The highest curve ball achievers - Valdez, Aaron Nola, Charlie Morton and Zac Gallen - routinely excel with the pitch. Tiger ...

H ouston Astros left-hander Framber Valdez (elbow) will throw a bullpen session with the team in Chicago this week and he could start one of the two games against the Colorado Rockies in Mexico ...

Starting pitcher Framber Valdez and the Houston Astros agreed to a one-year, $18 million contract to avoid arbitration on Thursday, according to ESPN's Jeff Passan. Valdez is in his final year of ...

Since 2020, Valdez is among an elite group of eight pitchers in the majors to log at least 781 innings, alongside names like Corbin Burnes, Aaron Nola, and Zack Wheeler. According to MLB Trade ...

Valdez went 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA across 28 starts in 2024, fanning 169 and walking 55 in 176 1/3 innings. In seven major league seasons, all with Houston, he is 68-41 with a 3.30 ERA in 157 games ...

The Astros and left-hander Framber Valdez have agreed to an $18MM salary to avoid arbitration, per a report from Chandler Rome of The Athletic. The deal comes in just $200K over Valdez’s $17.8MM ...

It took him seven years, but Framber Valdez is finally getting the recognition ... Since graduating, he has worked for MLB.com, The Game Day, FanDuel and Forbes. When he's not writing about ...

The Houston Astros reached 2025 salary agreements with all eight of their arbitration-eligible players, a group including ace Framber Valdez ... OPS-plus across 157 games last year.

The Houston Astros came to terms on one-year contracts for all eight of their arbitration-eligible players on Thursday, including star left-handed pitcher Framber Valdez. The Astros did not ...