Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 58	‐
VBR	# 186	# 885

Projections

Strikeouts	61	6
Wins	5	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.02
WHIP	1.34	1.31

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	‐

Games Started	20	‐

Innings Pitched	108.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	109	‐

Earned Runs	55	‐

Home Runs Allowed	11	‐

Strikeouts	88	‐

Walks	38	‐

ERA	4.57	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	6

Games Started	12	0

Innings Pitched	69.7	5.9

Wins	5	0

Losses	4	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	66	5

Earned Runs	29	3

Home Runs Allowed	6	1

Strikeouts	61	6

Walks	24	3

ERA	3.80	4.02

WHIP	1.34	1.31

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
News
	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	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 4 1/3 scoreless innings for Triple-A Gwinnett in a rehab start Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	AJ Smith-Shawver threw 41 pitches over three innings during a rehab start with Single-A Augusta on Tuesday. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 30th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	AJ Smith-Shawver (elbow) is set to begin a rehab assignment on Thursday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Wed, Jun 24th
	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	Braves manager Walt Weiss said AJ Smith-Shawver is coming along well in his rehab. Ari Koslow Fri, May 22nd
	Framber Valdez allowed five earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out one over five innings in Thursday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 3rd	The Braves placed RHP AJ Smith-Shawver on the 15-day injured list. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			AJ Smith-Shawver SP - ATL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Mar 29th				vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#238
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#206
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181
Thu, Apr 2nd				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#114
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#138
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Mon, Apr 13th				vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#247
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#35
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#297
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#37
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#32
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#82
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#166
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#399
Sat, May 23rd				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#177
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#137
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#102
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319
Thu, Jun 4th				vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#26
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#113
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jun 14th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#176
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#133
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-2)	#207
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#84
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#47
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#117
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431	vs SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#212
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-0)	#410	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (1-1)	#160
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86
Thu, Jul 30th				vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#59
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#151
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs WSH
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs MIA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 10th				vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs NYM
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs ARI
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ MIL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ MIL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ MIL
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs LAD
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs LAD
Thu, Aug 27th				vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs COL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs COL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ WSH
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ WSH
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ PHI
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ PHI
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TB
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TB
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PHI
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PHI
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CHC
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ HOU
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CIN
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

AJ Smith-Shawver for Framber Valdez (2026)

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