Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Walker Buehler (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

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

Rest of Season	# 58	# 192
VBR	# 181	# 683

Projections

Strikeouts	59	38
Wins	4	2
Saves	0	0
ERA	3.71	4.78
WHIP	1.33	1.47

Misc

Injury Alert	-	-

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 65	# 197

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 61	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 70	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 68	# 202

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 39	# 385

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 26	# 125

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Stats


Games Played	21	21

Games Started	21	21

Innings Pitched	113.1	100.0

Wins	5	6

Losses	7	5

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	113	99

Earned Runs	57	57

Home Runs Allowed	12	13

Strikeouts	92	91

Walks	41	42

ERA	4.53	5.13

WHIP	1.36	1.41

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Walker Buehler SP - SD
2026 Projections


Games Played	11	11

Games Started	11	8

Innings Pitched	67.3	45.9

Wins	4	2

Losses	4	3

Saves	0	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	0	0

Hits Allowed	63	46

Earned Runs	28	24

Home Runs Allowed	6	7

Strikeouts	59	38

Walks	23	19

ERA	3.71	4.78

WHIP	1.33	1.47

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Framber Valdez SP - DET	Walker Buehler SP - SD
News
	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	Walker Buehler allowed three runs (two earned) on four hits over 5 1/3 innings with seven strikeouts and two walks in a no-decision on Sunday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Mon, Jul 27th
	Framber Valdez has been reinstated from the bereavement list by the Detroit Tigers the club announced. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 18th	Walker Buehler allowed two runs on two hits over 5 2/3 innings with three strikeouts and five walks in a win on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Wed, Jul 22nd
	The Tigers placed LHP Framber Valdez on the bereavement list. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th	Walker Buehler will start on Tuesday against the Braves. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 19th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed four runs on three hits over two innings with one strikeout and four walks in a no-decision on Saturday against the Blue Jays. Ari Koslow Sun, Jul 12th
	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	Walker Buehler allowed seven runs on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and one walk in a loss on Monday against the Diamondbacks. Ari Koslow Tue, Jul 7th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Framber Valdez SP - DET			Walker Buehler SP - SD
Thu, Mar 26th	@ SD	Nick Pivetta (1-2)	#120	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Fri, Mar 27th	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#52	vs DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Mar 28th	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#268	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#73
Mon, Mar 30th	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#71	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Mar 31st	@ ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, Apr 1st	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Sat, Apr 4th	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#141
Sun, Apr 5th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26
Mon, Apr 6th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-6)	#15	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#124
Tue, Apr 7th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Wed, Apr 8th	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#93	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#134
Thu, Apr 9th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Fri, Apr 10th	vs MIA	Chris Paddack (0-7)		vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Sat, Apr 11th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112	vs COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Sun, Apr 12th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#57	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#260
Tue, Apr 14th	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14
Wed, Apr 15th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Thu, Apr 16th	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64
Fri, Apr 17th	@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#26	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44
Sat, Apr 18th	@ BOS	Brayan Bello (2-6)	#130	@ LAA	Yusei Kikuchi (0-3)	#127
Sun, Apr 19th	@ BOS	Garrett Crochet (3-3)	#191	@ LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#313
Mon, Apr 20th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29
Tue, Apr 21st	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54	@ COL	Jimmy Herget (0-3)	#235
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs MIL	DL Hall (0-0)	#228	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433
Thu, Apr 23rd	vs MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148	@ COL	Ryan Feltner (3-5)	#431
Fri, Apr 24th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sat, Apr 25th	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157	@ ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Sun, Apr 26th	@ CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#273	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#204
Tue, Apr 28th	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169	vs CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#117
Wed, Apr 29th	@ ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103
Thu, Apr 30th	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Fri, May 1st	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#231
Sat, May 2nd	vs TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86
Sun, May 3rd	vs TEX	Jack Leiter (3-7)	#132	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195
Mon, May 4th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (5-6)	#53	@ SF	Trevor McDonald (3-7)	#244
Tue, May 5th	vs BOS	Jovani Moran (2-2)	#172	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Wed, May 6th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#184
Fri, May 8th	@ KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#118	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#90
Sat, May 9th	@ KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	vs STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Sun, May 10th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Tue, May 12th	@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#43	@ MIL	Brandon Sproat (3-5)	#148
Wed, May 13th	@ NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#9
Thu, May 14th	@ NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#54
Fri, May 15th	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79	@ SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#98
Sat, May 16th	vs TOR	Mason Fluharty (4-1)	#175	@ SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#10
Sun, May 17th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-8)	#21
Mon, May 18th	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#113	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Tue, May 19th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#51	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Wed, May 20th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	vs LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Thu, May 21st	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80
Fri, May 22nd	@ BAL	Keegan Akin (0-1)		vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142
Sun, May 24th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs ATH	Luis Medina (2-2)	#262
Tue, May 26th	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, May 27th	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, May 28th	vs LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129
Fri, May 29th	@ CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ WSH	Paxton Schultz
Sat, May 30th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#195	@ WSH	Foster Griffin (12-2)	#49
Sun, May 31st	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#86	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#178
Mon, Jun 1st	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#69
