2026 Stats
W-L
1-1
ERA
3.75
WHIP
1.29
K
13
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Valdez is just one of five pitchers to work at least 900 innings over the past four baseball seasons, joining Logan Webb, Kevin Gausman, Jose Berrios and Zack Wheeler. Out of all pitchers with at least 600 innings pitched from 2021-2025, his 68 wins ranks first, his 3.20 ERA ranks eighth, his strikeouts 13th, and his 1.17 WHIP 23rd. He allowed two or fewer earned runs in 18 of his 31 starts in 2025, with 11 of those including zero or one earned runs in six-plus innings of work. He also threw in five outings with 10-plus strikeouts. He is, however, not immune to occasional awful outing, as in 2025 he twice allowed seven earned runs without any homers allowed and had seven overall outings with at least five earned runs allowed. Only Webb and Max Fried have better HR/9 than Valdez has had over the past four seasons for the aforementioned qualification, which helps Valdez avoid bigger troubles. If you are a believer in Saberhagenmetrics, Valdez does better in even years, but his overall consistency over the past four seasons is tough for any other pitcher to match. Valdez is not flashy, but he volumes his way to success like few others. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a three-year, $115 million contract with the Tigers in February of 2026.
Delivers quality start Tuesday
Valdez came away with a no-decision in Tuesday's 2-1 win over the Royals, allowing one run on three hits and two walks over seven innings. He struck out one.
Analysis
In a battle of left-handers, Valdez matched up with Cole Ragans and exited the mound after 87 pitches (58 strikes) in line for the loss, but Detroit pushed across two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to flip the script. Valdez has produced three quality starts in his first four trips to the mound for the Tigers, and he'll take a 3.75 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 13:7 K:BB through 24 innings into his next outing, which is set to come on the road this weekend in Boston.
In a battle of left-handers, Valdez matched up with Cole Ragans and exited the mound after 87 pitches (58 strikes) in line for the loss, but Detroit pushed across two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to flip the script. Valdez has produced three quality starts in his first four trips to the mound for the Tigers, and he'll take a 3.75 ERA, 1.25 WHIP and 13:7 K:BB through 24 innings into his next outing, which is set to come on the road this weekend in Boston.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
87
Last 10 Games
87
Last 5 Games
87
How many pitches does Framber Valdez generally throw?
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What part of the game does Framber Valdez generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-14%
BAA vs RHP
2026
-35%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024vs Left | .261 | 70 | 17 | 68 | 7 | |||
| Since 2024vs Right | .224 | 299 | 113 | 266 | 21 | |||
| 2026vs Left | .333 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||
| 2026vs Right | .218 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .257 | 33 | 11 | 35 | 5 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .234 | 154 | 57 | 136 | 10 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .252 | 34 | 5 | 27 | 2 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .214 | 135 | 50 | 113 | 11 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2024
-43%
ERA at Home
2026
-91%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2024Home | 2.43 | 1.08 | 203.1 | 9.1 | 2.8 | ||||
| Since 2024Away | 4.29 | 1.29 | 189.0 | 7.8 | 3.2 | ||||
| 2026Home | 0.69 | 0.77 | 13.0 | 4.2 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2026Away | 7.36 | 1.82 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2025Home | 2.58 | 1.16 | 94.1 | 9.7 | 3.1 | ||||
| 2025Away | 4.70 | 1.33 | 97.2 | 7.8 | 3.3 | ||||
| 2024Home | 2.53 | 1.05 | 96.0 | 9.2 | 2.5 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.36 | 1.17 | 80.1 | 8.0 | 3.1 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Framber Valdez compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
1.86K/9
4.9BB/9
2.6HR/9
0.0Fastball
94.1 mphERA
3.75WHIP
1.29BABIP
.305GB/FB
2.82Left On Base
64.5%Exit Velocity
83.1 mphBarrels/BBE
1.5%Spin Rate
2224 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
27.9%Swinging Strike
6.9%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
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Valdez has settled in as the ace of Houston's staff over the past few years, and that trend continued in 2024 as he posted a 2.91 ERA, 1.11 WHIP and 169:55 K:BB across 176.1 innings. A 3.36 xERA and 3.08 xFIP indicate he may have been a bit fortunate with the results, but those numbers are still strong and aren't anything to be concerned about. The left-hander's 16.2 percent K-BB% is solid if not a bit underwhelming for a pitcher of his caliber, as he continues to rely on inducing grounders (60.6 percent groundball rate). Valdez's recent track record of availability and effectiveness give him a strong floor, but his ceiling is more limited than the top-tier fantasy pitchers due to the lower strikeout totals.
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Hit hard in loss
Valdez (1-1) allowed eight runs on 10 hits, two walks and a hit batsman while striking out two over five-plus innings to take the loss versus the Twins on Wednesday.
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Blanks Cards for first win of 2026
Valdez (1-0) collected the win in Friday's 4-0 victory over St. Louis, allowing three hits and two walks over six scoreless innings. He struck out five.
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Quality start in team debut
Valdez allowed two runs (one earned) on seven hits and a walk while striking out five over six innings in a no-decision versus the Padres on Friday.
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Looks good again Monday
Valdez allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits across four innings of work in Monday's Grapefruit League contest against the Rays. He struck out six.
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Sharp in team debut
Valdez allowed two hits across three scoreless innings of work in Monday's Grapefruit League game against Atlanta. He struck out three.
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Pirates seen as long shot
The Pirates are "a long shot, at best" to sign Valdez, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Analysis
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported earlier Wednesday that the Pirates had emerged as an aggressive suitor of Valdez, but Mackey hears it's unlikely the two sides ultimately come together on a deal. The Orioles have been linked to Valdez throughout the offseason, and the Blue Jays are seen as a potential landing spot, as well.
Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reported earlier Wednesday that the Pirates had emerged as an aggressive suitor of Valdez, but Mackey hears it's unlikely the two sides ultimately come together on a deal. The Orioles have been linked to Valdez throughout the offseason, and the Blue Jays are seen as a potential landing spot, as well.