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Portrait of Framber Valdez

Framber Valdez PAstros

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2019 Projections (Preseason PECOTA - seasonal age 25)
IP ERA WHIP SO W L SV WARP
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Birth Date11-19-1993
Height5' 11"
Weight239 lbs
Age31 years, 9 months, 1 days
BatsL
ThrowsL
2015
2016
2017
-0.42018
1.32019
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WARP Summary

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR Team Lg G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA- WARP
2018 HOU MLB 8 5 37.0 4 1 0 22 24 34 3 94 5.4 5.8 0.7 8.3 71% .213 1.24 4.68 2.19 113 6.12 136.8 -0.4
2019 HOU MLB 26 8 70.7 4 7 0 74 44 68 9 103 9.4 5.6 1.1 8.7 62% .319 1.67 5.01 5.86 107 5.70 116.9 -0.1
CareerMLB3413107.78809668102121008.05.71.08.565%.2871.524.904.601095.84123.7-0.5

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR Team Lg LG G GS IP W L SV H BB SO HR PPF H/9 BB/9 HR/9 K/9 GB% BABIP WHIP FIP ERA cFIP DRA DRA-
2015 DAS Rk DSL 16 0 36.7 4 1 3 36 17 36 1 8.8 4.2 0.2 8.8 0% .333 1.45 3.40 3.68 0 0.00 0.0
2016 QUD A MID 6 6 35.3 1 3 0 31 11 35 1 96 7.9 2.8 0.3 8.9 65% .316 1.19 2.88 3.06 90 4.00 88.3
2016 TCV A- NYP 5 2 21.7 2 1 0 22 7 28 0 110 9.1 2.9 0.0 11.6 78% .379 1.34 1.92 3.74 75 3.90 86.2
2016 LNC A+ CAL 1 1 5.7 0 1 0 8 2 1 0 131 12.7 3.2 0.0 1.6 74% .348 1.76 4.41 4.76 118 6.72 148.5
2016 GRV Rk APP 2 2 10.7 1 0 0 7 3 15 0 93 5.9 2.5 0.0 12.7 79% .292 0.94 1.97 1.69 66 1.92 42.5
2017 BCA A+ CAR 13 9 61.3 2 3 1 41 29 73 3 95 6.0 4.3 0.4 10.7 57% .257 1.14 3.21 2.79 90 3.23 68.6
2017 CCH AA TEX 12 9 49.0 5 5 0 60 23 53 4 96 11.0 4.2 0.7 9.7 60% .394 1.69 3.93 5.88 100 6.60 140.4
2017 MSS Wnt AFL 6 6 19.7 1 1 0 24 8 14 1 11.0 3.7 0.5 6.4 0% .343 1.63 4.79 3.20 0 0.00 0.0
2018 HOU MLB AL 8 5 37.0 4 1 0 22 24 34 3 94 5.4 5.8 0.7 8.3 71% .213 1.24 4.68 2.19 113 6.12 136.8
2018 CCH AA TEX 20 13 94.3 4 5 1 92 29 120 7 100 8.8 2.8 0.7 11.4 58% .363 1.28 2.91 4.10 76 4.04 85.4
2018 FRE AAA PCL 2 1 8.7 2 0 0 8 3 9 0 91 8.3 3.1 0.0 9.3 48% .348 1.27 3.05 4.15 87 4.03 85.2
2018 AGU Wnt DWL 5 5 18.0 1 1 0 16 8 18 1 98 8.0 4.0 0.5 9.0 0% .341 1.33 2.85 4.00 0 0.00 0.0
2019 HOU MLB AL 26 8 70.7 4 7 0 74 44 68 9 103 9.4 5.6 1.1 8.7 62% .319 1.67 5.01 5.86 107 5.70 116.9
2019 ROU AAA PCL 10 7 44.3 5 2 1 29 17 69 3 96 5.9 3.5 0.6 14.0 76% .299 1.04 2.98 3.25 62 1.35 27.8

Plate Discipline

YEAR Pits Zone% Swing% Contact% Z-Swing% O-Swing% Z-Contact% O-Contact% SwStr%
2018 633 0.4123 0.3855 0.7705 0.5594 0.2634 0.8356 0.6735 0.2295
2019 1175 0.4579 0.4315 0.7416 0.5985 0.2904 0.8696 0.5189 0.2584
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Injury History  —  No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On Date Off Transaction Days Games Side Body Part Injury Severity Surgery Date Reaggravation

Compensation

Year Team Salary
2023 HOU $6,800,000
2022 HOU $3,000,000
2021 HOU $637,300
2020 HOU $582,200
2019 HOU $566,600
2018 HOU $
YearsDescriptionSalary
5 yrPrevious$11,586,100
5 yrTotal$11,586,100

 

Service TimeAgentContract Status
3 y 163 d1 year/$6.8M (2023)

Details
  • 1 year/$6.8M (2023). Re-signed by Houston 1/13/23 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$3M (2022). Re-signed by Houston 3/22/22 (avoided arbitration).
  • 1 year/$637,300 (2021). Re-signed by Houston 3/21.
  • 1 year/$582,200 (2020). Re-signed by Houston 3/20.
  • 1 year/$566,600 (2019). Re-signed by Houston 3/19.
  • 1 year (2018). Contract selected by Houston 8/21/18.
  • Signed by Houston 3/18/15 as an amateur free agent from the Dominican Republic. $10,000 signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT W L SV G GS IP H BB SO HR BABIP WHIP ERA DRA VORP WARP
90o 0 0 0 0 0 13.3 9 5 15 1 .256 1.05 2.34 2.71 0.0 0.0
80o 0 0 0 0 0 8.6 6 3 9 1 .269 1.12 2.66 3.07 0.0 0.0
70o 0 0 0 0 0 5.4 4 2 6 0 .279 1.18 2.89 3.33 0.0 0.0
60o 0 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 1 3 0 .287 1.23 3.10 3.56 0.0 0.0
50o 0 0 0 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .295 1.27 3.28 3.77 0.0 0.0
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BP Chats

DateQuestionAnswer
2021-02-17 13:00:00 (link to chat)In a dynasty league I am looking for starting pitching to help in ERA and WHIP; how would you rank the following for this upcoming season: Framber Valdez, Christian Javier, Jose Urquidy, Pablo Lopez. Would these rankings change any when looking long term?
(Flipai from Maryland)		Give me ALL the Pablo Lopez shares. After that, I'd have Urquidy, Framber, and Javier. (Mark Barry)
2020-08-12 13:00:00 (link to chat)Are the Astros actually bad now due to injuries?
(Chris from Washington)		I don't think they're bad but they've proven to be a lot less inevitable than it seemed. The injuries on the pitching side especially are taking a toll, and the pure number of unproven (but not necessarily low quality) arms in their bullpen has to be a concern. Still, I think assuming they're bad just because we're unfamiliar with some of their players underplays the quality of guys like Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier. There's definitely more variance in play, though. (Craig Goldstein)


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PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Framber Valdez has thrown 17,557 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2025, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2025, he has relied primarily on his Sinker (94mph) and Curve (79mph), also mixing in a Change (90mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (84mph), Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Cutter (93mph).