Framber Valdez or Michael Wacha

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Framber Valdez or Michael Wacha Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	14

Games Started	14	14

Innings Pitched	77.2	88.0

Wins	3	4

Losses	5	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	75

Earned Runs	38	35

Home Runs Allowed	9	10

Strikeouts	61	69

Walks	29	27

ERA	4.40	3.58

WHIP	1.33	1.16

Framber Valdez or Michael Wacha Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Michael Wacha SP - KC
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	29

Games Started	30	29

Innings Pitched	188.2	164.5

Wins	13	10

Losses	9	10

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	168	162

Earned Runs	71	75

Home Runs Allowed	16	22

Strikeouts	177	128

Walks	62	48

ERA	3.40	4.13

WHIP	1.23	1.28

Framber Valdez or Michael Wacha Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Michael Wacha SP - KC
News
	Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez allowed just one earned run in five innings against the Mariners on Friday, earning the win in the process. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jun 6th	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over seven innings in Thursday's 4-2 loss to Texas. Chase Davis Fri, Jun 12th
	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	Michael Wacha allowed four earned runs on eight hits and no walks while striking out two over 5.2 innings in Friday's loss to the Twins. Chase Davis Sat, Jun 6th
	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	Michael Wacha allowed six earned runs on eight hits and four walks while striking out five over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Rangers. Chase Davis Mon, Jun 1st
	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	Michael Wacha allowed two earned runs on five hits and two walks while striking out five over seven innings in Monday's loss to the Yankees. Chase Davis Tue, May 26th
	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	Michael Wacha allowed one earned run on six hits and two walks while striking out eight over six innings in Wednesday's 4-3 loss to the Red Sox. Chase Davis Thu, May 21st
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 Michael Wacha Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Michael Wacha SP - KC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#143
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (4-5)	#41	@ ATL	Chris Sale (8-5)	#5
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-4)	#207	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (3-1)	#121
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#58	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (0-7)	#206
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#147
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-5)	#76	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (2-1)	#68
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#136	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-1)	#49
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#15	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-3)	#69	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#29
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#108	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#153	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#315	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#127	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (2-5)	#375
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (6-4)	#62	vs CWS	Grant Taylor (2-0)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#42	@ DET	Framber Valdez (3-5)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#107	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (1-8)	#65
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#92	@ DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#22	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-3)	#35
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#165	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#23	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (3-7)	#44
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-1)	#49	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-6)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#248	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#163
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#150
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#139
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-6)	#151	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (4-4)	#345
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#184	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (2-5)	#33
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (5-3)	#167	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-2)	#205
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#253	@ ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#178
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-4)	#105	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-7)	#119
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (5-3)	#74
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-6)	#78	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (3-3)	#56	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (1-2)	#230	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (9-3)	#29
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#92	vs DET	Keider Montero (3-4)	#179
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-5)	#89	vs DET	Burch Smith
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (3-4)	#82	vs DET	Brenan Hanifee
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-5)	#26	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (2-5)	#375
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (2-0)	#81	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (2-4)	#216
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (3-4)	#37	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (3-3)	#63	@ STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (3-0)	#159	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#136
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-4)	#19	@ STL	Andre Pallante (7-4)	#135
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (8-1)	#32
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-3)	#51	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#22
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40	vs BOS	Connelly Early (5-5)	#88
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-0)	#192	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (4-4)	#13
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (3-7)	#96	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (7-3)	#35
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-4)	#52	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (1-1)	#27
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-2)	#85
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (1-0)	#213	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-1)	#174	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (3-4)	#129	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-6)	#78
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-5)	#60	@ CIN	Lyon Richardson
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-3)	#180	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-4)	#97
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (6-2)	#90	@ CIN	Chase Burns (7-1)	#24
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-5)	#7	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-4)	#87
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (3-0)	#46	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (4-3)	#15
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (2-6)	#45	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-4)	#101
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-3)	#69	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (6-7)	#21
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-0)	#289	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-5)	#53
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (2-4)	#87	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#98
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (2-7)	#40	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (3-3)	#132
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (5-3)	#113	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (3-8)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (3-5)	#194	@ WSH	Andrew Alvarez (1-0)	#172
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-0)	#17	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (7-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (5-4)	#217	@ WSH	Zack Littell (6-5)	#166
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (2-5)	#375	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-2)	#67	vs STL	Dustin May (4-6)	#66
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (2-2)	#34	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (6-2)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (2-5)	#77	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (6-4)	#20
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY			@ TB
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU			@ TB
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU			@ CWS
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY			vs TB
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY			vs TB
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX			vs TB
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX			vs PHI
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH			@ NYM
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI			@ BAL
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA			vs SD
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA			vs SD
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC			vs SF
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC			vs SF
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC			vs SF
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC			@ DET
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC			@ DET
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC			@ DET
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC			@ DET
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			@ MIN
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ COL
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ COL
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ COL
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ LAD
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs DET
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs DET
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs DET
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ TOR
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ TOR
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs TOR
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs ARI
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ BOS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ HOU
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ PIT
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CWS
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CLE
Sun, Mar 29th				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (4-2)	#124
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-3)	#69
Thu, May 7th				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#100
Sat, May 23rd				vs SEA	George Kirby (5-6)	#16
Mon, May 25th				vs NYY	Will Warren (7-1)	#64
Thu, Jun 4th				@ MIN	Andrew Morris (2-2)	#171
Sun, Jun 14th				vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-2)	#122
Thu, Jun 18th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (3-3)	#99
Mon, Jul 6th				vs PHI
Thu, Jul 30th				@ MIN
Mon, Aug 10th				@ LAD
Thu, Aug 20th				vs ATH
Thu, Aug 27th				@ TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CWS