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The Houston Chronicle's Chandler Rome checks in from Day 4 of Astros spring training.
... ary 25, 2021. Karen Warren/Staff photographer 17 of41 Houston Astros pitcher Framber Valdez (59) throws during spring training workouts for the Astros at Ballpark of th ...
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Astros County
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Astros County
25 Feb
I took a day off - not from work, but from this and from Social Media and hooboy was that fun! Couldn't figure out why I was in such a good ...
... Best Players under 25, which is about 13 spots too low, in my opinion. * Is Framber Valdez the Astros' next ace? Thomas Harrigan notes that his curveball, groundball r ...
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Thomas Harrigan
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MLB: Astros
25 Feb
The Astros lost Charlie Morton and Dallas Keuchel to free agency after 2018, and Gerrit Cole left Houston after ’19. Zack Greinke, Lance McCullers Jr. and Justin Verlander, who might miss all of 2021 following Tommy John surgery, can test the open...
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William Metzger(bilbos)
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SB Nation: The Crawfish Boxes
24 Feb
The games don’t count, but there’s plenty of interest for the observant and knowledgeable fan.
... slots. The five starting pitchers, barring injury, are all but set in stone: Framber Valdez, Lance McCullers, Zack Greinke, Jose Urquidy, and Cristian Javier. The follo ...
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Dan P
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Chipalatta
24 Feb
“IT” will be brought up this season. But it feels like when it does, it will be with a more forced tone.
... rs ( Forrest Whitley, Brian Abreu), but we filled the starting rotation with Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier and Jose Urquidy, all young and mostly unproven. The team a ...
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Alex Kolodziej
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The Score
23 Feb
Shane Bieber was flat-out ridiculous in 2020.Even after cutting ties with a bulk of their rotation through free agency and trades, the Indians struck gold with the 6-foot-3 right-hander. Bieber went scorched earth to the tune of an 8-1 record over...
... las Keuchel (CWS) +2200 Marco Gonzalez (SEA) +2500 Jesus Luzardo (OAK) +2500 Framber Valdez (HOU) +2500 Luis Severino (NYY) +3000 Zack Greinke (HOU) +3300 Andrew Heaney ...
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Cole Bailey
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Pitcher List
23 Feb
Framber Valdez broke out in a big way in 2020, becoming a stable presence in an Astros rotation that badly needed one.
... you don’t have to do much digging to see why it was so effective for him: Framber Valdez, Filthy 3 Pitch K (all Curveballs). 😷 — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) Vald ...
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Steve Gardner
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USA Today
23 Feb
A case can be made for any of Ronald Acuña, Mookie Betts, Juan Soto, Fernando Tatis or Mike Trout at the top of this season's fantasy rankings.
... . Trent Grisham, Padres OF 87. Yoan Moncada, White Sox 3B 88. Framber Valdez, Astros SP 89. Julio Urias, Dodgers SP 90. Eugenio Suarez, Reds ...
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Brent Zwerneman
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Houston Chronicle
22 Feb
Intent on being a rotation mainstay, the newly engaged righthander shed about 15 pounds...
... ive starters entering the season, joining Zack Greinke, Lance McCullers Jr., Framber Valdez and Cristian Javier. “I’m trying to work on and be consistent with all of my ...
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Dan P
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Chipalatta
21 Feb
Every season, every team has an ever-morphing set of decisions to make season to season. And so it is with the Astros as they come off the oddest year in baseball history. Some thoughts on some pri…
... ed the season with a pretty solid five of Zack Greinke, Lance McCullers Jr., Framber Valdez, Cristian Javier and Jose Urquidy. It would seem to be a slam dunk that thes ...
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MLB: Film Room
21 Feb
Astros manager Dusty Baker, Brett Strom, Ryan Pressly, Framber Valdez and Blake Taylor discuss the Astros' Spring Training
... ls share-682535 Share Astros manager Dusty Baker, Brett Strom, Ryan Pressly, Framber Valdez and Blake Taylor discuss the Astros' Spring Training © 2021 MLB Advanced Med ...
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Astros County
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Astros County
21 Feb
The sweetest sound in the world is ice melting off your roof. *Ryan Pressly is presumably the closer for 2021 . Brent Strom: My guess right ...
... eat to have Joe in the bullpen, but he's a quality guy that we all trust. * Framber Valdez: "I want to have some nasty pitches this year." I, too, would like Framber t ...
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Chandler Rome
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Houston Chronicle
20 Feb
Pitching coach prides himself on organization’s “two-way street” approach.
... July. Durable veteran Wade Miley contributed 167 innings that year. Neither Framber Valdez nor Jose Urquidy has thrown more than 145 innings in any professional season ...
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Dan P
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Chipalatta
19 Feb
It is a little bit of a trick in the title as the person we are talking about has never played for the Astros. He did play the game, pitching in 100 major league games in the 1970s, starting 75 of …
... McCullers Jr., Ryan Pressly and a whole lot of “who’s he”. Cristian Javier, Framber Valdez, Blake Taylor, Enoli Paredes, Brooks Raley and Andre Scrubb all became solid ...