Starting pitcher Framber ... starter for the Astros, earning All-Star nods in 2022 and 2023 before finishing No. 7 in 2024 American League Cy Young Award voting. In 28 starts last season, Valdez ...

Houston Astros left-hander Framber Valdez will ... record in the regular season and a 3.45 ERA, 1.13 WHIP and 200 strikeouts in 198 innings over 31 starts. Valdez's high mileage in recent seasons ...

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 Houston Astros and their ace, Framber Valdez, avoided arbitration on Thursday ... Houston lost Justin Verlander to the Giants earlier this week as he signed a one-year deal.