MLB Daily DeltaWeek 17 · July 22, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
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Portrait of Kyle Leahy
Kyle Leahy
STL · 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); Kyle Leahy 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
Kyle Leahy
94.1
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
10.1%
Kyle Leahy
10.0%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.6%
Kyle Leahy
19.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.7%
Kyle Leahy
26.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
41.4%
Kyle Leahy
50.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.5%
Kyle Leahy
10.7%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.317
Kyle Leahy
.349
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
3.925.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.18
Kyle Leahy
3.925.10
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.25
4.84
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.221.66
now 1.32
1.35
Kyle Leahy
1.221.66
now 1.56
1.37

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4059.60
now 54
48
Kyle Leahy
4059.60
now 46
43
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0009.40
now 2
12
Kyle Leahy
.0009.40
now 5
37

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · steadyFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
SellKyle Leahy — sell.conf 0.89
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