MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 27, 2026
Portrait of Colin Rea
Colin Rea
CHC · 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); Colin Rea wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Colin Rea
93.7
Framber Valdez
95.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
9.8%
Framber Valdez
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Colin Rea
17.5%
Framber Valdez
18.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Colin Rea
30.7%
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
39.6%
Framber Valdez
41.5%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Colin Rea
10.4%
Framber Valdez
6.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Colin Rea
.358
Framber Valdez
.319
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
Colin Rea
3.885.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.70
5.06
Framber Valdez
3.885.40
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.22
WHIPlower is better
Colin Rea
1.251.46
now 1.37
1.39
Framber Valdez
1.251.46
now 1.32
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Colin Rea
4059.60
now 49
40
Framber Valdez
4059.60
now 54
43
Winshigher is better
Colin Rea
.0008
now 5
36
Framber Valdez
.0008
now 2
12

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

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