MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · August 5, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
Change to
Germán Márquez
SD · P
Change to
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); Germán Márquez wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

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Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Framber Valdez
94.9
Germán Márquez
94.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
9.9%
Germán Márquez
9.1%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.4%
Germán Márquez
15.8%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Germán Márquez
26.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
43.4%
Germán Márquez
41.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.3%
Germán Márquez
9.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.320
Germán Márquez
.348
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
Framber Valdez
3.636.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.24
Germán Márquez
3.636.37
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.76
4.82
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.251.52
now 1.32
1.38
Germán Márquez
1.251.52
now 1.45
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4068
now 54
36
Germán Márquez
4068
now 19
27
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0006.60
now 2
12
Germán Márquez
.0006.60
now 3
25

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighGermán Márquez — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.87
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