MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 28, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
Change to
Shane Bieber
TOR · 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, W); Shane Bieber wins 2 (ERA, WHIP); SV n/a.

04

Under the hood

Underlying skill — each value vs league avg
Fastball Velolg 94.0 · higher = better
Framber Valdez
95.0
Shane Bieber
92.3
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
10.0%
Shane Bieber
11.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.3%
Shane Bieber
16.7%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.1%
Shane Bieber
31.1%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
42.5%
Shane Bieber
46.9%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.1%
Shane Bieber
11.2%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.319
Shane Bieber
.399
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
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.21
Shane Bieber
3.346.76
lg xERA 4.10
now 6.00
4.10
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.022.28
now 1.32
1.38
Shane Bieber
1.022.28
now 2.00
1.30

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4073.20
now 54
42
Shane Bieber
4073.20
now 6
34
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0002.80
now 2
12
Shane Bieber
.0002.80
now 0
00

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

If you already own them — trade angle
Hold · leans sellFramber Valdez — hold.conf 0.60
Sell HighShane Bieber — sell high. His value is peaking; good time to trade him.conf 0.95
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