Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Framber Valdez SP - DET
Expert Recommendation	83% Recommended by 5 of 6 experts	17% Recommended by 1 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 1	# 61
VBR	# 1	# 185

Projections

Strikeouts	24	51
Wins	2	4
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.25	3.79
WHIP	1.17	1.34

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 1	# 61

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 1	# 70

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 1	# 68

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 1	# 50

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 1	# 26

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	‐	# 65

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Stats


Games Played	14	22

Games Started	14	22

Innings Pitched	85.2	120.1

Wins	8	6

Losses	2	7

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	55	122

Earned Runs	17	59

Home Runs Allowed	4	12

Strikeouts	95	98

Walks	26	43

ERA	1.79	4.41

WHIP	0.95	1.37

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Framber Valdez SP - DET
2026 Projections


Games Played	4	10

Games Started	4	10

Innings Pitched	20.6	59.0

Wins	2	4

Losses	1	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	16	55

Earned Runs	7	25

Home Runs Allowed	2	5

Strikeouts	24	51

Walks	7	20

ERA	3.25	3.79

WHIP	1.17	1.34

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD	Framber Valdez SP - DET
News
	Shohei Ohtani went 2-for-5 in a loss to Boston with a home run, a double, two runs scored and two RBI. Chase Davis Sat, Aug 1st	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
	Shohei Ohtani will be back in the Dodgers lineup on Friday. Ari Koslow Fri, Jul 31st	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
	Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Shohei Ohtani is not in Thursday's lineup due to knee soreness. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	Shohei Ohtani is not in the Dodgers lineup on Thursday against the Mariners. Ari Koslow Thu, Jul 30th	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	Shohei Ohtani went 3-for-4 in loss to the Mariners with a home run, a double, one run scored and three RBI. Chase Davis Wed, Jul 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
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Shohei Ohtani SP,DH - LAD			Framber Valdez SP - DET
Thu, Mar 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#101
Fri, Mar 27th	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252
Mon, Mar 30th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67
Tue, Mar 31st	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Wed, Apr 1st	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#24	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ WSH	Miles Mikolas (3-8)	#295	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95
Sat, Apr 4th	@ WSH	Jake Irvin (2-5)	#169	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55
Sun, Apr 5th	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-3)	#56	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#125
Mon, Apr 6th	@ TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#149	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19
Tue, Apr 7th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Apr 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#90
Thu, Apr 9th				@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Sat, Apr 11th	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sun, Apr 12th	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-7)	#7	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60
Tue, Apr 14th	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Wed, Apr 15th	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#121	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#129
Thu, Apr 16th				vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Fri, Apr 17th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22
Sat, Apr 18th	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (4-5)	#435	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#111
Sun, Apr 19th	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#237
Mon, Apr 20th	@ COL	Jose Quintana (2-3)	#433	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Tue, Apr 21st	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#43
Wed, Apr 22nd	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#217
Thu, Apr 23rd	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141
Fri, Apr 24th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-7)	#106
Sat, Apr 25th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#151
Sun, Apr 26th	vs CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#277
Tue, Apr 28th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	@ ATL	Martin Perez (7-6)	#216
Wed, Apr 29th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#60	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#278
Thu, Apr 30th				@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136
Fri, May 1st	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#118	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, May 2nd	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#95	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Sun, May 3rd	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#55	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#123
Mon, May 4th	@ HOU	Steven Okert		vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42
Tue, May 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#152
Wed, May 6th	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#284	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#28
Fri, May 8th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#8	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#110
Sat, May 9th	vs ATL	Spencer Strider (4-2)	#267	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, May 10th	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#136	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Tue, May 12th	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#239	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40
Wed, May 13th	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#96	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50
Thu, May 14th	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34
Fri, May 15th	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#68
Sat, May 16th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#146
Sun, May 17th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (5-10)	#27
Mon, May 18th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#135
Tue, May 19th	@ SD	Griffin Canning (2-9)	#155	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#44
Wed, May 20th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Thu, May 21st				vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Fri, May 22nd	@ MIL	Logan Henderson (5-1)	#36	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)
Sun, May 24th	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#141	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Tue, May 26th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Wed, May 27th	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#437	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, May 28th				vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Fri, May 29th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, May 30th	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#11	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182
Sun, May 31st	vs PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#206	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64
Mon, Jun 1st	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#67	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#186
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#172	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97
