Framber Valdez or Kenta Maeda

Baseball Stats Comparison

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Framber Valdez or Kenta Maeda Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
2026 Stats


Games Played	28	‐

Games Started	28	‐

Innings Pitched	157.2	‐

Wins	9	‐

Losses	10	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	155	‐

Earned Runs	73	‐

Home Runs Allowed	15	‐

Strikeouts	119	‐

Walks	58	‐

ERA	4.17	‐

WHIP	1.35	‐

Framber Valdez or Kenta Maeda Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	6

Games Started	30	2

Innings Pitched	188.2	15.8

Wins	13	1

Losses	9	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	168	18

Earned Runs	71	18

Home Runs Allowed	16	4

Strikeouts	177	12

Walks	62	5

ERA	3.40	10.26

WHIP	1.23	1.46

Framber Valdez or Kenta Maeda Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
News
	Framber Valdez allowed three hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Saturday's win over the Guardians. Chris Schommer Sun, Sep 6th
	Framber Valdez allowed three earned runs on six hits and one walk while striking out five over six innings in Sunday's loss to the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Mon, Aug 31st
	Framber Valdez allowed four earned runs on five hits and four walks while striking out five over 5 2/3 innings in Monday's win over the Pirates. Chris Schommer Tue, Aug 18th
	Framber Valdez allowed four earned runs on six hits and five walks while striking out three over 5 2/3 innings in Wednesday's loss to the Guardians. Chris Schommer Thu, Aug 13th
	Framber Valdez allowed five hits and two walks while striking out five over seven scoreless innings in Thursday's win over the Mariners. Chris Schommer Fri, Aug 7th
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

Framber Valdez or Kenta Maeda Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Kenta Maeda SP,RP - FA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (2-2)	#38
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (10-9)	#61
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (10-6)	#169
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-5)	#82
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (7-2)	#106
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#131
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (6-9)	#99
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (6-9)	#57
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (10-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-5)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (6-9)	#101
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (13-10)	#83
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (6-8)	#146
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (6-4)	#36
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (6-7)	#124
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#165
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (10-4)	#65
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (3-0)	#206
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#203
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (6-10)	#115
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (6-13)	#142
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (6-10)	#184
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (8-9)	#163
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (8-8)	#282
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (8-10)	#40
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#185
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (9-6)	#28
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-3)	#200
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (17-4)	#33
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#194
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (4-4)	#46
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (11-8)	#35
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#241
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (6-1)	#192
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (9-12)	#25
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#162
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#224
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (7-10)	#24
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (5-5)	#182
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (14-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (4-11)	#102
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#340
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (9-9)	#74
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-8)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (3-2)	#224
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#150
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (8-8)	#20
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (5-3)	#42
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#96
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-9)	#143
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-7)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (5-3)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-8)	#167
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (13-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (10-6)	#71
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#128
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (8-5)	#158
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (5-11)	#117
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (9-8)	#314
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (6-10)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (17-5)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (12-5)	#10
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (5-8)	#32
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (4-7)	#89
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (4-8)	#148
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (7-8)	#109
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#220
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (3-3)	#393
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#371
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-13)	#60
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (10-9)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (4-13)	#180
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (3-11)	#134
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (6-10)	#105
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (7-8)	#198
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (11-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-9)	#53
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	JT Brubaker
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (9-13)	#94
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (8-8)	#27
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (5-15)	#66
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (2-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (7-6)	#98
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (14-6)	#30
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (10-11)	#5
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC	Noah Cameron (9-8)	#72
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC	Michael Wacha (9-8)	#73
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC	Daniel Lynch (5-5)	#151
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (14-5)	#13
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#297
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB	Freddy Peralta (8-11)	#48
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD	Tarik Skubal (9-7)	#2
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD	Blake Snell (3-1)	#16
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (4-0)	#17
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (11-6)	#45
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN	Andrew Morris (4-7)	#195
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE	Foster Griffin (15-5)	#59
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (11-9)	#34
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (13-7)	#22
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-9)	#19
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN	Dean Kremer (3-5)	#84
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (9-10)	#92
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL	Mason Adams (0-0)	#399
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (1-4)	#310
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-7)	#309
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR	Jose Soriano (12-7)	#49
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (6-2)	#153
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (2-7)	#111
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (9-8)	#141
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (8-7)	#64
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-7)	#95
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT