WHIP
W
SV n/a

Framber Valdez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Aaron Civale wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Aaron Civale
91.1
Framber Valdez
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
9.2%
Framber Valdez
9.8%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
15.4%
Framber Valdez
18.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Aaron Civale
28.9%
Framber Valdez
32.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
48.0%
Framber Valdez
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Aaron Civale
9.8%
Framber Valdez
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Aaron Civale
.360
Framber Valdez
.328
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
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The tape

Rest-of-season projection · bold = leads
rest-of-season projection current season projection range
Rate · earned-run quality
ERAlower is better
Aaron Civale
3.885.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.20
5.00
Framber Valdez
3.885.32
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.31
WHIPlower is better
Aaron Civale
1.251.54
now 1.47
1.40
Framber Valdez
1.251.54
now 1.32
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Aaron Civale
4095
now 39
68
Framber Valdez
4095
now 54
79
Winshigher is better
Aaron Civale
.00014.60
now 5
511
Framber Valdez
.00014.60
now 2
24

SV — not applicable. Both pitch out of the rotation.

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAaron Civale — sell.conf 0.90
SellFramber Valdez — sell.conf 0.65
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