Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 56	‐
VBR	# 174	# 846

Projections

Strikeouts	50	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	3.94
WHIP	1.34	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 63	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	‐

Games Started	22	‐

Innings Pitched	120.1	‐

Wins	6	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	122	‐

Earned Runs	59	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	98	‐

Walks	43	‐

ERA	4.41	‐

WHIP	1.37	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	9

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	57.7	5.8

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	5

Earned Runs	24	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	50	6

Walks	20	3

ERA	3.80	3.94

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
News
	Framber Valdez allowed two earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	The Blue Jays designated RHP Angel Bastardo for assignment. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 25th
	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	Bastardo was a Rule 5 pick ahead of the 2025 season but spent the entire year on the injured list recovering from Tommy John surgery. He posted a 5:7 K:BB across 7.2 Grapefruit League innings this spring. Bruno Mulé Tue, Mar 24th
	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
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
There are no recent notes for these players

Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Angel Bastardo SP - BOS
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Mar 29th				@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#274
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	vs SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#111
Mon, Apr 13th				@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-6)	#2
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#280
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Apr 27th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#309
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#299
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#138
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Thu, May 7th				vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#377
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#207
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sat, May 23rd				vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#333
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Thu, Jun 4th				vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 8th				@ TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#11
Sun, Jun 14th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#177
Thu, Jun 18th				vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#427
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#288
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#193
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#190
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#156
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#219
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs TB	Ian Seymour (8-3)	#87
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#191
Thu, Jul 30th				@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#324
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#77
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Mon, Aug 10th				@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#8
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ TOR	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#53	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#144
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (3-2)	#93
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ PIT
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs ARI
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs SF
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs SF
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs SF
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ MIA
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ MIA
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ MIA
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs SEA
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs SEA
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs SEA
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ BAL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ BAL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs KC
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs KC
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs KC
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TB
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TB
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs CLE
Thu, Sep 24th				vs CLE
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CHC
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Angel Bastardo for Framber Valdez (2026)

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