Tue, Jun 2nd	@ TB	Steven Matz (4-4)	#193	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Wed, Jun 3rd	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#108	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 5th	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-7)	#14	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Sat, Jun 6th	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#41	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#31
Sun, Jun 7th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (4-2)	#189
Tue, Jun 9th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#58	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#22
Wed, Jun 10th	vs MIN	Mike Paredes (0-3)	#323	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#157
Thu, Jun 11th	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#116
Fri, Jun 12th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#46	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#63
Sat, Jun 13th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#80	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#294
Mon, Jun 15th	@ HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#45
Tue, Jun 16th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#136
Wed, Jun 17th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#137	@ STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#115
Fri, Jun 19th	vs CWS	Brandon Eisert (2-2)	#207	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#7
Sat, Jun 20th	vs CWS	Sean Newcomb (1-2)	#126	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#32
Sun, Jun 21st	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#95	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#25	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#158
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs NYY	Carlos Rodon (4-2)	#78	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#291
Wed, Jun 24th	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jun 25th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#119
Fri, Jun 26th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#161	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jun 27th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#241	vs LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jun 28th	vs HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#23	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Mon, Jun 29th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#67	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Tue, Jun 30th	@ NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Wed, Jul 1st	@ NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#62	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#102
Sat, Jul 4th	@ TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#312	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#11
Sun, Jul 5th	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (3-8)	#94	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#36
Tue, Jul 7th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#180
Wed, Jul 8th	vs ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs ARI
Thu, Jul 9th	vs ATH	Jose Suarez	#151	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#123
Fri, Jul 10th	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#83
Sat, Jul 11th	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#79
Sun, Jul 12th	vs PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Fri, Jul 17th	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#39	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#140
Sat, Jul 18th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#129	@ KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430
Sun, Jul 19th	@ LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-5)	#177	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Mon, Jul 20th	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#103	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#149
Tue, Jul 21st	@ CHC	David Peterson (5-7)	#66	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#92
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#192	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#169
Thu, Jul 23rd	vs KC	Randy Dobnak (0-0)	#430	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#5
Fri, Jul 24th	vs KC	Beck Way (1-1)	#406	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#213
Sat, Jul 25th	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#70	@ MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#40
Sun, Jul 26th	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#271	@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#112
Mon, Jul 27th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#42
Tue, Jul 28th	vs BAL	Dean Kremer (1-3)	#89	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 29th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81	vs COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#230
Fri, Jul 31st	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-10)	#142	vs SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-1)	#170
Sat, Aug 1st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-5)	#111	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (2-9)	#85
Sun, Aug 2nd	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#88	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#60
Tue, Aug 4th	@ SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Wed, Aug 5th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Thu, Aug 6th	@ SEA			@ ARI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SF			vs HOU
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SF			vs HOU
Tue, Aug 11th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Wed, Aug 12th	vs CLE			vs MIL
Thu, Aug 13th	vs CLE
Fri, Aug 14th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sat, Aug 15th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Sun, Aug 16th	vs CWS			@ CLE
Mon, Aug 17th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Tue, Aug 18th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Wed, Aug 19th	@ PIT			@ NYM
Fri, Aug 21st	@ KC			vs MIN
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ KC			vs MIN
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ KC			vs MIN
Mon, Aug 24th	vs TB			vs PIT
Tue, Aug 25th	vs TB			vs PIT
Wed, Aug 26th	vs TB			vs PIT
Fri, Aug 28th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sat, Aug 29th	vs LAD			@ TB
Sun, Aug 30th	vs LAD			@ TB
Mon, Aug 31st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Tue, Sep 1st	@ MIN			@ CIN
Wed, Sep 2nd	@ MIN			@ CIN
Fri, Sep 4th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sat, Sep 5th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Sun, Sep 6th	@ CLE			vs NYY
Mon, Sep 7th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Tue, Sep 8th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Wed, Sep 9th	vs MIN			vs WSH
Fri, Sep 11th	vs COL			@ SF
Sat, Sep 12th	vs COL			@ SF
Sun, Sep 13th	vs COL			@ SF
Mon, Sep 14th	@ TOR			@ COL
Tue, Sep 15th	@ TOR			@ COL
Wed, Sep 16th	@ TOR			@ COL
Thu, Sep 17th	@ CWS			@ COL
Fri, Sep 18th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sat, Sep 19th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Sun, Sep 20th	@ CWS			vs MIA
Mon, Sep 21st	vs WSH
Tue, Sep 22nd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Wed, Sep 23rd	vs WSH			@ LAD
Fri, Sep 25th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sat, Sep 26th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Sun, Sep 27th	vs PIT			vs ARI
Mon, Apr 27th				vs CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#38
Thu, May 7th				vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-7)	#96
Sat, May 23rd				vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#146
Mon, May 25th				vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#8
Thu, Jun 4th				@ PHI	Zack Wheeler (10-2)	#6
Mon, Jun 8th				vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#97
Sun, Jun 14th				@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#81
Fri, Jul 3rd				@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1
Mon, Jul 6th				vs ARI	Brandon Pfaadt (5-1)	#77
Thu, Jul 30th				vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#68
Mon, Aug 3rd				@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#107
Mon, Aug 10th				vs MIL
Thu, Sep 24th				@ LAD

Who Should I Trade?

Framber Valdez for Walker Buehler (2026)

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