MLB Daily DeltaWeek 13 · June 24, 2026
Portrait of Anthony Kay
Anthony Kay
CWS · 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); Anthony Kay wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Anthony Kay
95.8
Framber Valdez
95.4
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
10.0%
Framber Valdez
10.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
18.2%
Framber Valdez
19.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Anthony Kay
32.4%
Framber Valdez
31.9%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
39.3%
Framber Valdez
42.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Anthony Kay
9.2%
Framber Valdez
7.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Anthony Kay
.353
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
Anthony Kay
3.335.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 3.77
4.86
Framber Valdez
3.335.30
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.26
WHIPlower is better
Anthony Kay
1.251.47
now 1.40
1.38
Framber Valdez
1.251.47
now 1.32
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Anthony Kay
4084
now 42
59
Framber Valdez
4084
now 54
72
Winshigher is better
Anthony Kay
.00013.20
now 5
410
Framber Valdez
.00013.20
now 2
23

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellAnthony Kay — sell.conf 0.90
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
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