F. Valdez, Adell, C. Schmidt, Kwan, Fedde

Valdez is posting quality ratios to begin 2024... Through 22 innings, Framber Valdez (LHP, HOU) has a 3.97 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 20% K%, and 7% BB%. He posted two consecutive $15 seasons with volume and decent skills in his favor. Could Valdez earn $15 or more again in 2024?

SeasonIPERA/xERAH%S%GB%BB%K%SwK%HR/FBPV
2018372.19/3.6223.9%86.1%69.6%16.0%22.1%8.8%20.0%48
201970.25.86/4.5334.7%66.1%61.5%13.7%20.7%10.4%25.7%50
202070.23.57/3.0033.0%68.9%59.7%5.7%26.4%10.6%13.5%174
2021134.23.14/3.3329.1%77.6%70.1%10.4%21.9%10.5%21.4%105
2022201.12.82/2.8529.9%76.6%66.0%8.3%23.5%11.5%12.5%139
20231983.45/3.3530.7%72.1%53.7%7.3%24.8%11.9%14.0%147
202422.23.97/3.0639.1%73.3%57.8%7.9%20.4%11.8%22.2%118

It's an uphill battle, but the xERA and skills point to...

Almost!

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