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

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 ...

Valdez is coming off of another stellar season with Houston. He finished the season 15-7 with a 2.91 ERA (6th in AL) and a 1.11 WHIP (16th). The southpaw struck out 169 batters in 176 1/3 innings ...

Framber Valdez was scratched from his start Monday due to elbow soreness. Is Anthony Volpe breaking out? What about Will Benson, Taylor Ward and Brett Baty?

For their standards, the 2024 season was a huge disappointment for the Houston Astros. After making some big changes to their ...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays avoided salary arbitration with a $28.5 million, one-year deal, while Framber Valdez and the Astros reached an $18 million deal.

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 ... The 31-year-old lefty has been one of the best pitchers in baseball since 2020, going 60-33 with a 3.12 ERA ...

MLB Network ranked Houston Astros catcher Yainer Diaz and starting pitcher Framber Valdez among the top 10 at their respective positions. Every year, the network does a 10-show rollout of “Top ...