MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 9, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
Change to
Matt Waldron
TOR · P
Change to
Who's more valuable, rest of season

Matt Waldron.

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

Matt Waldron wins 2 categories (ERA, WHIP); Framber Valdez wins 1 (K); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Framber Valdez
94.8
Matt Waldron
92.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
9.7%
Matt Waldron
8.5%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.5%
Matt Waldron
19.3%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
31.6%
Matt Waldron
30.0%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
43.0%
Matt Waldron
39.6%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.0%
Matt Waldron
6.3%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.319
Matt Waldron
.302
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
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.21
Matt Waldron
2.338.25
lg xERA 4.10
now 8.49
4.09
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.141.87
now 1.32
1.38
Matt Waldron
1.141.87
now 1.71
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4066.80
now 54
33
Matt Waldron
4066.80
now 22
29
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.5202.48
now 2
12
Matt Waldron
.5202.48
now 1
12

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
Buy LowMatt Waldron — buy low. The dip is a window to acquire.conf 0.90
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