Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 61	# 105
VBR	# 189	# 246

Projections

Strikeouts	53	55
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.47
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 193

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	# 88

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	# 106

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 104

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 140

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	22

Games Started	21	22

Innings Pitched	113.1	114.0

Wins	5	3

Losses	7	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	113	126

Earned Runs	57	71

Home Runs Allowed	12	26

Strikeouts	92	116

Walks	41	39

ERA	4.53	5.61

WHIP	1.36	1.45

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	60.9	56.0

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	55

Earned Runs	26	28

Home Runs Allowed	6	9

Strikeouts	53	55

Walks	21	16

ERA	3.80	4.47

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Aaron Nola SP - PHI
News
	Framber Valdez allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks while striking out four over five innings in Sunday's loss to the Royals. Chris Schommer Mon, Jul 27th	Aaron Nola allowed just one run on five hits and three walks while striking out four across 5 2/3 innings in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Marlins. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Jul 28th
	Tigers left-hander Framber Valdez allowed six earned runs on five hits and two walks across just 2/3 of an inning in a loss against the Cubs on Tuesday. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 22nd	Aaron Nola allowed five runs on seven hits while striking out four across 5 1/3 innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Thu, Jul 23rd
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Aaron Nola allowed three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out six across six-plus innings in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 17th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Phillies right-hander Aaron Nola will start on Thursday against the Mets. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th
	Framber Valdez allowed one earned run on three hits while striking out nine over seven innings in Thursday’s win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 10th	Aaron Nola gave up two runs on three hits and two walks while striking out eight over five innings in Friday's 10-2 loss to the Tigers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Fri, Jul 10th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Aaron Nola SP - PHI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs TEX	Jacob Latz (3-1)	#66
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#305
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#102
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CHC	Riley Martin
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#79
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#137
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#42
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#77
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#235
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Thu, May 7th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs COL	Chase Dollander (3-3)
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	@ BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#118
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Sat, May 23rd				vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, May 25th				@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#100
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Thu, Jun 4th				vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#337
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs CWS	Tyler Gilbert (0-0)	#333
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#313
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#75
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Thu, Jun 18th				vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#323
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#52
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#146
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ NYM	Cionel Perez
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#33
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298
Mon, Jul 6th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#27
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#99
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#46
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Jul 16th				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#48
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#90
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#370
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#285
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#198
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#73
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#201
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#166
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs WSH
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs TOR
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs TOR
Mon, Aug 10th				@ STL
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ STL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ STL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ MIN
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs STL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs STL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs STL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ SEA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ LAA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ ARI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ ARI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ ARI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs ATL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 10th				vs HOU
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ ATL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ WSH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs TB
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs TB
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs TB
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Aaron Nola for Framber Valdez (2026)

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