Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	‐
VBR	# 191	# 776

Projections

Strikeouts	55	15
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	4.62
WHIP	1.33	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 429

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	3.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	113	4

Earned Runs	57	2

Home Runs Allowed	12	0

Strikeouts	92	2

Walks	41	2

ERA	4.53	6.00

WHIP	1.36	2.00

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	16

Games Started	11	1

Innings Pitched	63.8	17.2

Wins	4	1

Losses	4	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	60	17

Earned Runs	27	9

Home Runs Allowed	6	2

Strikeouts	55	15

Walks	22	7

ERA	3.78	4.62

WHIP	1.33	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Brycen Mautz SP - STL
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	The Cardinals optioned LHP Brycen Mautz to Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Tue, May 26th
	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	Brycen Mautz is available out of the bullpen in Monday's game against the Brewers. Ari Koslow Mon, May 25th
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Cardinals recalled LHP Brycen Mautz from Triple-A Memphis. Ari Koslow Sun, May 24th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Brycen Mautz will make his MLB debut and start Sunday’s game against the Reds. Ari Koslow Sun, May 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Brycen Mautz SP - STL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#116	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#16
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241	vs TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#193
Sun, Mar 29th				vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-7)	#196
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#109	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#147
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#171
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#292
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Mon, Apr 13th				vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#288
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#182	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#219	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106	vs SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#20
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Apr 27th				@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#128	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	vs MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Thu, May 7th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117	@ SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#241
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#220
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#157	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#124
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sat, May 23rd				@ CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#419
Mon, May 25th				@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#125
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#105
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	vs CHC	Jordan Wicks (0-2)	#224
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#189	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#13	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40	vs CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#298	@ NYM	Austin Warren
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#108	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#103
Sun, Jun 14th				@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#204
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs SD	Bradgley Rodriguez (2-2)	#159
Thu, Jun 18th				@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#199	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#107	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#255	vs MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#269
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Hurston Waldrep (0-1)	#297
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#92	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230
Mon, Jul 6th				vs MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#74
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#120
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#176	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs ATL	Danny Young
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#170	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#73
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#377	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#22
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#106
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#85	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Thu, Jul 30th				vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#251	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs COL
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs COL
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs COL
Mon, Aug 10th				vs PHI
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CHC
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ CIN
Thu, Aug 20th				@ CIN
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ PHI
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ PHI
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs BAL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs BAL
Thu, Aug 27th				vs BAL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs PIT
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ LAD
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ LAD
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ COL
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ COL
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ COL
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ SF
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ SF
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ SF
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs CWS
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs CWS
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs SF
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs SF
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs SF
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ PIT
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ PIT
Thu, Sep 24th				@ PIT
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ MIL
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#117
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#144
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#135
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Brycen Mautz for Framber Valdez (2026)

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