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Valdez

Valdez only struck out two while allowing two homers, raising his ERA to 4.40. The current mark is his highest since 2019, as the lefty has consistently been below 3.75. In 2026 he’s combining a slightly diminished ground-ball rate with a career-low strikeout rate. His next scheduled start is a rematch against his former team in Houston.

The 32-year-old southpaw punched out five opposing hitters on the evening while issuing a pair of free passes. The lone tally against him came on an RBI single off the bat of Rob Refsnyder in the opening inning. After that, he settled in and kept the M’s off the board through the fifth. Valdez generated nine swings and misses on 102 pitches in the contest, posting a CSW of 27 percent. Now 3-4 on the season, he’ll try to further improve upon his 4.21 ERA and 1.32 WHIP when he squares off against the Twins on Wednesday.

Valdez got into all kinds of trouble at the start of the game, allowing a leadoff double and two walks before a run-scoring wild pitch. Still, he limited the damage to two runs and the proceeded to hold the White Sox scoreless through the sixth. He came back out for the seventh and gave up a leadoff homer to Edgar Quero and then eventually a double and an RBI single before being pulled. That cost him what would have been his eighth quality start in 12 tries. With the Tigers hardly scoring at all, Valdez is 0-3 in May and 2-4 overall. He’ll face Seattle on Friday.

Valdez punched out five opposing hitters on the day while allowing two walks. The only blemish on his day came on a solo homer off the bat of Gunnar Henderson in his final inning of work. The 32-year-old southpaw generated 10 swings and misses on 92 pitches in the game, posting a solid CSW of 32 percent. He’ll look to further improve upon his 4.28 ERA and 1.33 WHIP when he does battle against the White Sox in Chicago on Friday.

The clubs ultimately decided there wasn’t enough of a window in the forecast at Camden Yards that it made sense to try to start this contest. It’ll be made up as a split doubleheader on Sunday instead. Fantasy managers should anticipate Saturday’s original starters — Framber Valdez and Brandon Young — taking the ball at some point during the twin bill.

Valdez gave up five hits, walked four and struck out three. He fell to 2-3 with the loss. Valdez has allowed 13 earned runs in 14 2/3 innings over his last three starts now. The 32-year-old left-hander has a career 3.41 ERA and 3.37 xFIP so fantasy managers have to be frustrated that he has a 4.58 ERA and 4.21 xFIP after 10 starts this year. Valdez is lined up to face the Orioles on the road this weekend for his second start this week.

It was smooth sailing for Valdez most of the night here. The Mets barely challenged until a two out walk by their nine-hitter Luis Torrens and a bloop single by Carson Benge to follow chased Valdez from the game. Bo Bichette matched Benge with a bloop single of his own to tie this game and take the opportunity to earn a win from Valdez. Still, he was sharp in his return from suspension forcing 11 swings-and-misses, with four different pitches forcing at least two, and getting tons of ground balls. It was a nice bounce back performance before what is scheduled to be a two-start week for Valdez against the Guardians and Orioles up next.

Valdez will get the ball for Wednesday’s showdown at Citi Field after completing a five-game suspension for throwing at Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story last week. The 32-year-old southpaw allowed a whopping seven earned runs in that start, causing his full-season ERA to balloon to 4.57 in the process.

Valdez presumably agreed to drop his pending appeal and take a reduced suspension from the league. The 32-year-old southpaw will not be eligible to pitch again until Wednesday, May 13 against the Mets. He was slated to take the ball against the Royals on Sunday. Detroit will not be able to replace him on their roster during his absence. He received the five-game ban for throwing at Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story after coughing up back-to-back homers during an ugly meltdown on Tuesday night at Comerica Park.

Tigers manager A.J. Hinch also received a one-game suspension. Valdez, who received an additional undisclosed fine, denied afterwards intentionally throwing at Red Sox shortstop Trevor Story after serving up back-to-back homers during Tuesday’s blowout loss to the Red Sox. It sure seemed intentional. The league seems to agree. It’s possible he’ll wind up appealing the suspension, but he’s going to miss his next turn in Detroit’s rotation later this week. The timing is terrible for the Tigers since they’re already shorthanded after losing ace Tarik Skubal to elbow surgery earlier this week.