MLB Daily DeltaWeek 25 · September 10, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
Change to
Rhett Lowder
CIN · P
Change to
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); Rhett Lowder 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
94.8
Rhett Lowder
93.6
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
9.2%
Rhett Lowder
8.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
17.3%
Rhett Lowder
17.2%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
31.1%
Rhett Lowder
27.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
42.7%
Rhett Lowder
38.3%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
5.8%
Rhett Lowder
9.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.324
Rhett Lowder
.347
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
4.045.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.32
Rhett Lowder
4.045.29
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.01
4.80
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.251.52
now 1.32
1.39
Rhett Lowder
1.251.52
now 1.45
1.43

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4072
now 54
11
Rhett Lowder
4072
now 31
9
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0004.20
now 2
01
Rhett Lowder
.0004.20
now 3
11

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

If you already own them — trade angle
SellFramber Valdez — sell.conf 0.65
SellRhett Lowder — sell.conf 0.87
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