Framber Valdez
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 5' 11" 239LBS | Age: 29
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 11 6 3.14 22 22 0 134.2 125 1.25
2022 17 6 2.82 31 31 0 201.1 194 1.16
2023 12 11 3.39 30 30 0 194 193 1.10
6 Seasons 53 34 3.38 128 106 0 708.1 690 1.21
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 22 11-6 3.14 134.2 125 1.25
2022 31 17-6 2.82 201.1 194 1.16
2023 30 12-11 3.39 194 193 1.10
6 Seasons 128 53-34 3.38 708.1 690 1.21
MLB Percentile Rankings
Pitch Distribution

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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 Sweet
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2018 24 633 92 3 3.3 1.9 86.2 111.6 -4.2 19.6 .175 .249 .281 .279 .255 20.7 22.1 15.6 2.19 3.25
2019 25 1175 213 11 5.2 3.3 89.5 112.8 -1.3 24.9 .243 .363 .342 .321 .340 40.4 20.7 13.4 5.86 4.57
2020 26 1049 191 15 7.9 5.2 91.4 114.6 -0.8 33.5 .239 .379 .279 .301 .378 48.7 26.4 5.6 3.57 3.82
2021 27 2090 378 22 5.8 3.8 90.8 119.6 -5.5 21.4 .231 .343 .288 .301 .330 44.4 21.9 10.1 3.14 3.81
2022 28 3018 555 32 5.8 3.9 89.8 118.4 -3.6 24.0 .227 .329 .272 .284 .327 41.6 23.5 8.1 2.82 3.31
2023 29 2869 530 42 7.9 5.3 91.5 114.8 4.2 30.8 .249 .403 .283 .317 .389 45.7 24.6 6.6 3.39 4.22
Player 10834 1959 125 6.4 4.2 90.4 119.6 -1.4 26.1 .234 .357 .287 .302 .347 42.8 23.3 8.8
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .316 .369 36.3 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Valdez relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(46.9%) ,
Curveball
(24.2%) ,
Changeup
(15.7%) ,
Cutter
(12.9%) ,
4-Seam Fastball
(0.2%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 70.7 13.0 14.1 2.2 38.0 40.2 21.7 2.2 63.0 14.1 15.2 1.1 3.3 1.9
2019 62.0 13.1 21.1 3.8 41.3 36.2 22.5 3.3 50.7 11.3 23.9 5.6 5.2 3.3
2020 60.2 14.7 24.1 1.0 31.4 41.4 27.2 1.6 47.1 11.5 22.5 8.4 7.9 5.2
2021 70.4 11.1 17.2 1.3 41.5 38.4 20.1 2.4 56.1 7.4 23.3 4.5 5.8 3.8
2022 67.4 10.6 19.5 2.5 38.4 39.5 22.2 4.1 52.4 10.5 23.6 2.5 5.8 3.9
2023 55.1 18.7 23.8 2.5 39.8 36.2 24.0 2.6 43.0 14.3 24.5 7.0 7.9 5.3
Player 63.5 13.7 20.6 2.2 39.0 38.2 22.8 3.0 50.4 11.3 23.3 5.0 6.4 4.2
MLB 44.7 23.4 24.9 7.0 37.0 37.6 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2023 Sinker HOU L 1,341 95.3 20.5 -0.3 -1 15.8 1.0 6
2023 Changeup HOU L 451 90.1 29.2 0.7 2 15.4 0.6 4
2023 Cutter HOU L 369 85.5 39.2 -8.1 -26 2.7 -0.5 -16
2023 4-Seamer HOU L 7 95.1 18.4 -4.0 -28 6.6 -1.2 -15
2023 Curveball HOU L 692 80.2 57.4 4.9 9 8.8 1.5 20
2022 4-Seamer HOU L 110 94.1 22.1 -7.5 -52 7.4 0.4 5
2022 Changeup HOU L 273 88.7 33.0 4.0 14 15.3 1.0 7
2022 Cutter HOU L 311 83.0 45.0 -10.3 -30 3.7 -0.3 -8
2022 Sinker HOU L 1,478 93.9 24.2 3.0 14 14.4 -0.3 -2
2022 Curveball HOU L 846 79.1 60.5 6.3 12 11.7 3.4 40
2021 Curveball HOU L 643 77.9 61.0 5.6 10 13.5 4.5 50
2021 Changeup HOU L 252 87.5 34.4 5.0 17 13.0 -1.3 -9
2021 Sinker HOU L 1,089 92.5 27.2 4.5 20 13.0 -1.9 -13
2021 4-Seamer HOU L 105 92.1 22.0 -6.2 -39 5.0 -2.2 -31
2020 Curveball HOU L 351 80.5 56.2 5.6 11 13.2 4.5 51
2020 Sinker HOU L 575 93.1 25.8 3.9 18 12.6 -2.3 -15
2020 4-Seamer HOU L 21 93.2 20.7 -5.3 -34 2.0 -5.2 -72
2020 Changeup HOU L 101 88.7 32.2 2.9 10 12.9 -1.4 -10
2019 Curveball HOU L 402 79.4 59.8 5.9 11 13.7 4.5 49
2019 Changeup HOU L 78 88.6 33.1 4.0 14 12.3 -2.1 -15
2019 4-Seamer HOU L 211 94.2 19.2 -3.4 -22 4.2 -3.5 -45
2019 Sinker HOU L 484 92.6 27.4 4.8 21 12.5 -2.4 -16
2018 4-Seamer HOU L 147 92.6 18.8 -2.4 -14 6.2 -1.4 -18
2018 Curveball HOU L 191 79.7 58.9 4.9 9 12.8 4.2 48
2018 Changeup HOU L 21 87.7 35.5 5.1 17 14.7 0.5 4
2018 Sinker HOU L 274 91.7 30.2 7.0 30 15.4 0.6 4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2023 Sinker 0.8 11 1,346 46.9 382 .276 .442 .350 12.7 9.2 20.8 .300 .492 .381 49.5
2023 Curveball 1.1 7 694 24.2 175 .168 .224 .205 39.1 44.6 26.3 .182 .261 .229 38.8
2023 Changeup 0.6 3 451 15.7 121 .204 .310 .276 31.0 24.0 27.9 .245 .376 .295 39.1
2023 Cutter -0.9 -3 369 12.9 104 .173 .337 .252 44.5 49.0 29.3 .180 .326 .243 44.7
2023 4-Seamer -19.5 -1 7 0.2 3 1.000 4.000 1.133 0.0 0.0 0.0 .980 3.788 1.113 100.0
2022 Sinker 0.3 4 1,478 49.0 394 .293 .409 .359 12.1 7.1 12.3 .295 .438 .357 47.1
2022 Curveball 1.2 11 846 28.0 243 .146 .196 .210 45.4 50.6 30.4 .146 .203 .202 34.7
2022 Cutter 1.7 5 311 10.3 89 .118 .200 .175 35.4 32.6 26.1 .168 .254 .200 33.3
2022 Changeup 1.8 5 273 9.0 68 .239 .269 .222 23.8 17.6 22.6 .206 .290 .223 32.7
2022 4-Seamer 0.3 0 110 3.6 33 .227 .227 .370 7.7 6.1 6.9 .255 .279 .390 35.0
2021 Sinker 0.9 9 1,089 52.1 276 .263 .356 .325 13.8 7.6 13.2 .276 .409 .337 49.8
2021 Curveball 1.8 12 644 30.8 191 .125 .196 .210 44.4 46.6 31.6 .156 .225 .228 27.8
2021 Changeup 0.3 1 252 12.1 68 .258 .470 .328 32.8 17.6 28.6 .243 .364 .269 40.0
2021 4-Seamer -2.0 -2 105 5.0 36 .350 .600 .536 10.3 8.3 20.0 .256 .451 .478 64.7
2020 Sinker 0.8 4 575 54.8 152 .326 .420 .361 12.5 8.6 14.8 .306 .489 .378 55.5
2020 Curveball 2.1 7 351 33.5 114 .124 .229 .202 41.9 52.6 37.0 .137 .215 .195 31.1
2020 Changeup -0.5 -1 102 9.7 19 .278 .444 .311 27.5 10.5 18.2 .326 .511 .361 47.1
2020 4-Seamer -1.5 0 21 2.0 3 .000 .000 .233 60.0 33.3 14.3 .143 .176 .322 0.0
2019 Sinker -0.1 0 484 41.2 141 .317 .458 .391 16.1 7.1 16.1 .313 .457 .381 45.0
2019 Curveball 0.4 2 402 34.2 104 .118 .258 .230 46.6 54.8 32.9 .114 .179 .192 30.6
2019 4-Seamer -3.1 -7 211 18.0 69 .392 .549 .465 8.9 1.4 2.6 .286 .429 .400 36.5
2019 Changeup -1.3 -1 78 6.6 15 .385 .692 .443 37.8 0.0 0.0 .352 .548 .376 42.9
2018 Sinker 2.1 6 274 43.3 63 .160 .240 .286 17.9 12.7 15.1 .167 .234 .287 21.4
2018 Curveball 1.0 2 191 30.2 48 .098 .122 .199 36.8 41.7 23.0 .110 .122 .205 14.3
