Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Gavin Williams (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 35	# 58
VBR	# 149	# 184

Projections

Strikeouts	70	58
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.78	3.77
WHIP	1.29	1.33

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 36	# 67

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 36	# 61

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 40	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 34	# 68

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 35	# 39

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 30	# 26

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	20

Games Started	21	20

Innings Pitched	126.1	108.1

Wins	10	5

Losses	5	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	101	109

Earned Runs	53	55

Home Runs Allowed	20	11

Strikeouts	156	88

Walks	37	38

ERA	3.78	4.57

WHIP	1.09	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	11

Innings Pitched	62.5	66.8

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	63

Earned Runs	26	28

Home Runs Allowed	8	6

Strikeouts	70	58

Walks	25	23

ERA	3.78	3.77

WHIP	1.29	1.33

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE	Framber Valdez SP - DET
News
	Gavin Williams was sharp but got stuck with a no-decision, allowing no earned runs on two hits and no walks while striking out 11 over seven innings in Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Twins in 12 innings. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 24th	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
	Gavin Williams allowed five runs on seven hits over six innings while striking out 11 and walking none in a 7-1 loss to the Pirates in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader. Matthew Adam Sat, Jul 18th	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Friday’s contest between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians has been postponed due to air quality conditions the club announced. Chris Schommer Fri, Jul 17th	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Gavin Williams will start on Friday against the Pirates. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 16th	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
	Gavin Williams allowed two earned runs on three hits and one walk while striking out 11 over seven innings in Thursday's 5-2 win over Minnesota. Matthew Adam Fri, Jul 10th	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
	Gavin Williams SP - CLE			Framber Valdez SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#90
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#20	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#243
Mon, Mar 30th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#108	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#70
Tue, Mar 31st	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69
Wed, Apr 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#11	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#169
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)		vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84
Sat, Apr 4th				vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (6-8)	#26	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#119
Mon, Apr 6th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Apr 8th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#109
Sun, Apr 12th	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58
Tue, Apr 14th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#84	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#47	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Thu, Apr 16th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#65	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#251	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29
Sat, Apr 18th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#131
Sun, Apr 19th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#183
Mon, Apr 20th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs HOU	Ryan Weiss (0-3)	#384	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#209
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147
Fri, Apr 24th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#137	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Sat, Apr 25th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155
Sun, Apr 26th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#319	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298
Tue, Apr 28th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#192
Wed, Apr 29th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#302
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#217	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#200	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130
Mon, May 4th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#55
Tue, May 5th	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#358	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#164
Wed, May 6th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#123
Sat, May 9th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, May 10th	vs MIN	Andrew Morris (4-2)	#151	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#97
Tue, May 12th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#330	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Wed, May 13th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#57
Thu, May 14th				@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#77
Sat, May 16th	vs CIN	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#162
Sun, May 17th	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#30
Mon, May 18th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#111
Tue, May 19th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-5)	#145	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#48
Wed, May 20th	@ DET	Drew Anderson	#107	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Thu, May 21st	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#53	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Fri, May 22nd	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#236	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Tue, May 26th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#59	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Fri, May 29th	vs BOS	Tyler Samaniego		@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, May 30th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#28	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Sun, May 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#29	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#56
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104
Fri, Jun 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	@ TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#130	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#34
Sun, Jun 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45
Wed, Jun 10th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#343
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#112
Fri, Jun 12th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#71	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-9)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#75
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Tue, Jun 16th	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (2-4)	#129	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#147	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#136
Fri, Jun 19th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#223
Sat, Jun 20th	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#143
Sun, Jun 21st	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 24th	@ CWS	Chris Murphy		vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#124
Fri, Jun 26th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#63	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#152
Sat, Jun 27th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#232
Sun, Jun 28th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	vs TEX	Tyler Alexander (1-1)	#182	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#61
Tue, Jun 30th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#22
Wed, Jul 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#94	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#19
Sat, Jul 4th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#85	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#325
Sun, Jul 5th	vs CWS	Chris Murphy		@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#86
Tue, Jul 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (2-5)	#120	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Thu, Jul 9th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#179
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#58	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#52
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#43	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#297	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Fri, Jul 17th				@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#40
Sat, Jul 18th	vs PIT	Mason Montgomery (3-3)	#125	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#99
Sun, Jul 19th	vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-8)	#3	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#171
Mon, Jul 20th	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	vs MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#226	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#76
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#88	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#195
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#45	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#39	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#366
Sat, Jul 25th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (9-2)	#104	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#68
Sun, Jul 26th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (8-5)	#18	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#267
Mon, Jul 27th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#21	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#41
Tue, Jul 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#155	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#87
Wed, Jul 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#298	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#67
Fri, Jul 31st	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-0)	#193	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#186
Sat, Aug 1st	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#116	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#106
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#69	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#95
Tue, Aug 4th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Wed, Aug 5th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	vs NYM			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ CWS			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ CWS			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	@ DET			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	@ DET			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	@ DET			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs SD			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs SD			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th				@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs SF			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs SF			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ COL			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ COL			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ COL			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ LAA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ LAA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ LAA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs KC			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs KC			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs TOR			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs TOR			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs DET			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs DET			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BAL			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIN			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIN			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	vs CWS			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th				@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs ATH			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ BOS			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ KC			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#89
Mon, Apr 13th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#110
Mon, Apr 27th	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#205
Thu, May 7th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#139
Mon, May 11th	vs LAA	Brent Suter (1-2)	#214
Sat, May 23rd	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5
Mon, May 25th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#294
Thu, Jun 4th	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#79
Mon, Jun 8th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jun 18th	@ MIL	Shane Drohan (5-4)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210
Thu, Aug 20th	vs SF
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs TOR
Thu, Sep 24th	@ BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Gavin Williams (2026)

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