Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Keider Montero (2026)

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Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 58	# 183
VBR	# 181	# 455

Projections

Strikeouts	59	31
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.50
WHIP	1.33	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 67	# 91

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 321

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 77

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	20	22

Games Started	20	16

Innings Pitched	108.1	106.0

Wins	5	7

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	1

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	109	79

Earned Runs	55	37

Home Runs Allowed	11	10

Strikeouts	88	78

Walks	38	22

ERA	4.57	3.14

WHIP	1.36	0.95

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	19

Games Started	11	4

Innings Pitched	67.3	38.0

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	1

Hits Allowed	63	38

Earned Runs	28	19

Home Runs Allowed	6	6

Strikeouts	59	31

Walks	23	12

ERA	3.71	4.50

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
News
	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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero allowed one earned run across 5 1/3 innings while earning the win over the Cubs on Wednesday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 23rd
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched three shutout innings while earning the save against the Rangers on Saturday. Brenton Kemp Sun, Jul 5th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Tigers manager A.J. Hinch confirmed that Keider Montero is being moved to the bullpen. Ari Koslow Mon, Jun 29th
	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	Keider Montero allowed five hits and one walk while striking out three over seven scoreless innings in Friday’s win over the Astros. Chris Schommer Sat, Jun 27th
	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	Tigers right-hander Keider Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings while earning the win over the Twins on Thursday. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jun 11th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Keider Montero SP,RP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-9)	#28
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#51
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#44
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#126
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#62
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (12-4)	#4
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#103
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#142
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ SEA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ SF
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ SF
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ SF
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs PIT

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Keider Montero (2026)

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