Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for T.J. Nichols (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 61	‐
VBR	# 189	‐

Projections

Strikeouts	52	2
Wins	4	0
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.80	3.95
WHIP	1.34	1.32

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 50	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	‐

Games Started	21	‐

Innings Pitched	113.1	‐

Wins	5	‐

Losses	7	‐

Saves	0	‐

Blown Saves	0	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	113	‐

Earned Runs	57	‐

Home Runs Allowed	12	‐

Strikeouts	92	‐

Walks	41	‐

ERA	4.53	‐

WHIP	1.36	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
2026 Projections


Games Played	10	13

Games Started	10	1

Innings Pitched	59.9	2.3

Wins	4	0

Losses	3	0

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	56	2

Earned Runs	25	1

Home Runs Allowed	5	1

Strikeouts	52	2

Walks	21	1

ERA	3.80	3.95

WHIP	1.34	1.32

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	T.J. Nichols SP - TB
News
	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 Rays reassigned RHP T.J. Nichols to minor league camp. Ari Koslow Thu, Mar 5th
	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
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			T.J. Nichols SP - TB
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#76	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#63	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#83	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#165
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86	vs CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (3-6)	#117	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#243	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#47	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#210	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-6)	#151
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#86
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#290	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#124	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#158	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	vs MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (5-1)	#149	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#38
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	vs DET	Ty Madden	#249
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#187	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#190
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#291	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#421
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#136	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#193
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#108	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	vs ARI
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (4-5)	#24
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#171	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#218
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-9)	#59	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#5	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#217
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#126
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (6-7)	#85	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (8-7)	#175	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#172
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (1-0)	#431	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#360	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-8)	#74	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#275	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (4-3)	#287
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs CWS	Jordan Hicks (1-1)	#186
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-3)	#246
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#81	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			@ ATH
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			vs BAL
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			vs TOR
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			@ BAL
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			@ BAL
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			@ BAL
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			@ DET
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			@ DET
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			@ DET
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			vs SD
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			vs SD
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			vs NYM
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			vs NYM
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			@ TEX
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			vs HOU
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			vs HOU
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			vs ATH
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs BOS
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			@ PHI
Sun, Mar 29th				@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#56
Mon, Apr 27th				@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45
Thu, May 7th				@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88
Mon, May 11th				@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#27
Mon, May 25th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Mon, Jun 8th				vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Jun 14th				@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#128
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268
Mon, Jul 6th				vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Thu, Jul 30th				vs TEX	Cole Winn
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433
Mon, Aug 10th				@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Thu, Aug 20th				vs TOR
Thu, Sep 3rd				@ TEX
Thu, Sep 10th				@ ATL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ NYY

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for T.J. Nichols (2026)

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