With the undermanned Astros’ offense struggling to score runs, the starting pitchers are being left with little margin for error these days. And the only run Astros starter Framber Valdez allowed in M ...

Though Ryan remains a towering figure in both franchise and MLB history, no Astros pitcher — not even Ryan himself — had ever recorded 12 strikeouts in such a brief outing. Over nine seasons ...

By the time his day was done, Valdez had allowed seven hits, one walk and two earned runs in 5.0 innings, racking up 12 strikeouts along the way. It was a continuation of his performance against ...

The post Astros’ Framber Valdez makes franchise history not even Nolan Ryan achieved appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Houston Astros have seen legendary arms take the mound, but on Wednesday ...

Houston went on to win 4-3 on Thursday, improving to 7-0 across Valdez's last seven starts. The 31-year-old All-Star is now 7-4 with a 3.10 ERA, 1.089 WHIP, 9.6 strikeouts per nine innings and a 2 ...

Framber Valdez is only the 2nd pitcher in Astros franchise history to have back-to-back starts within the same season of 11+ K on fewer than 100 pitches (Justin Verlander in July of 2018).