Houston Astros
Framber Valdez has thrown 15,178 pitches that have been tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2018 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, the MLB Postseason and Spring Training. In 2024, they have relied primarily on their Sinker (94mph) and Curve (80mph), also mixing in a Change (90mph). He also rarely throws a Slider (84mph), Cutter (88mph) and Fourseam Fastball (96mph).
In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their sinker is blazing fast and has some natural sinking action. Their curve has an exceptional bite, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' curves, is much harder than usual and has slight glove-side movement. Their change is thrown extremely hard, is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups and dives down out of the zone. Their slider has exceptional depth. Their cutter (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 14 of them in 2024) generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' cutters, has heavy sink, is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' cutters, has well above average velo and has strong cutting action. Their fourseam fastball (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 3 of them in 2024) has heavy sinking action, 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 and has slightly less natural movement than typical.