Houston Astros
Framber Valdez has thrown 17,557 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2025, they have relied primarily on their Sinker (94mph) and Curve (79mph), also mixing in a Change (90mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (84mph), Fourseam Fastball (95mph) and Cutter (93mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is blazing fast and results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers. Their curve has an exceptional bite, has sweeping glove-side movement, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, is slightly harder than usual and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their change is thrown extremely hard, dives down out of the zone and results in many more groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their slider has exceptional depth. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 11 of them in 2025) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, is blazing fast, has less armside movement than typical and has some natural sinking action. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 5 of them in 2025) is thrown at a speed that's borderline unfair, generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has heavy sink and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters.