MLB Daily DeltaWeek 18 · July 24, 2026
Portrait of Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez
DET · P
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Portrait of Walker Buehler
Walker Buehler
SD · 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, ERA, and WHIP.

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

Framber Valdez wins 3 categories (K, ERA, WHIP); Walker Buehler 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
Walker Buehler
94.0
Swinging-Strike %lg 11.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
10.0%
Walker Buehler
9.3%
Strikeout %lg 22.0% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
18.4%
Walker Buehler
20.4%
Chase %lg 28.5% · higher = better
Framber Valdez
32.4%
Walker Buehler
25.6%
Hard-Hit % Allowedlg 40.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
41.5%
Walker Buehler
41.2%
Barrel % Allowedlg 8.0% · lower = better
Framber Valdez
6.4%
Walker Buehler
8.5%
xwOBA Allowedlg .315 · lower = better
Framber Valdez
.320
Walker Buehler
.322
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
3.985.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.39
4.24
Walker Buehler
3.985.14
lg xERA 4.10
now 4.88
4.28
WHIPlower is better
Framber Valdez
1.251.47
now 1.32
1.37
Walker Buehler
1.251.47
now 1.32
1.40

Volume · rest of season
Strikeoutshigher is better
Framber Valdez
4059.60
now 54
46
Walker Buehler
4059.60
now 43
43
Winshigher is better
Framber Valdez
.0005.20
now 2
12
Walker Buehler
.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
Hold · leans sellWalker Buehler — hold.conf 0.60
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