Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 7	# 59
VBR	# 57	# 157

Projections

Strikeouts	82	63
Wins	5	5
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.22	3.78
WHIP	1.17	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 9	# 68

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 6	# 61

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 8	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 8	# 68

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 8	# 39

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 10	# 26

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	19

Games Started	18	19

Innings Pitched	105.0	107.2

Wins	10	5

Losses	6	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	86	104

Earned Runs	24	49

Home Runs Allowed	8	11

Strikeouts	123	87

Walks	25	36

ERA	2.06	4.10

WHIP	1.06	1.30

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	68.4	72.0

Wins	5	5

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	58	68

Earned Runs	24	30

Home Runs Allowed	7	7

Strikeouts	82	63

Walks	18	25

ERA	3.22	3.78

WHIP	1.17	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Chris Sale SP - ATL	Framber Valdez SP - DET
News
	Chris Sale allowed no runs on just two hits zero walks while striking out six across seven innings in Friday's 15-1 win over the Rangers. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 18th	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Braves left-hander Chris Sale will start on Friday versus the Rangers. Brenton Kemp Wed, Jul 15th	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Chris Sale gave up no runs on two hits and one walk while striking out five over three innings in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Cardinals. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sat, Jul 11th	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
	Chris Sale was tagged for three runs on seven hits and two walks while striking out three across five-plus innings in Saturday's 14-3 win over the Mets. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Sun, Jul 5th	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
	Chris Sale gave up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and one walk while striking out 10 over six innings in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Giants. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th	Framber Valdez allowed four earned runs on eight hits while striking out two over six innings in Saturday's 8-6 loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Chris Sale SP - ATL			Framber Valdez SP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#267
Sun, Mar 29th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Mon, Mar 30th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#229	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#239	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72
Wed, Apr 1st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#183	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#170
Thu, Apr 2nd	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#208
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#112	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#72	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#14
Tue, Apr 7th	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#141	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106
Sun, Apr 12th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53
Mon, Apr 13th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#140
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Mon, Apr 20th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Tue, Apr 21st	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#182	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#220
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#66	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#124
Fri, Apr 24th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#253	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#102
Sat, Apr 25th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147
Sun, Apr 26th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#197
Tue, Apr 28th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#185
Wed, Apr 29th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#294
Thu, Apr 30th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-6)	#28	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#128
Fri, May 1st	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#431	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ COL	Brennan Bernardino (3-3)	#330	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Sun, May 3rd	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#237	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#134
Mon, May 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59
Tue, May 5th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158
Wed, May 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32
Fri, May 8th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Sat, May 9th	@ LAD	Blake Snell (0-1)	#33	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (10-2)	#78	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Tue, May 12th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Thu, May 14th	vs CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#103	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#83
Sat, May 16th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Sun, May 17th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#142	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19
Mon, May 18th	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#60	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ MIA	Braxton Garrett (0-1)	#174	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#40
Wed, May 20th	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#106	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Fri, May 22nd	vs WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#387	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-4)	#192
Sun, May 24th	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#63	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#138	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, May 28th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#59	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Fri, May 29th	@ CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, May 30th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#147	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Sun, May 31st	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#98	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#19	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#199
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#244	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Thu, Jun 4th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#165
Fri, Jun 5th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-4)	#25	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (2-3)	#122	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#67
Tue, Jun 9th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#257
Fri, Jun 12th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#74
Sun, Jun 14th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, Jun 17th	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-0)	#270	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#7	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#227
Sat, Jun 20th	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#55	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139
Sun, Jun 21st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#137	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#30
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ SD	Wandy Peralta (1-1)	#218	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#163	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#154
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (8-6)	#86	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Tue, Jun 30th	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#65
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#62
Sat, Jul 4th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318
Sun, Jul 5th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#92
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 7th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#143
Wed, Jul 8th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-1)	#49	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#171
Thu, Jul 9th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#186
Fri, Jul 10th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-6)	#109	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#318	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#43
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#35	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#105
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#176
Mon, Jul 20th	vs SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#164	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#101
Tue, Jul 21st	vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#190	@ CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#84
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#172	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#226
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#79
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#131	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#70	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#295
Mon, Jul 27th	@ NYM	Zach Thornton (0-1)		vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#110	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#77
Wed, Jul 29th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#69
Thu, Jul 30th	vs WSH
Fri, Jul 31st	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 1st	vs WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs WSH			@ ATH
Tue, Aug 4th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs MIA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ NYY			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ NYY			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs NYM
Tue, Aug 11th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs NYM			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs ARI			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ MIN			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#200
Fri, Aug 21st	@ MIL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ MIL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ MIL			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs LAD			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs LAD			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs LAD
Fri, Aug 28th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs COL			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs COL			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#57	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ WSH			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ WSH			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PHI			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ PHI			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs TB			vs MIN
Thu, Sep 10th	vs TB
Fri, Sep 11th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs PHI			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs PHI			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CHC			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ HOU			@ CWS
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CIN			vs WSH
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CIN
Fri, Sep 25th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ MIA			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#289
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#126
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#108
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#240
Tue, Jun 16th				@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#22
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Mon, Jun 29th				@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#56
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CLE
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Chris Sale for Framber Valdez (2026)

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