2018 4-Seamer 0.4 1 147 23.2 38 .250 .438 .358 14.3 15.8 27.3 .277 .445 .374 23.1
2018 Changeup -1.7 0 21 3.3 5 .667 1.000 .710 30.0 0.0 0.0 .106 .136 .340 33.3
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2023 Changeup 416 90.1 85 16.8 10:30 9:30 60
2023 Curveball 668 80.2 77 19.7 5:00 5:00 0
2023 Cutter 354 85.5 32 6.9 3:45 4:15 -30
2023 Sinker 1,300 95.3 84 18.9 11:00 10:00 60
2022 Changeup 234 88.7 80 16.3 10:15 9:00 75
2022 Curveball 833 79.1 82 22.9 5:00 5:00 0
2022 Cutter 309 83.0 39 8.5 4:15 5:00 -45
2022 4-Seam Fastball 108 94.1 66 11.3 11:00 10:30 30
2022 Sinker 1,435 93.9 73 16.3 10:45 9:45 60
2021 Changeup 216 87.5 75 13.8 10:15 9:00 75
2021 Curveball 630 77.9 86 23.3 4:45 4:45 0
2021 4-Seam Fastball 105 92.1 64 10.8 10:45 11:00 -15
2021 Sinker 1,061 92.5 69 14.3 10:45 9:30 75
2020 Changeup 71 88.8 76 14.0 10:30 9:15 75
2020 Curveball 278 80.6 77 21.5 4:30 4:45 -15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 18 93.2 64 10.1 10:45 11:45 -60
2020 Sinker 481 93.1 70 14.1 10:45 9:45 60
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 154 633 12 5 -5 -5 8
2019 329 1,175 1 6 -6 -7 -6
2020 378 1,414 11 17 -6 -5 17
2021 663 2,415 6 36 -15 -15 12
2022 923 3,408 31 27 -11 -16 31
2023 785 2,867 6 28 -8 -9 17
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2018 633 44.5 59.9 83.4 21.9 62.3 43.6 50.6 38.9 22.8 5.7 58.3
2019 1,175 49.8 63.1 83.2 24.2 49.0 42.8 58.7 43.6 26.0 8.0 74.5
2020 1,049 52.4 61.3 84.0 26.7 52.6 43.0 59.7 44.8 24.3 8.8 77.2
2021 2,090 48.7 61.5 85.8 24.3 42.7 42.0 54.2 42.4 26.0 6.7 74.5
2022 3,018 52.1 64.5 85.0 27.9 45.2 41.7 59.3 47.0 25.6 9.2 74.0
2023 2,869 50.4 65.2 86.3 29.1 43.5 40.7 58.8 47.4 26.5 8.5 75.3
Player 10,834 50.3 63.4 85.1 26.6 46.2 41.9 57.7 45.1 25.7 8.2 74.2
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.5 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2018 37 45 97 21
2019 42 51 77 91 11 69 83 25 18 32 5 54 6 47 35 96 24
2020 61 50 58 64 68 6 38 5 4 65 86 33 40 46 49 96 17
2021 63 60 81 88 35 36 81 9 11 37 25 49 12 29 36 91 15
2022 71 62 83 88 58 18 75 16 18 54 46 52 32 50 43 90 14
2023 47 41 50 56 56 8 49 2 7 60 77 53 53 73 37 90 10
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2018 24.8 3 2.9 0 0 2 1 33.3
2019 25.3 9 9.7 -1 2 5 6 66.7
2020 22.3 8 6.9 1 2 7 3 37.5
2021 23.4 18 16.0 2 3 16 5 27.8
2022 23.2 12 12.9 -1 3 14 3 25.0
2023 23.7 18 19.3 -1 11 16 8 44.4
Player 23.6 68 67.7 0 21 60 26 38.2

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2018 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 9 11 9 10 9 9 10 8 9 8 9 9 12 9 9 10 7 9 10 9 11 12 11 11 8 10 9 11 12 10 9
2020 8 8 5 10 9 7 9 7 7 4 4 8 7 5 7 6 7 7 6 10 6 5 11 6 6 5 9 9 7 7 4
2021 18 19 10 19 19 17 21 16 15 8 13 20 15 8 17 23 12 14 13 18 11 17 21 21 13 15 21 19 17 15 14
2022 12 14 8 12 12 13 14 13 7 10 9 11 17 14 16 16 14 14 11 13 14 14 19 13 12 11 11 15 14 13 13
