MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 11, 2026
Portrait of Andrew Painter
Andrew Painter
PHI · 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 and ERA.

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

Framber Valdez wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Andrew Painter wins 1 (WHIP); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Andrew Painter
96.5
Framber Valdez
94.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
12.1%
Framber Valdez
9.2%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
20.1%
Framber Valdez
17.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Andrew Painter
34.4%
Framber Valdez
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
35.7%
Framber Valdez
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Andrew Painter
8.5%
Framber Valdez
5.8%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Andrew Painter
.327
Framber Valdez
.324
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 Painter
3.776.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.74
4.39
Framber Valdez
3.776.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.33
WHIPlower is better
Andrew Painter
1.241.60
now 1.52
1.37
Framber Valdez
1.241.60
now 1.32
1.39

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Andrew Painter
4072
now 43
9
Framber Valdez
4072
now 54
10
Winshigher is better
Andrew Painter
.0002.80
now 1
00
Framber Valdez
.0002.80
now 2
01

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAndrew Painter — sell.conf 0.68
SellFramber Valdez — sell.conf 0.66
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