Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Framber Valdez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	# 210
VBR	# 189	# 967

Projections

Strikeouts	53	18
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	5.18
WHIP	1.34	1.46

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 135

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 137

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	17

Games Started	21	14

Innings Pitched	113.1	88.0

Wins	5	6

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	1

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	113	76

Earned Runs	57	44

Home Runs Allowed	12	20

Strikeouts	92	56

Walks	41	29

ERA	4.53	4.50

WHIP	1.36	1.19

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	3

Innings Pitched	60.9	23.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	57	25

Earned Runs	26	13

Home Runs Allowed	6	5

Strikeouts	53	18

Walks	21	8

ERA	3.80	5.18

WHIP	1.34	1.46

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
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	Eric Lauer allowed zero earned runs on one hit and one walk while striking out four over six innings in Wednesday's 4-2 win over Seattle. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 30th
	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	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on four hits and one walk while striking out five over 5.1 innings in Wednesday's win over the Phillies. Chase Davis Thu, Jul 23rd
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Eric Lauer will start on Wednesday against the Phillies. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 20th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over six innings in Monday's win over the Rockies. Chase Davis Tue, Jul 7th
	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	Eric Lauer allowed three earned runs on nine hits and one walk while striking out two over six innings in Monday's win over the Athletics. Chase Davis Tue, Jun 30th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Eric Lauer SP,RP - LAD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#107	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#21
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-7)	#304
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#166
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#51
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#150
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#83	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Mon, Apr 13th				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#67
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#131	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#124	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#432
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#430
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#231	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#108	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#142	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#287	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Mon, Apr 27th				vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#224	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#120
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#284	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#65
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#37	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#87
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44	@ HOU	Steven Okert
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#29	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#290
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#5
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#303
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#94	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Mon, May 11th				vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#278
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#188
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#54	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#102
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#69	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#152	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#30	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#132	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#172
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#41
Sat, May 23rd				@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#112
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Mon, May 25th				vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#424
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#434
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#12
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#215
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#60	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#196	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#177
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#199
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#53
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#50	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#316	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#40
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#121
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#56	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#205
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#71
Sun, Jun 14th				@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#95
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#20
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#148	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#35
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#204	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#302
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#82	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#104
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#105	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#160
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#279	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#217
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#262	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#220
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#18	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#57	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#68	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#257
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#58
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#292	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#230
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#88	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#158
Mon, Jul 6th				vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#375
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#165	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#195
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#36	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#169	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#241
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#171	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#67	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#8
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#383	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#81
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#78	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#28
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#298	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#38
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#92	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#72	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#219	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#101	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#44
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#93	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#89
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#32
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#174
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#85	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#25
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#74	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#126
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#61	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#70
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#16	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#127
Mon, Aug 10th				vs KC
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs KC
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs KC
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ COL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ COL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ COL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ ATL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ ATL
Thu, Aug 27th				@ ATL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ DET
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ DET
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs STL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs STL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs WSH
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ MIA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ MIA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ CIN
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs SF
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs SF
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs SD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs SD
Thu, Sep 24th				vs SD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ SF
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ SF
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#114
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#133
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#76
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#151
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#184
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#122
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH

Who Should I Trade?

Eric Lauer for Framber Valdez (2026)

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