Detroit Tigers
Framber Valdez has thrown 18,880 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2026, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2026, they have relied primarily on their Sinker (94mph) and Curve (79mph), also mixing in a Change (90mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (86mph).
In 2026, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker has heavy sinking action, is blazing fast and has less armside run than typical. Their curve has an exceptional bite, has sweeping glove-side movement, is slightly harder than usual and results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' curves. Their change is thrown extremely hard, dives down out of the zone, generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 15 of them in 2026) is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, results in more flyballs compared to other pitchers' sliders, is much harder than usual and has some two-plane movement.