Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Ranger Suarez (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Framber Valdez SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	67% Recommended by 4 of 6 experts	33% Recommended by 2 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 56	# 59
VBR	# 139	# 185

Projections

Strikeouts	52	51
Wins	4	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.63	3.79
WHIP	1.28	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 51	# 64

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 54	# 61

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 43	# 68

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 33	# 42

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 71	# 26

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 72	# 71

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	22

Games Started	19	22

Innings Pitched	100.0	120.1

Wins	4	6

Losses	3	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	88	122

Earned Runs	35	59

Home Runs Allowed	5	12

Strikeouts	105	98

Walks	28	43

ERA	3.15	4.41

WHIP	1.16	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	10

Games Started	10	10

Innings Pitched	56.0	59.0

Wins	4	4

Losses	3	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	53	55

Earned Runs	23	25

Home Runs Allowed	5	5

Strikeouts	52	51

Walks	16	20

ERA	3.63	3.79

WHIP	1.28	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS	Framber Valdez SP - DET
News
	Ranger Suarez allowed three earned runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two over 4 2/3 innings in Friday's win over the Dodgers. Chris Schommer Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Ranger Suarez allowed four hits while striking out six over four scoreless innings in Sunday's 6-1 win over the Blue Jays. Chris Schommer Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ranger Suarez (groin) has been activated from the IL and will start Sunday vs the Blue Jays. Vince DiSilvio Sun, Jul 26th	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
	Ranger Suarez will be activated from the injured list and will start Sunday against the Blue Jays. Diego Sandoval Sat, Jul 25th	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Ranger Suarez played catch on Saturday. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Ranger Suarez SP - BOS			Framber Valdez SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th				@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	vs MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-5)	#5	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#109	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (12-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#38	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	vs DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#384	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	@ TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#347	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#210	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#325	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ DET	Tyler Holton (1-4)	#132	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ DET	Framber Valdez (6-7)	#32	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#94	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs TB	Jesse Scholtens (5-3)	#351	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th				@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#144	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-7)	#129	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ KC	Bailey Falter (0-2)		vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st				@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#134	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th				vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th				vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th				@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#183	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ COL	Sean Sullivan (0-3)	#428	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (3-10)	#394	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (5-5)	#25	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	vs WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-5)	#54	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	vs WSH	Brad Lord (5-2)	#224	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd				@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#424	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-8)	#209	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (8-5)	#182	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	@ NYM	Zac Thornton (2-2)	#143	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	vs TB	Mason Englert (0-3)	#174	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-10)	#70	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st				@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-8)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-10)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#185	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	@ LAD	Edgardo Henriquez		@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-7)	#12	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-8)	#48	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Wed, Aug 5th	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Thu, Aug 6th	vs CWS	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Fri, Aug 7th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-10)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	vs ATH	Gage Jump (4-7)	#87	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Wed, Aug 12th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, Aug 13th	@ TOR			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	@ PIT			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	vs ARI			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs SF			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs SF			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs SF			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th	@ MIA			vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ MIA			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ MIA			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ NYY			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st	vs SEA			@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs SEA			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs SEA			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	@ BAL			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs LAA			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	vs KC			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	vs KC			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	vs KC			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th				@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TEX			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TEX			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ TEX			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ TB			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ TB			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ TB			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs CLE			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	vs CHC			vs PIT
Sun, Mar 29th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Mon, Apr 13th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Mon, Apr 27th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 7th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-9)	#58
Sat, May 23rd	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Thu, Jun 4th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Mon, Jun 8th	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#85
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Thu, Jun 18th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Thu, Jul 30th	@ ATH	Mason Barnett (1-1)	#342
Mon, Aug 10th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ BAL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs CLE

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Ranger Suarez (2026)

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