“A big-game pitcher, Valdez has one of the best ground-ball rates in baseball (62 percent career mark) and ranks in the 92nd percentile this season. He’s off to a slow start this year, posting ...

With the undermanned Astros’ offense struggling to score runs, the starting pitchers are being left with little margin for error these days. And the only run Astros starter Framber Valdez allowed in M ...

Valdez, on the other hand, is built up after a full spring training and two starts. He has a 2.19 ERA in 12.1 innings, allowing 11 hits, three earned runs and six walks. He struck out 10.

Framber Valdez is the 4th pitcher in Astros franchise history to record 100 strikeouts and 25 earned runs or less through a pitcher’s first 15 games of a season, joining: 2018 Justin Verlander ...

Framber Valdez #59 of the Houston Astros walks to the dugout before the game against the Seattle Mariners at Minute Maid Park on May 04, 2024 in Houston, Texas.