Framber Valdez
P | Bats/Throws: R/L | 5' 11" 230LBS | Age: 31
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2023 12 11 3.45 31 31 0 198 200 1.13
2024 15 7 2.91 28 28 0 176.1 169 1.11
2025 1 3 4.00 6 6 0 36 31 1.19
8 Seasons 69 44 3.33 163 141 0 924.2 897 1.20
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2023 31 12-11 3.45 198 200 1.13
2024 28 15-7 2.91 176.1 169 1.11
2025 6 1-3 4.00 36 31 1.19
8 Seasons 163 69-44 3.33 924.2 897 1.20
MLB Percentile Rankings
Movement Profile (Induced Break)
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
LA 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 .378 .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 .230 .342 .288 .301 .329 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 .326 41.6 23.5 8.1 2.82 3.31
2023 29 2952 540 43 8.0 5.3 91.5 114.8 4.2 30.9 .252 .409 .287 .320 .392 45.6 24.8 7.1 3.46 4.33
2024 30 2598 473 25 5.3 3.6 90.2 114.7 0.4 26.0 .233 .340 .272 .287 .337 45.0 24.0 7.8 2.91 3.41
2025 31 544 102 8 7.8 5.4 90.6 110.4 6.7 32.4 .270 .404 .309 .334 .383 46.1 20.9 8.8 4.00 4.24
Player 14059 2544 159 6.3 4.2 90.4 119.6 -0.7 26.4 .236 .357 .286 .301 .347 43.4 23.4 8.7
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.2 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 36.6 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Valdez relies on 5 pitches.
Sinker
(47.1%) ,
Curveball
(30.1%) ,
Changeup
(17.3%) ,
Slider
(5.1%) ,
Four Seamer
(0.4%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

AIR: Fly Balls + Line Drives + Popups All Batted Balls Batted Ball Breakdown
Season GB % AIR % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Pull GB % Straight GB % Oppo GB % Pull AIR % Straight AIR % Oppo AIR %
2018 70.7 29.3 13.0 14.1 2.2 38.0 40.2 21.7 30.4 32.6 7.6 7.6 7.6 14.1
2019 62.0 38.0 13.1 21.1 3.8 41.3 36.2 22.5 27.7 25.8 8.5 13.6 10.3 14.1
2020 60.2 39.8 14.7 24.1 1.0 31.4 41.4 27.2 22.5 28.8 8.9 8.9 12.6 18.3
2021 70.4 29.6 11.1 17.2 1.3 41.5 38.4 20.1 33.1 28.6 8.7 8.5 9.8 11.4
2022 67.4 32.6 10.6 19.5 2.5 38.4 39.5 22.2 30.8 27.7 8.8 7.6 11.7 13.3
2023 55.2 44.8 18.5 23.9 2.4 40.6 35.7 23.7 28.5 20.9 5.7 12.0 14.8 18.0
2024 61.7 38.3 15.0 21.8 1.5 38.7 40.4 20.9 29.0 25.6 7.2 9.7 14.8 13.7
2025 52.0 48.0 16.7 26.5 4.9 41.2 33.3 25.5 28.4 16.7 6.9 12.7 16.7 18.6
Player 62.7 37.3 14.0 21.1 2.2 39.2 38.3 22.5 29.3 25.7 7.7 9.9 12.7 14.8
MLB 44.4 55.6 23.8 24.7 7.1 37.2 37.4 25.2 20.6 17.8 5.9 16.6 19.7 19.3
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Quality of Contact

