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Framber Valdez

Framber Valdez — no start in 15 days. His recent work, season line, and what that gap means for any projection on him.

Last scored board
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No game on the current slate
Season line · ERA
4.03
10-12 · 135 K, 1.36 WHIP
Games graded
31
this season, box-score final
Framber Valdez
PBats RThrows LDetroit Tigers

Last scored matchup

Framber isn't on today's slate. He was last scored 11 days ago, at home against Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday, September 27, 2026. This page refreshes with new projections as soon as he's back in a lineup.

Season line

31 starts, 10-12, 4.03 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 174.0 innings. He's struck out 135 over that span, against 67 walks. This is the baseline the matchup adjusts from — the model starts here and then asks what the specific lineup he's facing does to strikeout arms, how the park plays, and how deep he's likely to go.

He throws left-handed

Framber is a left-hander, and that matters more for a starter than it does for most hitters. Lineups get built specifically to attack lefties — managers stack right-handed bats against them — so the lineup he draws on a given night swings his projection further than a righty's would. The model prices the actual lineup rather than a season-long rate for exactly that reason. A stacked righty lineup is the spot where his strikeout projection comes down hardest.

His last 5 starts

Framber has 24 strikeouts in 29.3 innings across his last 5 starts, a 7.4 K/9, with a 2.45 ERA over that stretch and 11 walks. Strikeouts are the one pitcher market where our model has found real, graded room — projected workload and the specific lineup he draws move that number more than a season-long rate does. Start-by-start detail is in the log below.

Strikeouts and control

Framber has 135 strikeouts and 67 walks in 174.0 innings this season — 7.0 K/9 against 3.5 BB/9, a 2.0-to-1 ratio. That's around league-typical control — enough to work deep when the lineup cooperates, not enough to bail him out of a bad matchup.

What his floor looks like

Framber has made 31 starts this season, averaging 5.6 innings with a 4.03 ERA across them. In the 12 starts we hold detailed lines for, he got through five or more innings 11 times. That ratio is the honest read on his floor, and it's what separates an arm worth projecting on the outs board from one whose good starts are unpredictable enough that the market prices them better than we do.

How long he goes

Framber is averaging 5.8 innings a start across his last 8 outings, with a high of 7.0 and about 93 pitches a night. He's going deep enough that the outs and strikeout lines stay live into the seventh, which is where most of the value on those boards sits. Expected batters faced is one of the bigger inputs to his score for exactly this reason.

A long gap since his last start

Framber hasn't started in 15 days. That's the single most useful warning on a pitcher's page, and it's the model's weakest spot. A gap that long usually means an injured-list stint, and a first start back is often on a strict pitch limit that no stat line reveals — books frequently don't post an outs line at all in that spot. Our projection is built on his healthy workload, so it will overshoot a shortened rehab start. Read any projection here with that in mind until he's stretched back out.

His best start in the log

Framber's high-water mark was Thursday, September 17, 2026 at CWS: 8 strikeouts over 5.0 innings, 3 earned runs. One start doesn't set a projection — the model works off the blend of his recent work against the specific lineup in front of him — but it does show the ceiling when the matchup lines up.

How the model reads him

The number on Framber is about tonight, not about him. Strip out the name and the model is asking one question: what does this specific lineup do to this kind of arm, in this park, for as many batters as he's likely to face? That gets scored against every other starter on the slate. The combination math is proprietary and re-tuned every week. The grading isn't — it's all public, including the misses.

What we'd flag

Books don't price every player — coverage tops out around 87% even for confirmed starters, so "no line" here usually means no book posted one rather than a gap in our data. Lineups change late, and an afternoon projection can be stale by first pitch. And the model is tuned across hundreds of graded outcomes, so one game tells you nothing about whether it's working. For Framber specifically, he's coming off a 15-day gap.

Recent game log

DateOppIPKHERBB
Wednesday, September 23vs WSH5.36423
Thursday, September 17@ CWS5.08334
Friday, September 11vs COL6.02602
Saturday, September 5@ CLE7.03301
Sunday, August 30vs LAD6.05631
Monday, August 24vs TB6.00832
Monday, August 17@ PIT5.75544
Wednesday, August 12vs CLE5.73645
Thursday, August 6@ SEA7.05502
Saturday, August 1@ ATH7.06922
Sunday, July 26vs KC5.04423
Tuesday, July 21@ CHC0.71562

Framber Valdez — FAQ

Is Framber Valdez playing today?

Framber Valdez isn't in a confirmed lineup on the current slate, and was last scored on Sunday, September 27, 2026. This page updates with fresh projections as soon as he's back in one.

How has Framber Valdez been pitching lately?

Over his last 5 starts, Framber has 24 strikeouts in 29.3 innings, allowing 8 earned runs. Start-by-start detail is in the log on this page.

Why has Framber Valdez not started recently?

Framber hasn't started in 15 days. We flag the gap rather than guess the cause — it usually means an injured-list stint. A first start back is often pitch-limited in a way no stat line shows, and our projection, built on his healthy workload, will run high until he's stretched back out.

Are Framber Valdez's projections betting advice?

No. Every number on this page is a research signal from a statistical model, published alongside its graded record so you can judge it yourself. The model is re-tuned weekly and can be wrong on any given day. Nothing here is a guaranteed outcome. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).

Projections are a research signal from our model, graded against real box-score results — not betting advice. 21+, please play responsibly (1-800-GAMBLER).