MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Abbott
Andrew Abbott
CIN · 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); Andrew Abbott wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
92.5
Framber Valdez
94.9
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
10.5%
Framber Valdez
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
18.0%
Framber Valdez
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Abbott
28.7%
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
38.0%
Framber Valdez
43.4%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
7.3%
Framber Valdez
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Abbott
.333
Framber Valdez
.320
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
Andrew Abbott
3.804.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.02
4.50
Framber Valdez
3.804.72
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.24
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Abbott
1.251.51
now 1.44
1.43
Framber Valdez
1.251.51
now 1.32
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
4064
now 42
29
Framber Valdez
4064
now 54
36
Winshigher is better
Andrew Abbott
.0005.20
now 4
24
Framber Valdez
.0005.20
now 2
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Sell HighAndrew Abbott — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
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