Season Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2018 2.2 63.0 14.1 15.2 1.1 3.3 1.9
2019 3.3 50.7 11.3 23.9 5.6 5.2 3.3
2020 1.6 47.1 11.5 22.5 8.4 7.9 5.2
2021 2.4 56.1 7.4 23.3 4.5 5.8 3.8
2022 4.1 52.4 10.5 23.6 2.5 5.8 3.9
2023 2.6 43.0 14.1 25.0 6.9 8.0 5.3
2024 4.9 47.6 11.8 24.9 5.1 5.3 3.6
2025 4.9 38.2 18.6 27.5 2.9 7.8 5.4
Player 3.4 49.3 11.6 23.9 4.9 6.3 4.2
MLB 3.9 32.6 24.8 24.4 5.9 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: This section shows two different ways to evaluate pitch movement. On the left, “Total Movement” shows the real-world movement of a pitch, including the forces of gravity, which affects every pitch thrown. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren't 'better' just because they have more time to move, a pitch's movement is compared to other pitches of the same pitch type, within +/- 2 MPH and +/- 0.5 feet of extension/release. On the right, Induced Movement (or IVB) is reported without gravity, and attempts to isolate movement created by the pitcher's ability to spin and manipulate the ball.
Total Movement (in inches, w/ gravity)Induced Movement (in inches, w/o gravity)
YearPitchTeamHand#MPHVertical
Drop
vs.
Comparable
Horizontal
Break
vs.
Comparable
Vertical
Break
vs. AvgHorizontal
Break
vs. Avg
2025 Curveball HOU L 164 79.3 58.7 3.5 13.0GLV 2.4 -14.6 5.6 13.0GLV 4.8
2025 Changeup HOU L 94 89.3 33.8 2.8 15.1ARM -0.4 0.7 4.5 15.1ARM 0.5
2025 Slider HOU L 28 84.2 41.0 3.1 4.2GLV -1.7 -2.5 4.3 4.2GLV -0.2
2025 4-Seam Fastball HOU L 2 95.8 13.8 0.6 8.8ARM 0.6 16.0 -0.3 8.8ARM 0.8
2025 Sinker HOU L 256 94.5 23.8 1.1 17.0ARM 1.2 7.2 0.5 17.0ARM 1.5
2024 Curveball HOU L 812 79.7 58.3 5.0 11.1GLV 2.2 -14.6 6.1 11.1GLV 4.0
2024 Sinker HOU L 1201 94.1 24.8 2.0 16.5ARM 1.4 6.3 1.9 16.5ARM 1.4
2024 Changeup HOU L 454 89.9 33.2 3.6 14.8ARM 0.0 1.0 4.9 14.8ARM 0.7
2024 4-Seam Fastball HOU L 18 94.8 24.6 -9.8 9.8ARM 1.8 6.3 -9.4 9.8ARM 1.7
2024 Slider HOU L 112 85.1 39.6 3.2 3.0GLV -2.0 -1.7 3.2 3.0GLV -1.9
! Note: Years are in reverse order.

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 %
2025 Sinker 1.6 4 256 47.1 63 .228 .351 .274 12.2 6.3 9.3 .322 .431 .355 49.1
2025 Curveball -0.8 -1 164 30.1 55 .239 .370 .333 37.3 36.4 25.3 .212 .299 .299 46.2
2025 Changeup -2.8 -3 94 17.3 19 .353 .824 .511 25.0 15.8 11.1 .299 .683 .442 42.9
2025 Slider 7.3 2 28 5.1 11 .000 .000 .000 27.8 36.4 25.0 .203 .273 .207 28.6
2025 4-Seam Fastball -1.9 0 2 0.4 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Sinker 0.8 10 1,201 46.2 340 .280 .411 .344 11.6 10.3 21.7 .301 .451 .359 51.8
2024 Curveball 1.7 14 813 31.3 205 .121 .187 .191 39.8 44.9 25.6 .131 .185 .195 35.9
2024 Changeup 0.3 1 454 17.5 125 .226 .278 .276 35.4 22.4 20.1 .233 .278 .259 35.2
2024 Slider -1.1 -1 112 4.3 30 .233 .467 .295 39.3 40.0 24.0 .187 .406 .250 38.9
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.3 0 18 0.7 2 .000 .000 .000 40.0 50.0 100.0 .139 .142 .130 0.0
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.

Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2025 Changeup 74 89.4 79 16.1 10:15 9:00 75
2025 Curveball 164 79.3 80 22.4 4:30 4:45 -15
2025 Sinker 252 94.5 81 19.0 10:45 9:30 75
2025 Slider 28 84.2 28 6.7 3:15 4:15 -60
2024 Changeup 365 89.8 79 16.0 10:15 9:00 75
2024 Curveball 749 79.6 79 21.2 4:45 5:00 -15
2024 Sinker 1,121 94.1 79 18.3 10:45 9:30 75
2024 Slider 102 85.2 27 6.1 3:15 4:15 -60
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Pitcher Arm Angle

