Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Shane Baz (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 59	# 99
VBR	# 159	# 283

Projections

Strikeouts	66	61
Wins	5	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.77	4.38
WHIP	1.33	1.36

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 68	# 126

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	# 98

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	# 134

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 91

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 104

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Stats


Games Played	19	19

Games Started	19	19

Innings Pitched	107.2	111.2

Wins	5	4

Losses	6	9

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	104	111

Earned Runs	49	50

Home Runs Allowed	11	9

Strikeouts	87	99

Walks	36	42

ERA	4.10	4.03

WHIP	1.30	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Shane Baz SP - BAL
2026 Projections


Games Played	12	12

Games Started	12	12

Innings Pitched	75.2	66.7

Wins	5	4

Losses	4	4

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	71	63

Earned Runs	31	32

Home Runs Allowed	7	9

Strikeouts	66	61

Walks	26	25

ERA	3.77	4.38

WHIP	1.33	1.36

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Shane Baz SP - BAL
News
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Shane Baz will start Monday's series opener against the Red Sox. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Shane Baz allowed one earned run on seven hits and no walks while striking out nine over 4.2 innings in Sunday's 8-2 win over the Royals. Jesse Garcia Mon, Jul 13th
	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	Shane Baz didn't have his sharpest stuff, but he at least kept the Orioles within shouting distance before the bullpen and bats failed to cooperate. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jul 8th
	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	Shane Baz fought the zone but mostly kept the damage contained, though the lack of efficiency and run support led to a no-decision. Jesse Garcia Tue, Jun 30th
	Framber Valdez allowed four earned runs on eight hits while striking out two over six innings in Saturday's 8-6 loss to the Astros. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th	Shane Baz allowed five earned runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five over five innings in Tuesday's loss to the Angels. Jesse Garcia Wed, Jun 24th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Shane Baz SP - BAL
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#94	vs MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#51
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (4-1)	#79	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-5)	#9
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-7)	#80	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#52	@ PIT	Carmen Mlodzinski (6-3)	#121
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#130	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (9-3)	#25
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-5)	#14	@ CWS	Grant Taylor (4-2)	#49
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	@ CWS	Shane Smith (0-2)	#153
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)	#259
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#59
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-5)	#110	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#15
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#186
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (7-8)	#118
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (8-3)	#115
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#26
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#58	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#332	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-4)	#125
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-5)	#90	vs BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159	vs BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#64
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#210	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#241	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#220
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#189
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#37	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#114	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#166	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-5)	#55
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-1)	#32	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-7)	#50
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#131	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (4-4)	#204
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#300
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#184
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-8)	#35	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-1)	#66	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#28
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-6)	#31
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#169	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (6-4)	#68
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23	@ WSH	Richard Lovelady (2-4)	#291
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-6)	#112	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-5)	#41	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)	#389	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#54
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47	vs TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#224
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	vs TOR	Adam Macko (2-0)	#252
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (6-4)	#171	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87	vs TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#105
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (5-7)	#57
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#197	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#143
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (8-2)	#88	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#84
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-4)	#34	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#165
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-8)	#65	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-8)	#23
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#48	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-2)	#253	vs SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-7)	#109	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (3-9)	#44	vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-8)	#145
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-5)	#83	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#301
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#8
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164	@ SEA	George Kirby (7-8)	#18
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-1)	#207	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (3-5)	#117
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (0-2)	#139	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-6)	#12
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#100	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-6)	#43
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#27	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#432
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#98	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (8-6)	#47
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (5-4)	#135
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#149
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (4-6)	#249	vs WSH	Foster Griffin (11-2)	#62
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21	vs WSH	Zack Littell (7-7)	#168
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-4)	#87
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (9-6)	#19	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#406
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-4)	#67	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-6)	#216
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (9-8)	#17
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-2)	#320	@ CIN	Hunter Greene (2-1)	#16
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (2-8)	#103	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#101
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#156	vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-9)	#183	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#199	vs CHC	David Peterson (4-7)	#85
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-7)	#53	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (11-4)	#4	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-1)	#5	vs KC	Seth Lugo (3-6)	#122
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-6)	#36	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#164
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#96	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#138
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-4)	#170	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (1-1)	#21
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-5)	#119	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#61
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	Ethan Roberts		@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#24
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-6)	#194	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (5-3)	#104
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#177
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#77	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#148
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#72	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (5-6)	#124
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (4-3)	#227	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-2)	#76
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (6-9)	#40	@ DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#106
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-2)	#81	@ DET	Tarik Skubal (6-5)	#2
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#78	@ DET
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH			vs PHI
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			@ TEX
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			@ TEX
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			@ TEX
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ MIN
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ TB
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ TB
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ TB
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs NYY
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs TB
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs TB
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs TB
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ STL
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ STL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ ATH
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ COL
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ COL
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs CLE
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ TOR
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ TOR
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ NYM
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIL
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH			vs TOR
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			vs TOR
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ NYY
Sun, Mar 29th				vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#95
Mon, Apr 13th				vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#211
Thu, May 7th				@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#42
Mon, May 11th				vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (3-7)	#46
Mon, May 25th				vs TB	Shane McClanahan (8-6)	#33
Thu, Jun 4th				@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#141
Mon, Jun 8th				vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#92
Sun, Jun 14th				vs SD	Walker Buehler (5-5)	#180
Thu, Jun 18th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-6)	#13
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ CIN	Brady Singer (4-9)	#159
Mon, Aug 10th				@ MIN
Thu, Aug 20th				vs NYY
Thu, Aug 27th				@ STL
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs BOS

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Shane Baz (2026)

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