Framber Valdez or Sawyer Gipson-Long

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Framber Valdez or Sawyer Gipson-Long Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
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	‐

Framber Valdez or Sawyer Gipson-Long Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	30	19

Games Started	30	3

Innings Pitched	188.2	31.5

Wins	13	1

Losses	9	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	3

Hits Allowed	168	30

Earned Runs	71	17

Home Runs Allowed	16	5

Strikeouts	177	30

Walks	62	9

ERA	3.40	4.83

WHIP	1.23	1.24

Framber Valdez or Sawyer Gipson-Long Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
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	Tigers manager AJ Hinch said Sawyer Gipson-Long is “not 100 percent” and is shut down from throwing. Ari Koslow Mon, May 4th
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long was pulled from his start for Triple-A Toledo on Friday due to discomfort. Ari Koslow Sat, May 2nd
	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	Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been activated off the 15-day injured list and optioned to Triple-A Toledo. David Leisering Mon, Apr 6th
	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	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) has been placed on the 15-day injured list. Brenton Kemp Wed, Mar 25th
	Framber Valdez will start Wednesday's game against the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, May 12th	Tigers right-hander Sawyer Gipson-Long (oblique) threw a bullpen session on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Mar 10th
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 Sawyer Gipson-Long Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Sawyer Gipson-Long SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#138	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#138
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35	@ SD	Michael King (4-4)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (5-3)	#199
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (7-2)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (0-1)	#115
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (3-4)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85	vs STL	Dustin May (3-6)	#85
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (5-3)	#162
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (3-3)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (6-3)	#72
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#209	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#209
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)	#324
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116	vs MIA	Janson Junk (3-5)	#116
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (3-4)	#73
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)	#49
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104	vs KC	Seth Lugo (2-4)	#104
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (2-3)	#32
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-5)	#144
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#9	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#9
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (6-1)	#63
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#186	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#186
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (1-4)	#158
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (4-3)	#99
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143	@ CIN	Brady Singer (2-5)	#143
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-3)	#206
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200	@ ATL	Martin Perez (3-3)	#200
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-1)	#236
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (4-3)	#113
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (4-4)	#50
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-5)	#103
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (2-4)	#76
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (2-2)	#75
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (0-2)	#183
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (6-1)	#30
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78	@ KC	Michael Wacha (4-2)	#78
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92	@ KC	Noah Cameron (2-4)	#92
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (3-4)	#28
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90	@ NYM	Christian Scott (1-0)	#90
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (2-4)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (2-2)	#48
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-3)	#19
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (3-5)	#105
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51	vs CLE	Parker Messick (6-1)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (0-7)	#38
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (4-2)	#106
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-0)	#180	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-0)	#180
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (2-6)	#94
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-3)	#420
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (6-4)	#45
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#77	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (2-1)	#77
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (0-0)	#212	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (0-0)	#212
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (5-1)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142	@ CWS	Sean Burke (2-3)	#142
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59	@ TB	Griffin Jax (1-3)	#59
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-2)	#98
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81	@ TB	Nick Martinez (5-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (5-3)	#6
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#54	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (1-0)	#54
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (4-2)	#91
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (5-1)	#74
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU			@ HOU
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY			vs NYY
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY			vs NYY
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY			vs NYY
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU			vs HOU
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY			@ NYY
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY			@ NYY
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX			@ TEX
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH			vs ATH
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI			vs PHI
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA			@ LAA
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC			@ CHC
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC			@ CHC
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC			@ CHC
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC			vs KC
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC			vs KC
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC			vs KC
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC			vs KC
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL			vs BAL
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs PIT