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Statcast Pitching Run Value

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2018 154 633 12 4 -6 -6 4
2019 329 1,175 1 6 -7 -7 -8
2020 288 1,049 5 13 -5 -4 9
2021 571 2,090 17 26 -13 -13 16
2022 827 3,018 27 27 -11 -15 27
2023 807 2,950 0 32 -9 -10 12
2024 702 2,598 21 25 -8 -14 25
2025 148 544 7 -1 -2 -2 2
Player 3,826 14,057 90 130 -62 90 87
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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 26.2 8.0 74.5
2020 1,049 52.4 61.3 84.0 26.7 52.6 43.0 59.7 44.8 24.5 8.8 77.2
2021 2,090 48.7 61.5 85.8 24.3 42.7 42.0 54.2 42.4 26.3 6.7 74.5
2022 3,018 52.1 64.5 85.0 27.9 45.2 41.7 59.3 47.0 25.8 9.2 74.0
2023 2,952 50.4 65.1 86.0 29.0 43.6 40.7 58.8 47.2 26.8 8.4 74.7
2024 2,598 49.9 61.2 85.1 28.7 45.5 43.6 61.9 45.0 27.2 7.2 70.6
2025 544 52.9 68.4 86.3 29.7 52.6 44.7 65.5 50.2 23.1 8.1 81.8
Player 14,059 50.4 63.2 85.1 27.1 46.3 42.3 58.8 45.3 26.0 8.0 73.8
MLB 48.7 67.0 82.0 28.5 57.7 42.6 61.1 47.2 25.0 7.3 76.3
! 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 38 45 97 21
2019 41 50 77 91 11 69 83 25 18 32 5 55 6 47 36 96 24
2020 61 50 59 64 68 6 38 5 4 65 86 34 40 46 49 96 17
2021 63 60 82 88 36 36 81 9 11 37 25 50 12 28 36 91 15
2022 71 62 83 88 59 18 75 16 18 54 46 53 32 50 43 90 14
2023 42 37 43 53 49 7 49 3 6 60 70 56 50 73 37 90 9
2024 75 58 80 91 64 33 86 16 6 58 52 64 50 51 27 92 7
2025 41 29 51 66 30 13 52 26 24 43 51 33 65 55 31 86 8
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Expected Home Runs

Adjusted

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 9.5 -1 2 5 6 66.7
2020 22.3 8 6.8 1 3 6 3 37.5
2021 23.4 18 15.0 3 4 16 4 22.2
2022 23.2 12 12.9 -1 3 14 3 25.0
2023 23.8 23 21.0 2 16 17 9 39.1
2024 24.2 13 11.8 1 4 7 6 46.2
2025 25.0 3 2.4 1 1 1 2 66.7
Player 23.8 89 82.4 7 33 68 34 38.2
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Expected Home Runs by Park

