Framber Valdez

Bats R Throws L5'11" 239 lbBorn 1993 Palenque, D.R.Debut 2018Team HOU1x All-StarContract 3 y/$115M (26-28)* 2026: $22,826,679

Awards: All-MLB First Team, All-MLB Second Team

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	702	21.3	8.0	2.31	21.7	6.34	105.5
2027							104.8
2028							104.3

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 31

His ten closest age-31 comparables averaged 102 PITCH+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Adam Wainwright	2013	109.8	116.4	898
2	Gerrit Cole	2022	110.2	120.0	821
3	Jered Weaver	2014	108.5	94.2	669
4	Luis Castillo	2024	107.3	100.0	745
5	Jon Lester	2015	105.8	116.1	796
6	Cole Hamels	2015	108.1	105.0	848
7	Aaron Nola	2024	108.4	90.5	404
8	Kevin Millwood	2006	105.9	91.9	788
9	Carlos Carrasco	2018	105.9	88.9	341
10	A. J. Burnett	2008	107.5	101.7	896

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	HOU	31	0	0
2024	HOU	28	0	0
2023	HOU	31	0	0
2022	HOU	31	0	0
2021	HOU	22	4	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.9
2020	HOU	11	0	0
2019	HOU	26	0	0
2018	HOU	8	0	0
Career		188	4	2	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-113.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									702				104.8
2026*									613				98.6	98.0	96.6
2025	HOU	13	11	3.66	31	31	0	192.0	802	15	68	187	105.8	99.5	105.2
2024	HOU	15	7	2.91	28	28	0	176.3	703	13	55	169	113.0	100.2	113.2
2023	HOU	12	11	3.45	31	31	0	198.0	808	19	57	200	110.2	101.4	111.7
2022	HOU	17	6	2.82	31	31	0	201.3	827	11	67	194	112.2	101.9	114.0
2021	HOU	11	6	3.14	22	22	0	134.7	572	12	58	125	108.5	96.5	105.0
2020	HOU	5	3	3.57	11	10	0	70.7	288	5	16	76	111.7	92.1	103.8
2019	HOU	4	7	5.86	26	8	0	70.7	329	9	44	68	94.3	101.5	95.8
2018	HOU	4	1	2.19	8	5	0	37.0	154	3	24	34	108.5	100.5	108.9
Career		81	52	3.36	188	166	0	1080.7	4483	87	389	1053	108.9		108.6

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	4	55.0	-28.8	0.0	0.0	60.0	83.3	0.065	0.066	0.058

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	HOU	P	31	192	2	17	0	0	1.000	-0.5
2024	HOU	P	28	176	2	16	1	3	0.947	+0.2
2023	HOU	P	31	198	6	16	1	2	0.957	+1.4
2022	HOU	P	31	201	6	23	1	0	0.967	+1.9
2021	HOU	P	22	135	5	7	1	0	0.923	-2.4
2020	HOU	P	11	71	5	5	2	1	0.833	-2.8
2019	HOU	P	26	71	3	11	1	1	0.933	+0.6
2018	HOU	P	8	37	2	7	0	1	1.000	+0.1

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2021	AAA	Sugar Land Skeeters	Pit	33	7.0 IP, 15% K	1.29
2019	AAA	Round Rock Express	Pit	180	44.1 IP, 38% K	3.27
2018	AAA	Fresno Grizzlies	Pit	36	8.2 IP, 25% K	4.39
2018	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	394	94.1 IP, 30% K	4.11
2017	AA	Corpus Christi Hooks	Pit	228	49.0 IP, 23% K	5.88
2017	A+	Buies Creek Astros	Pit	256	61.1 IP, 29% K	2.80
2016	A+	Lancaster JetHawks	Pit	26	5.2 IP, 4% K	5.19
2016	A	Quad Cities River Bandits	Pit	143	35.1 IP, 24% K	3.08
2016	Rk	Greeneville Astros	Pit	43	10.2 IP, 35% K	1.76
2015	Rk	DSL Astros Blue	Pit	161	36.2 IP, 22% K	3.73

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021		0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2021	5	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000
2020	4	0	0
Career	9	1	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	1	6.59	1	1	4.1	7	0	2	3	2.20
2023	0	3	9.00	3	3	12.0	19	4	6	17	2.08
2022	3	0	1.44	4	4	25.0	14	1	8	33	0.88
2021	1	1	7.78	5	5	19.7	28	6	8	16	1.83
2020	3	1	1.88	4	3	24.0	14	3	10	26	1.00
Career	7	6	4.35	17	16	84.8	82	14	34	95	1.37