MLB Daily DeltaWeek 16 · July 11, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
Change to
Jared Jones
PIT · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Jared Jones.

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

Jared Jones 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
Jared Jones
98.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
10.1%
Jared Jones
15.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.6%
Jared Jones
27.1%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.7%
Jared Jones
29.7%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
41.4%
Jared Jones
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.5%
Jared Jones
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.317
Jared Jones
.295
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
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.17
Jared Jones
28.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 10.38
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
.9902.39
now 1.32
1.35
Jared Jones
.9902.39
now 2.08
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4083
now 54
56
Jared Jones
4083
now 6
61
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0004.20
now 2
13
Jared Jones
.0004.20
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
Hold · wait & seeJared Jones — hold.conf 0.50
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