MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 5, 2026
Portrait of Christian Scott
Christian Scott
NYM · P
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Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Christian Scott.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts and WHIP. Framber Valdez’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

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

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Christian Scott
95.4
Framber Valdez
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Christian Scott
12.3%
Framber Valdez
9.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Christian Scott
28.0%
Framber Valdez
17.6%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Christian Scott
27.6%
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Christian Scott
34.7%
Framber Valdez
42.1%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Christian Scott
8.1%
Framber Valdez
6.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Christian Scott
.336
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
Christian Scott
2.355.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 2.97
4.53
Framber Valdez
2.355.15
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.29
WHIPlower is better
Christian Scott
1.251.45
now 1.38
1.36
Framber Valdez
1.251.45
now 1.32
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Christian Scott
4077.20
now 38
66
Framber Valdez
4077.20
now 54
64
Winshigher is better
Christian Scott
.2003.80
now 1
13
Framber Valdez
.2003.80
now 2
13

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellChristian Scott — sell.conf 0.75
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
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