Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Framber Valdez (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 15	# 58
VBR	# 67	# 186

Projections

Strikeouts	87	61
Wins	5	5
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.48	3.80
WHIP	1.23	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 43	# 67

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 18	# 61

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 11	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 32	# 68

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 9	# 39

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 8	# 26

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	18	20

Games Started	18	20

Innings Pitched	104.1	108.1

Wins	6	5

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	74	109

Earned Runs	31	55

Home Runs Allowed	7	11

Strikeouts	155	88

Walks	45	38

ERA	2.67	4.57

WHIP	1.14	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	67.5	70.0

Wins	5	5

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	66

Earned Runs	26	30

Home Runs Allowed	7	6

Strikeouts	87	61

Walks	27	24

ERA	3.48	3.80

WHIP	1.23	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR	Framber Valdez SP - DET
News
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease allowed five runs (three earned) on seven hits across six innings while taking the loss against the Rays on Monday. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jul 21st	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
	Dylan Cease will start for the American League in the All-Star game. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched eight innings of shutout ball, allowing just one hit and three walks while striking out 11 in a win over the Giants on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Blue Jays right-hander Dylan Cease pitched seven shutout innings while striking out nine to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday. Brenton Kemp Sat, Jul 4th	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
	Dylan Cease allowed four earned runs on four hits and five walks while striking out 10 over 4 2/3 innings in Saturday's loss to the Rangers. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Dylan Cease SP - TOR			Framber Valdez SP - DET
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#181	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#255
Sun, Mar 29th	vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#361
Mon, Mar 30th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (9-4)	#433	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-4)	#432	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#71
Wed, Apr 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-9)	#268	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#88
Sat, Apr 4th	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#44	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52
Sun, Apr 5th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#123
Mon, Apr 6th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#75	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13
Tue, Apr 7th	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Apr 8th	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (10-4)	#10	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (5-4)	#126	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 16th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Fri, Apr 17th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Sat, Apr 18th	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#171	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140
Sun, Apr 19th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#198	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#66
Mon, Apr 20th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#53
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#216
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#25	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#152
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#209
Mon, Apr 27th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#30
Tue, Apr 28th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#174
Wed, Apr 29th	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#140	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 30th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#89	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146
Fri, May 1st	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)	#354	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34
Sat, May 2nd	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Sun, May 3rd	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#13	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#135
Mon, May 4th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#162
Wed, May 6th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#129
Sat, May 9th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, May 10th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Mon, May 11th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17
Tue, May 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#60
Fri, May 15th	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#39	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#168
Sun, May 17th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#72	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#23
Mon, May 18th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#105
Tue, May 19th	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#49
Wed, May 20th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Thu, May 21st	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Fri, May 22nd	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sat, May 23rd	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3
Sun, May 24th	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#115	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Mon, May 25th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#121
Tue, May 26th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#54	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#42	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 28th	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#271	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Fri, May 29th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, May 30th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201
Sun, May 31st	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#146	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#150	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (10-6)	#6
Fri, Jun 5th	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#15
Sat, Jun 6th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#38
Sun, Jun 7th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Mon, Jun 8th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Tue, Jun 9th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-4)	#9	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#312
Fri, Jun 12th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#48
Sat, Jun 13th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#77
Sun, Jun 14th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Tue, Jun 16th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Wed, Jun 17th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#100	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157
Thu, Jun 18th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, Jun 19th	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#107	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#215
Sat, Jun 20th	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#136
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#29
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#157	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#87
Wed, Jun 24th	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#232	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Thu, Jun 25th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#34	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#128
Fri, Jun 26th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 27th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 28th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#24
Mon, Jun 29th	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#86	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#58
Tue, Jun 30th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#20
Wed, Jul 1st	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#67
Sat, Jul 4th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#299
Sun, Jul 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#93
Mon, Jul 6th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#64
Tue, Jul 7th	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#242	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#144
Wed, Jul 8th	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#14	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Fri, Jul 10th	@ SD	JP Sears (2-3)	#143	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#51
Sat, Jul 11th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#182	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#360	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#201	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#41
Sat, Jul 18th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#109
Sun, Jul 19th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#83	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#167
Mon, Jul 20th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#106	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#17	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#78
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#193
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs TB	Ian Seymour (6-2)	#73	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#431
Fri, Jul 24th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#147	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#98
Sat, Jul 25th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Sun, Jul 26th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#274
Mon, Jul 27th	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#311	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#40
Tue, Jul 28th	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#74
Wed, Jul 29th	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#179	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#68
Fri, Jul 31st	vs STL			@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#190
Sat, Aug 1st	vs STL			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs STL			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ HOU
Tue, Aug 4th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ HOU			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#27	@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ PHI			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ PHI			@ SF
Mon, Aug 10th	vs BOS
Tue, Aug 11th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs BOS			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs NYY			vs CWS
Tue, Aug 18th	@ TB			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ TB			@ PIT
Thu, Aug 20th	@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ NYY			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ NYY			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ NYY			@ KC
Tue, Aug 25th	vs KC			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs KC			vs TB
Thu, Aug 27th	vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SEA			vs LAD
Tue, Sep 1st	@ CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ KC			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ KC			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATH			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs BAL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs BAL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs DET			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs DET			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs DET			@ TOR
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	@ BAL			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BAL			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CIN			vs PIT
Thu, Mar 26th				@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#95
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#130
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#57
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#111
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#250
Sun, Jun 21st				vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#91
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS

Who Should I Trade?

Dylan Cease for Framber Valdez (2026)

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