MLB Daily DeltaWeek 20 · August 6, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
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Portrait of Mitch Keller
Mitch Keller
PIT · 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 and ERA. Mitch Keller’s box score looks better right now, but the luck-stripped projection flips it.

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

Framber Valdez wins 2 categories (K, ERA); Mitch Keller wins 1 (W); 1 even; SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Framber Valdez
94.9
Mitch Keller
93.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
9.9%
Mitch Keller
9.7%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.4%
Mitch Keller
17.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Mitch Keller
29.4%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
43.4%
Mitch Keller
42.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.3%
Mitch Keller
7.4%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.320
Mitch Keller
.355
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
3.945.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.24
Mitch Keller
3.945.28
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.35
4.98
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.091.46
now 1.32
1.38
Mitch Keller
1.091.46
now 1.17
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4062
now 54
36
Mitch Keller
4062
now 51
34
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0006.60
now 2
12
Mitch Keller
.0006.60
now 5
24

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
SellMitch Keller — sell.conf 0.90
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