Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 59	# 164
VBR	# 185	# 299

Projections

Strikeouts	51	45
Wins	4	3
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.59
WHIP	1.34	1.35

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	# 92

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	# 101

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 165

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	19

Games Started	22	9

Innings Pitched	120.1	72.0

Wins	6	5

Losses	7	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	2

Hits Allowed	122	72

Earned Runs	59	34

Home Runs Allowed	12	8

Strikeouts	98	49

Walks	43	21

ERA	4.41	4.25

WHIP	1.37	1.29

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	16

Games Started	10	9

Innings Pitched	59.0	55.1

Wins	4	3

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	58

Earned Runs	25	28

Home Runs Allowed	5	8

Strikeouts	51	45

Walks	20	14

ERA	3.79	4.59

WHIP	1.34	1.35

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed six hits over seven scoreless innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a no-decision on Tuesday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 29th
	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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on seven hits over six innings with one strikeout and two walks in a win on Thursday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 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	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with three strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Cardinals. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed two runs on six hits over 5 1/3 innings with two strikeouts in a win on Saturday against the Dodgers. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Brandon Pfaadt allowed four hits over five scoreless innings with six strikeouts in a win on Monday against the Padres. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Brandon Pfaadt SP,RP - ARI
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#65
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	vs DET	Justin Verlander (0-1)	#245
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Apr 2nd				vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60	@ PHI	Zach Pop
Mon, Apr 13th				@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4
Thu, May 7th				vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Mon, May 11th				@ TEX	Jakob Junis
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs COL	Zach Agnos
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Sat, May 23rd				vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433
Mon, May 25th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Jun 4th				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#75
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (7-7)	#294
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ TB	Cole Sulser
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	@ SD	Griffin Canning (3-9)	#155
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ LAD	Kyle Hurt
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ WSH	Carson Palmquist (0-1)	#306
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#112
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#103
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#334
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#92
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48
Mon, Aug 10th				vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ ATL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs CHC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				@ SF
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ SF
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ SF
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs PHI
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ HOU
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ KC
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ KC
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ KC
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs TEX
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs TEX
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs MIA
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs NYY
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ COL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ COL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ COL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SD
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SD
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Brandon Pfaadt for Framber Valdez (2026)

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