MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 23, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
Change to
Portrait of Slade Cecconi
Slade Cecconi
CLE · 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); Slade Cecconi 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
Slade Cecconi
93.2
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
10.0%
Slade Cecconi
9.4%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.4%
Slade Cecconi
17.9%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Slade Cecconi
27.2%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
41.5%
Slade Cecconi
37.7%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.4%
Slade Cecconi
7.9%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.320
Slade Cecconi
.329
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
3.845.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.24
Slade Cecconi
3.845.65
lg xERA 4.10
now 5.25
4.42
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.251.56
now 1.32
1.37
Slade Cecconi
1.251.56
now 1.49
1.38

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4059.60
now 54
47
Slade Cecconi
4059.60
now 50
43
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0005.20
now 2
12
Slade Cecconi
.0005.20
now 3
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
SellSlade Cecconi — sell.conf 0.70
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