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Framber Valdez
B/T R/L · 5' 11" · 230 lb · born Palenque, Dominican Republic · age 32 · played P 31 · MLB debut 2018-08-21
758 batters faced scored this season His season card →
Scout’s note
Framber Valdez, the left-hander from Palenque in the Dominican Republic, has been a rotation anchor since his 2018 debut. He carries 1,188 strikeouts across 219 games — the kind of career number that tells you everything about why he is still here.
Note written · FVR scout (GLM-5.2)
What he’s paid
Under contractA market fact, not an engine read: what a club decided about him, on the season before this one. Figures from Cot’s.
- 2026 salary
- $42.83M
- Tax hit
- $36.52M
- Service time
- 7 yr 163 d
- Guaranteed
- $115M
The deal 3 years $115M (2026–2028), with an opt-out — $38.3M a year on average, worked out by us rather than stated on the sheet, and not the same thing as the tax hit above
On the sheet: 3 y/$115M (26-28)* · agent Octagon · 2 / 3 options left
After this season, as the sheet has it
| Season | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash | $35.0M | $5.0M |
| Tax hit | $36.5M | — |
Cash and the tax hit are two different rulebooks and are never subtracted from one another — see the payroll board for his club, Detroit Tigers.
A second set of books
The same contract, read by MLB Spreadsheets (Ethan Hullihen), as of . We keep two sources on this because one source cannot check itself.
- Tax AAV
- $36.5M
- Guaranteed
- $115.0M
- Term
- 3 yrs
What the sheet prices each season at
| Season | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salary | $17.5M | $37.5M | $35.0M | $40.0M |
A base salary under his own reading, and never subtracted from the cash figure above: a signing bonus lands in one and not the other, so the two disagree on most men without either being wrong. And the sheet does not mark which future seasons are GUARANTEED — a club option and a projected arbitration award are both just a number here, so read past the end of the deal as his forecast rather than as money owed.
The tax AAV above is his number under the CBA’s own rulebook, not the average we work out from Cot’s total. On a contract with deferred money the two come apart on purpose — and neither is subtracted from the other.
Collect Framber Valdez
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The Bureau on Framber Valdez
The scouting press, in their own words
Tigers if Skubal gets Valdez money… https://t.co/Hchd1AiGWk
Skubal getting Framber Valdez AAV?! Sign me all the way up. First contract projection I’ve seen, but he’ll get more years and dollars pretty easily. https://t.co/pEaAbACW6V
Back on sideline today alongside Boog and @Sut_40! Sinker battle with David Peterson and Framber Valdez. I have some fun nuggets on Peterson’s delivery. First pitch 7:05pm CT on @WatchMarquee. 👊 #Cubs https://t.co/iz4Qvbp27g
Umpire favor
-0.1 net runs over 28 graded games — an even shake from the zone this season.
The line
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