Ben Hess or Framber Valdez

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Ben Hess or Framber Valdez Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Stats


Games Played	12	‐

Games Started	12	‐

Innings Pitched	67.2	‐

Wins	2	‐

Losses	4	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	63	‐

Earned Runs	33	‐

Home Runs Allowed	7	‐

Strikeouts	54	‐

Walks	25	‐

ERA	4.39	‐

WHIP	1.30	‐

Ben Hess or Framber Valdez Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Ben Hess SP - NYY
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	2

Games Started	30	2

Innings Pitched	188.2	9.3

Wins	13	1

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	168	9

Earned Runs	71	5

Home Runs Allowed	16	2

Strikeouts	177	8

Walks	62	5

ERA	3.40	4.34

WHIP	1.23	1.39

Ben Hess or Framber Valdez Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Ben Hess SP - NYY
News
	Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez allowed four earned runs across 6 2/3 innings while taking the loss Saturday against the White Sox. Brenton Kemp Sun, May 31st	The Yankees reassigned RHP Ben Hess to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 12th
	Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez pitched six innings and allowed just one earned run in a no-decision in Game 1 of Sunday's doubleheader against the Orioles. Brenton Kemp Mon, May 25th
	Framber Valdez allowed four earned runs on five hits and four walks while striking out three over five innings in Monday's 8-2 loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Tue, May 19th
	Framber Valdez allowed two earned runs on five hits while striking out seven and walking two over 6 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Mets. Chris Schommer Thu, May 14th
	Framber Valdez will start Wednesday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th
Notes
	After a long offseason of speculation, Framber Valdez signed a three-year, $115 million deal with the Detroit Tigers, immediately making that team the runaway favorites in the AL Central. Valdez struggled a little in 2025, ending with a 3.66 ERA, the highest in his career as a starter. Most of this was due to the wheels coming off in the second half of the season, when he accumulated a 5.20 ERA, and opponents began hitting the ball much harder off him. However, he will reunite with AJ Hinch in Detroit, and he struck out 187 batters in 192 innings. Comerica Park should help keep him in games, and Valdez remains a quality start machine. Not a bad SP2 to have, for Detroit or a fantasy team. Kelly Kirby - FantasyPros
	Am I missing something? His (very respectable) 3.66 ERA in 2025 was a career worst since turning into a full time starter, and he has now moved to a better pitcher's park. He has not started less than 28 games since 2021, so his blend of quality plus durability makes him one of the better SP targets after the top-tier starters are taken off the board. Anthony Gambale - Roto Street Journal

Ben Hess or Framber Valdez Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Ben Hess SP - NYY
Wed, Mar 25th				@ SF	Logan Webb (2-4)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35	@ SF	Robbie Ray (3-6)	#83
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (1-7)	#119
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (1-5)	#46
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (3-4)	#11
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	@ SEA	George Kirby (5-4)	#14
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86	vs MIA	Eury Perez (3-6)	#109
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85	vs MIA	Max Meyer (5-0)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162	vs MIA	Pete Fairbanks
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#219
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#209	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-6)	#111
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Mon, Apr 13th				vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#155
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#41
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#241
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32	vs KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	vs KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#9	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63	@ BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#186	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#208
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (3-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-1)	#126
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	vs BAL	Cade Povich (1-1)	#240
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-0)	#309
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75	vs BAL	Shane Baz (2-5)	#84
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (3-4)	#8
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (5-6)	#20
Thu, May 7th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (5-2)	#18
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#57
Mon, May 11th				@ BAL	Brandon Young (3-1)	#194
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (2-6)	#43
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#165
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty		@ NYM	Huascar Brazoban (3-1)	#192
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (2-1)	#216
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (3-3)	#16
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (2-1)	#156
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-0)	#180	vs TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (4-2)	#21
Mon, May 25th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)	#311
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (0-0)	#212	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#146
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (3-3)	#127
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-2)	#202
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Thu, Jun 4th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#54	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-2)	#97
Mon, Jun 8th				@ CLE	Gavin Williams (8-3)	#27
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CLE			@ TOR
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU			vs CWS
Thu, Jun 18th				vs CWS
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS			vs CIN
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS			vs CIN
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY			@ DET
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY			@ DET
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY			@ DET
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU			@ BOS
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY			vs DET
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY			vs DET
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY			vs DET
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIN
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX			vs MIN
Mon, Jul 6th				@ TB
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH			@ TB
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH			@ TB
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH			@ TB
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI			@ WSH
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA			vs LAD
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC			vs PIT
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC			vs PIT
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC			vs PIT
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC			@ PHI
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC			@ PHI
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC			@ PHI
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ CWS
Thu, Jul 30th				@ CWS
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs STL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs STL
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs STL
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs ATL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs ATL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs SEA
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BAL
Thu, Aug 20th				@ BAL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TOR
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TOR
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs HOU
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs HOU
Thu, Aug 27th				vs HOU
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BOS
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ LAA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SD
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs COL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs COL
Thu, Sep 10th				vs COL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs NYM
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TB
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TB
Thu, Sep 24th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#138
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#77
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH