MLB Daily DeltaWeek 19 · July 30, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
Change to
Jose Quintana
COL · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Too close to call.

They split your categories 22. Take whoever fills a bigger need.

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

Framber Valdez wins 2 (K, ERA); Jose Quintana wins 2 (WHIP, 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
Jose Quintana
89.7
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
10.0%
Jose Quintana
9.9%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.3%
Jose Quintana
11.0%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.1%
Jose Quintana
32.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
42.5%
Jose Quintana
32.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.1%
Jose Quintana
8.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.319
Jose Quintana
.343
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
3.815.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.23
Jose Quintana
3.815.69
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.27
4.28
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.241.59
now 1.32
1.38
Jose Quintana
1.241.59
now 1.51
1.36

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4067.60
now 54
41
Jose Quintana
4067.60
now 20
29
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.2003.80
now 2
12
Jose Quintana
.2003.80
now 2
13

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 · wait & seeJose Quintana — hold.conf 0.50
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