Framber Valdez
Framber Valdez is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball. Valdez signed with the Astros as an international free agent in 2015. He made his MLB debut in 2018.Career
Valdez signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent on March 19, 2015 for a $10,000 signing bonus. He made his professional debut in 2015 with the DSL Astros, going 4–1 with a 3.68 ERA over innings. He split the 2016 season between the Greeneville Astros, Tri City ValleyCats, Quad Cities River Bandits, and Lancaster JetHawks, combining to go 4–5 with a 3.19 ERA over innings. He split the 2017 season between the Buies Creek Astros and the Corpus Christi Hooks, going a combined 7–8 with a 4.16 ERA over innings. Following the 2017 season, he played for the Mesa Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League. He split the 2018 minor league season between Corpus Christi and the Fresno Grizzlies, going a combined 6–5 with a 4.11 ERA over 103 innings.
The Astros promoted Valdez to the major leagues for the first time in August 21, 2018. He made his debut that day, pitching innings and earning the win. With Houston in 2018, he went 4–1 with a 2.19 ERA over 37 innings. He split the 2019 season between the Round Rock Express and Houston. With Round Rock, he went 5–2 with a 3.25 ERA over innings. With Houston, he went 4–7 with a 5.86 ERA over innings.
