Houston Astros
Framber Valdez has thrown 15,670 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 (80mph), also mixing in a Change (89mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (84mph) and Fourseam Fastball (96mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, is blazing fast and has some natural sinking action. Their curve has an exceptional bite, has sweeping glove-side movement, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' curves, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' curves and is much harder than usual. Their change is thrown extremely hard, dives down out of the zone, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups and generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their slider has exceptional depth and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 6 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 some natural sinking action and has slightly less natural movement than typical.