Fri, Jun 5th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Sat, Jun 6th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#39
Sun, Jun 7th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#4	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Wed, Jun 10th	@ PIT	Jared Jones (2-2)	#47	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#403
Thu, Jun 11th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#112	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#182	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#53
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#64	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#88
Mon, Jun 15th	vs TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#97	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Tue, Jun 16th	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (10-5)	#20	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Wed, Jun 17th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#49	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#153
Fri, Jun 19th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#297	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#208
Sat, Jun 20th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#138
Sun, Jun 21st	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#81
Mon, Jun 22nd	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#131	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25
Tue, Jun 23rd	@ MIN	Kendry Rojas (1-1)	#240	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#104
Wed, Jun 24th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#19	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Thu, Jun 25th				vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#139
Fri, Jun 26th	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#213	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#282
Sat, Jun 27th	@ SD	Kyle Hart (0-2)	#219	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#261
Sun, Jun 28th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#17
Mon, Jun 29th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#71
Tue, Jun 30th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#14
Wed, Jul 1st	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#69
Thu, Jul 2nd	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#252	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#15
Sat, Jul 4th	vs SD	Wandy Peralta (2-2)	#244	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#289
Sun, Jul 5th	vs SD	JP Sears (3-4)	#164	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#79
Tue, Jul 7th	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#436	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#160
Wed, Jul 8th	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#248	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Thu, Jul 9th				vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#178
Fri, Jul 10th	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59
Sat, Jul 11th	vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3
Sun, Jul 12th	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#204	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Fri, Jul 17th	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#25	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#33
Sat, Jul 18th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ NYY	Ryan Yarbrough (2-1)	#235	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (14-4)	#3	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#220
Tue, Jul 21st	@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#176
Thu, Jul 23rd				vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#434
Fri, Jul 24th	@ NYM	Sean Manaea (2-5)	#107	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#344
Sat, Jul 25th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#34	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73
Sun, Jul 26th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#40	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-4)	#280
Mon, Jul 27th				vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#45
Tue, Jul 28th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#116
Wed, Jul 29th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#66
Fri, Jul 31st	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#22	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#246
Sat, Aug 1st	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#42	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-7)	#98
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#83	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Tue, Aug 4th	@ CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#161	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#61
Wed, Aug 5th	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-9)	#23	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#105
Thu, Aug 6th				@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#124	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#78
Sat, Aug 8th	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#63
Sun, Aug 9th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#128	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#18
Tue, Aug 11th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#73	vs CLE
Wed, Aug 12th	vs KC			vs CLE
Thu, Aug 13th	vs MIL			vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sat, Aug 15th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Sun, Aug 16th	vs MIL			vs CWS
Mon, Aug 17th	@ COL			@ PIT
Tue, Aug 18th	@ COL			@ PIT
Wed, Aug 19th	@ COL			@ PIT
Fri, Aug 21st	vs PIT			@ KC
Sat, Aug 22nd	vs PIT			@ KC
Sun, Aug 23rd	vs PIT			@ KC
Mon, Aug 24th				vs TB
Tue, Aug 25th	@ ATL			vs TB
Wed, Aug 26th	@ ATL			vs TB
Fri, Aug 28th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sat, Aug 29th	@ DET			vs LAD
Sun, Aug 30th	@ DET			vs LAD
Mon, Aug 31st				@ MIN
Tue, Sep 1st	vs STL			@ MIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs STL			@ MIN
Fri, Sep 4th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sat, Sep 5th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Sun, Sep 6th	vs WSH			@ CLE
Mon, Sep 7th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Wed, Sep 9th	vs CIN			vs MIN
Fri, Sep 11th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sat, Sep 12th	@ MIA			vs COL
Sun, Sep 13th	@ MIA			vs COL
Mon, Sep 14th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Wed, Sep 16th	@ CIN			@ TOR
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CIN			@ CWS
Fri, Sep 18th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sat, Sep 19th	vs SF			@ CWS
Sun, Sep 20th	vs SF			@ CWS
Mon, Sep 21st				vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs SD			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs SD			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SF			vs PIT
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SF			vs PIT
Mon, Apr 13th	vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#89
Mon, Apr 27th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)
Mon, May 11th	vs SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)
Sat, May 23rd	@ MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115
Mon, May 25th	vs COL	Tanner Gordon (0-2)	#425
Thu, Jun 4th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#207
Sun, Jun 14th	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#170
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Mon, Jul 6th	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#394
Thu, Jul 30th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#37
Mon, Aug 10th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Aug 27th	@ ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	vs STL
Thu, Sep 24th	vs SD

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Shohei Ohtani (2026)

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