Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 59	‐
VBR	# 174	# 666

Projections

Strikeouts	50	10
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	4.52
WHIP	1.34	1.37

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 64	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 71	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 42	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	4

Games Started	22	0

Innings Pitched	120.1	9.1

Wins	6	0

Losses	7	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	122	4

Earned Runs	59	5

Home Runs Allowed	12	2

Strikeouts	98	6

Walks	43	5

ERA	4.41	4.82

WHIP	1.37	0.96

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	15

Games Started	10	0

Innings Pitched	57.7	11.3

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	1

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	54	11

Earned Runs	24	6

Home Runs Allowed	5	2

Strikeouts	50	10

Walks	20	4

ERA	3.80	4.52

WHIP	1.34	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
News
	Framber Valdez allowed two earned runs on nine hits and two walks while striking out six over seven innings in Saturday's win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Aug 2nd	Lazaro Estrada was optioned back to Triple-A on Tuesday. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Tue, Aug 4th
	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 Blue Jays optioned Lazaro Estrada to Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	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 Blue Jays recalled Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A Buffalo. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	The Blue Jays are expected to recall Lazaro Estrada from Triple-A on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Blue Jays placed Lazaro Estrada on their taxi squad. Ari Koslow Sat, Jun 27th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Lazaro Estrada SP,RP - TOR
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-8)	#57	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#201
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (7-6)	#378	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#435
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (6-1)	#90	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#433
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#318
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#47
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-3)	#94
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#13
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#122	@ MIL	Chad Patrick (6-4)	#118
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#69
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#228
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#249	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#194
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#188	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-7)	#149
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#110	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (11-6)	#24
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#279	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#204	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#290	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#141
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#106
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#125	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-8)	#21
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#155	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#154	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#78	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#68
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#45	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#73	@ DET	Brenan Hanifee
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#145	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#37
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#25	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#134	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#42	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	@ NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (4-8)	#101
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-8)	#123
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#58
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#46	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	@ BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#135
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#179	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#139
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (7-4)	#182
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#132
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#63
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#405	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-7)	#85	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#214	@ CHC	Ben Brown (4-2)	#140
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#23	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#102	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#116
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#222
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#143	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#36
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#276	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#259	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (5-7)	#66	vs NYM	Sean Manaea (3-5)	#74
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#50
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#20
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-4)	#267	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#9
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#82	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#173
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55	@ SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#170
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#248
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#390
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#35	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#180
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-4)	#127	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-6)	#80
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#245	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#65
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#146	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#100
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#168	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#49
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (2-0)	#434	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#260
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#425	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (1-0)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#72	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#307	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#44	@ WSH	Eddy Yean (0-1)	#247
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#113	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#52
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#70	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#192
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#251	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#128
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#95	vs STL	Quinn Mathews (0-1)	#208
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#81	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#115
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-6)	#75	@ HOU	Hayden Wesneski (2-0)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#12	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#33	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#99	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#55
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (7-7)	#16	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (10-5)	#10
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#51	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#40
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE			vs BOS	Jake Bennett (7-4)	#88
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs NYY
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ TB
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ TB
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ NYY
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ NYY
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ NYY
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs KC
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs KC
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SEA
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CLE
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CLE
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ KC
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ KC
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs BAL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs BAL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			vs DET
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs DET
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs DET
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			@ BAL
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ BAL
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs CIN
Sun, Mar 29th				vs ATH	Luis Morales (0-2)	#316
Mon, Apr 27th				vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Mon, May 11th				vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#17
Sat, May 23rd				vs PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Mon, May 25th				vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#119
Thu, Jun 4th				@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7
Mon, Jun 8th				vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#4
Sun, Jun 14th				vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#64
Thu, Jun 18th				@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Mon, Jul 6th				@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#61
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-2)	#174
Mon, Aug 10th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#27
Thu, Aug 20th				@ TB
Thu, Aug 27th				vs KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Lazaro Estrada (2026)

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