2023 18 15 14 22 19 19 18 18 17 15 17 17 23 16 21 24 21 15 24 25 17 20 29 26 14 13 23 19 24 18 15
Player 68 70 47 76 71 68 75 65 58 48 55 68 77 55 73 82 64 62 67 78 62 70 94 80 56 57 76 76 77 66 58
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 92.1 93.1 1.0 ↑ 93.1 0.0 92.4 -0.7 ↓ 92.1 -0.3 ↓ 93.2 1.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 87.7 88.6 0.9 ↑ 88.8 0.2 ↑ 87.5 -1.3 ↓ 88.7 1.2 ↑ 90.1 1.4 ↑
Breaking Velocity 79.7 79.4 -0.3 ↓ 80.5 1.1 ↑ 77.9 -2.6 ↓ 79.1 1.2 ↑ 80.2 1.1 ↑
Exit Velocity 86.2 89.5 3.3 ↑ 91.4 1.9 ↑ 90.8 -0.6 ↓ 89.8 -1.0 ↓ 91.5 1.7 ↑
Launch Angle -4.2 -1.3 2.9 ↑ -0.8 0.5 ↑ -5.5 -4.7 ↓ -3.6 1.9 ↑ 4.2 7.8 ↑
Barrel % 3.3 5.2 1.9 ↑ 7.9 2.7 ↑ 5.8 -2.1 ↓ 5.8 0.0 7.9 2.1 ↑
Hard Hit % 20.7 40.4 19.7 ↑ 48.7 8.3 ↑ 44.4 -4.3 ↓ 41.6 -2.8 ↓ 45.7 4.1 ↑
Sweet Spot % 19.6 24.9 5.3 ↑ 33.5 8.6 ↑ 21.4 -12.1 ↓ 24.0 2.6 ↑ 30.8 6.8 ↑
xBA .175 .243 0.068 ↑ .239 -0.004 ↓ .231 -0.008 ↓ .227 -0.004 ↓ .249 0.022 ↑
BA .175 .267 0.092 ↑ .240 -0.027 ↓ .220 -0.020 ↓ .223 0.003 ↑ .226 0.003 ↑
xwOBA .279 .321 0.042 ↑ .301 -0.020 ↓ .301 0.000 .284 -0.017 ↓ .317 0.033 ↑
wOBA .281 .342 0.061 ↑ .279 -0.063 ↓ .288 0.009 ↑ .272 -0.016 ↓ .283 0.011 ↑
xSLG .249 .363 0.114 ↑ .379 0.016 ↑ .343 -0.036 ↓ .329 -0.014 ↓ .403 0.074 ↑
SLG .270 .419 0.149 ↑ .342 -0.077 ↓ .327 -0.015 ↓ .305 -0.022 ↓ .361 0.056 ↑
K% 22.1 20.7 -1.4 ↓ 26.4 5.7 ↑ 21.9 -4.5 ↓ 23.5 1.6 ↑ 24.6 1.1 ↑
BB% 15.6 13.4 -2.2 ↓ 5.6 -7.8 ↓ 10.1 4.5 ↑ 8.1 -2.0 ↓ 6.6 -1.5 ↓
Swing % 38.9 43.6 4.7 ↑ 44.8 1.2 ↑ 42.4 -2.4 ↓ 47.0 4.6 ↑ 47.4 0.4 ↑
Whiff% 22.8 26.0 3.2 ↑ 24.3 -1.7 ↓ 26.0 1.7 ↑ 25.6 -0.4 ↓ 26.5 0.9 ↑
In Zone % 44.5 49.8 5.3 ↑ 52.4 2.6 ↑ 48.7 -3.7 ↓ 52.1 3.4 ↑ 50.4 -1.7 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.5 50.2 -5.3 ↓ 47.6 -2.6 ↓ 51.3 3.7 ↑ 47.9 -3.4 ↓ 49.6 1.7 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 21.9 24.2 2.3 ↑ 26.7 2.5 ↑ 24.3 -2.4 ↓ 27.9 3.6 ↑ 29.1 1.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 22.7 32.5 9.8 ↑ 24.0 -8.5 ↓ 24.5 0.5 ↑ 30.5 6.0 ↑ 32.6 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Strike % 50.6 58.7 8.1 ↑ 59.7 1.0 ↑ 54.2 -5.5 ↓ 59.3 5.1 ↑ 58.8 -0.5 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 154 .281 114 20 17.5 40 23 57.5
2019 Shifts 329 .342 236 67 28.4 93 63 67.7
2020 Shifts 288 .279 208 63 30.3 80 71 88.8
2021 Shifts 571 .288 476 114 23.9 95 71 74.7
2022 Shifts 827 .272 680 98 14.4 147 118 80.3
2023 Shades 775 .286 639 60 9.4 136 61 44.9
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2018 211 17.2 20.4% 0.5% 113 25.3 0.0% 17.7%
2019 331 17.3 19.6% 1.8% 215 22.5 0.0% 7.4%
2020 357 18.8 13.4% 2.5% 144 25.2 0.0% 12.5%
2021 650 16.4 38.3% 1.4% 351 23.0 0.3% 9.4%
2022 904 17.8 25.9% 3.7% 452 21.3 5.1% 7.3%
2023 848 16.4 36.3% 0.5% 398 19.5 5.3% 1.3%
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Pitch Distribution

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