Adjusted

Year HR
2018 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 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 9 8 9 8 9 9 12 8 9 10 6 9 10 9 11 12 11 11 8 9 9 11 12 10 9
2020 8 7 5 10 8 7 9 7 7 4 4 8 7 5 6 6 7 7 6 10 6 5 11 6 6 5 9 9 7 7 4
2021 18 18 10 18 18 16 20 15 14 7 12 19 14 7 16 22 11 13 12 17 10 16 20 20 12 13 20 18 16 14 13
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 12
2023 23 17 16 23 21 18 21 19 19 14 18 20 25 17 22 26 23 17 24 26 19 26 32 30 13 15 25 22 28 19 16
2024 13 10 10 11 12 11 13 11 10 9 13 13 13 11 12 12 12 10 12 14 11 14 15 14 10 10 11 12 12 13 12
2025 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 4 3 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 2
Player 89 83 61 89 85 79 91 77 71 57 70 86 95 68 86 97 78 75 81 94 77 93 113 101 66 68 90 92 96 81 71
Note: xHR tells how many of this pitcher's home runs allowed would have been out of other stadiums. The "Adjusted" view here accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects using Statcast Park Factor data.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-   2025
Fastball Velocity 92.1 1.0 93.1 0.0 93.1 -0.7 92.4 1.5 93.9 1.0 94.9 -0.8 94.1 0.4 94.5
Offspeed Velocity 87.7 0.9 88.6 0.0 88.6 -1.1 87.5 1.3 88.8 1.3 90.1 -0.2 89.9 -0.6 89.3
Breaking Velocity 79.7 -0.3 79.4 1.1 80.5 -2.6 77.9 2.3 80.2 1.2 81.4 -1.1 80.3 -0.2 80.1
Exit Velocity 86.2 3.3 89.5 1.9 91.4 -0.6 90.8 -1.0 89.8 1.7 91.5 -1.3 90.2 0.4 90.6
Launch Angle -4.2 2.9 -1.3 0.5 -0.8 -4.7 -5.5 1.9 -3.6 7.8 4.2 -3.8 0.4 6.3 6.7
Barrel % 3.3 1.9 5.2 2.7 7.9 -2.1 5.8 0.0 5.8 2.2 8.0 -2.7 5.3 2.5 7.8
Hard Hit % 20.7 19.7 40.4 8.3 48.7 -4.3 44.4 -2.8 41.6 4.0 45.6 -0.6 45.0 1.1 46.1
LA Sweet-Spot % 19.6 5.3 24.9 8.6 33.5 -12.1 21.4 2.6 24.0 6.9 30.9 -4.9 26.0 6.4 32.4
xBA .175 0.068 .243 -0.004 .239 -0.009 .230 -0.003 .227 0.025 .252 -0.019 .233 0.037 .270
BA .175 0.092 .267 -0.027 .240 -0.020 .220 0.003 .223 0.005 .228 -0.007 .221 0.008 .229
xwOBA .279 0.042 .321 -0.020 .301 0.000 .301 -0.017 .284 0.036 .320 -0.033 .287 0.047 .334
wOBA .281 0.061 .342 -0.063 .279 0.009 .288 -0.016 .272 0.015 .287 -0.015 .272 0.037 .309
xSLG .249 0.114 .363 0.015 .378 -0.036 .342 -0.013 .329 0.080 .409 -0.069 .340 0.064 .404
SLG .270 0.149 .419 -0.077 .342 -0.015 .327 -0.022 .305 0.060 .365 -0.042 .323 0.066 .389
K% 22.1 -1.4 20.7 5.7 26.4 -4.5 21.9 1.6 23.5 1.3 24.8 -0.8 24.0 -3.1 20.9
BB% 15.6 -2.2 13.4 -7.8 5.6 4.5 10.1 -2.0 8.1 -1.0 7.1 0.7 7.8 1.0 8.8
Swing % 38.9 4.7 43.6 1.2 44.8 -2.4 42.4 4.6 47.0 0.2 47.2 -2.2 45.0 5.2 50.2
Whiff% 22.8 3.4 26.2 -1.7 24.5 1.8 26.3 -0.5 25.8 1.0 26.8 0.4 27.2 -4.1 23.1
In Zone % 44.5 5.3 49.8 2.6 52.4 -3.7 48.7 3.4 52.1 -1.7 50.4 -0.5 49.9 3.0 52.9
Out of Zone % 55.5 -5.3 50.2 -2.6 47.6 3.7 51.3 -3.4 47.9 1.7 49.6 0.5 50.1 -3.0 47.1
Out of Zone Swing % 21.9 2.3 24.2 2.5 26.7 -2.4 24.3 3.6 27.9 1.1 29.0 -0.3 28.7 1.0 29.7
First Pitch Swing % 22.7 9.8 32.5 -8.5 24.0 0.5 24.5 6.0 30.5 2.0 32.5 -2.9 29.6 6.9 36.5
First Pitch Strike % 50.6 8.1 58.7 1.0 59.7 -5.5 54.2 5.1 59.3 -0.5 58.8 3.1 61.9 3.6 65.5
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2018 Shifts 154 .281 114 20 17.5 40 20 50.0
2019 Shifts 329 .342 236 64 27.1 93 61 65.6
2020 Shifts 288 .279 208 60 28.8 80 71 88.8
2021 Shifts 571 .288 476 101 21.2 95 70 73.7
2022 Shifts 827 .272 680 67 9.9 147 113 76.9
2023 Shades 803 .288 663 67 10.1 140 61 43.6
2024 Shades 684 .272 574 176 30.7 110 48 43.6
2025 Shades 148 .309 118 32 27.1 30 10 33.3
! 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 864 16.4 36.2% 0.5% 418 19.6 5.0% 1.4%
2024 815 16.4 37.2% 1.2% 368 18.7 9.8% 2.7%
2025 103 18.8 16.5% 1.0% 79 20.0 7.6% 2.5%

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Pitch Distribution