Who Should I Trade?

Doug Nikhazy for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	‐
VBR	# 189	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	52	6
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.50
WHIP	1.34	1.58

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	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	1

Games Started	21	0

Innings Pitched	113.1	2.0

Wins	5	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	113	1

Earned Runs	57	1

Home Runs Allowed	12	0

Strikeouts	92	1

Walks	41	2

ERA	4.53	4.50

WHIP	1.36	1.50

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	17

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	59.9	6.0

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	56	7

Earned Runs	25	3

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	52	6

Walks	21	3

ERA	3.80	4.50

WHIP	1.34	1.58

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
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 Cubs sent LHP Doug Nikhazy outright to Triple-A Iowa. Ari Koslow Wed, Jun 17th
	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	The Cubs designated LHP Doug Nikhazy for assignment. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 15th
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Cubs claimed LHP Doug Nikhazy off of waivers from the White Sox. Ari Koslow Tue, Apr 28th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The White Sox optioned LHP Doug Nikhazy to Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Sun, Apr 19th
	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	The White Sox recalled LHP Doug Nikhazy from Triple-A Charlotte. Ari Koslow Fri, Apr 17th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Doug Nikhazy SP,RP - CHC
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#295
Sun, Mar 29th				vs WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#168
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	vs LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#121
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#178
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	@ TB	Joe Boyle (0-1)	#191
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	vs NYM	Tobias Myers (0-2)	#198
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	vs PHI	Kyle Backhus
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Mon, Apr 27th				@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs CIN	Chase Petty (1-2)	#403
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Thu, May 7th				vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Sat, May 23rd				vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Mon, May 25th				@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, Jun 4th				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, Jun 14th				@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#425
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#189
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#104
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#153
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#154
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#28
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#114
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#48
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Jul 30th				@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Mon, Aug 3rd				vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			@ WSH
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs STL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs STL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ SEA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ SEA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ SEA
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ ARI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ARI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs MIL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs MIL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs MIL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ MIL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs PIT
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs MIA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs MIA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ BOS
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

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Doug Nikhazy for Framber Valdez (2026)

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