Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Luis Severino (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 61	# 169
VBR	# 185	# 668

Projections

Strikeouts	51	22
Wins	4	1
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.79	4.68
WHIP	1.34	1.41

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 184

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	# 180

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	# 240

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 166

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Luis Severino SP - ATH
2026 Stats


Games Played	22	12

Games Started	22	12

Innings Pitched	120.1	62.2

Wins	6	2

Losses	7	6

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	122	61

Earned Runs	59	29

Home Runs Allowed	12	9

Strikeouts	98	65

Walks	43	31

ERA	4.41	4.16

WHIP	1.37	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Luis Severino SP - ATH
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	4

Games Started	10	4

Innings Pitched	59.0	25.7

Wins	4	1

Losses	3	2

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	26

Earned Runs	25	13

Home Runs Allowed	5	4

Strikeouts	51	22

Walks	20	9

ERA	3.79	4.68

WHIP	1.34	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Luis Severino SP - ATH
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	A's right-hander Luis Severino (shoulder) began a throwing progression on July 25. Brenton Kemp Mon, Jul 27th
	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	Luis Severino is expected to begin a throwing progression soon. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 18th
	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 Athletics transferred RHP Luis Severino to the 60-day injured list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jun 21st
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Athletics right-hander Luis Severino has a strain of his right shoulder capsule and subscapularis muscle and will be re-evaluated in four to six weeks. Brenton Kemp Tue, Jun 2nd
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	The Athletics placed RHP Luis Severino on the 15-day injured list with a strained right shoulder Ari Koslow Sat, May 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			Luis Severino SP - ATH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ ATL	Jose Suarez	#178
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#175
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ NYM	Kodai Senga (0-8)	#198
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#372
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	vs COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	vs PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (11-4)	#31
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#294
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#80
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs LAD	Jack Dreyer (4-1)	#156
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#41
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#86
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#54
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#211
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89	@ ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#281
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	vs DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-2)	#26
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#130
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs TB
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs TEX
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ KC
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ KC
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ KC
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ HOU
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs MIN
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs MIN
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs MIN
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ TEX
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ SEA
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs SEA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs SEA
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ TB
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ TB
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ TB
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs HOU
Sun, Mar 29th				@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347
Mon, Apr 13th				vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, May 7th				@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206
Sat, May 23rd				@ SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#320
Mon, May 25th				vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Thu, Jun 4th				@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23
Mon, Jun 8th				vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Sun, Jun 14th				vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437
Thu, Jun 18th				vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Fri, Jul 3rd				vs MIA	Tyler Phillips (3-5)	#283
Thu, Jul 30th				vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Mon, Aug 10th				vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351
Thu, Aug 20th				@ KC
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ SEA
Thu, Sep 24th				vs HOU

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Luis Severino (2026)

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