MLB Daily DeltaWeek 15 · July 6, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
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Portrait of Jack Flaherty
Jack Flaherty
DET · P
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Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jack Flaherty.

He projects to help you in more roto categories the rest of the way — strikeouts, ERA, 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

Jack Flaherty wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Framber Valdez wins 1 (W); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Framber Valdez
95.0
Jack Flaherty
92.8
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
9.5%
Jack Flaherty
12.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
17.6%
Jack Flaherty
26.5%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Jack Flaherty
28.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
42.1%
Jack Flaherty
47.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.9%
Jack Flaherty
8.0%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.324
Jack Flaherty
.321
stabilized — trust it · small sample yet · dashed = league avg · right = better
05

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
3.606.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.29
Jack Flaherty
3.606.44
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.81
4.23
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.201.73
now 1.32
1.38
Jack Flaherty
1.201.73
now 1.61
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4489
now 54
62
Jack Flaherty
4489
now 64
79
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0004.20
now 2
13
Jack Flaherty
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · leans sellJack Flaherty — hold.conf 0.60
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