Houston Astros, Framber Valdez (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images)
Framber Valdez has had an interesting road to becoming a Houston Astros potential ace.
The little known player likes to make his name known in the playoffs — David Freese in 2011, Travis Ishikawa in 2014, and now Framber Valdez in 2020. Valdez, who’s come into his own with the Houston Astros, is a Dominican-born baseball player who has had an interesting journey to the big leagues.
Previously being scouted by complete accident by two Astros scouts in the winter of 2015, Valdez has made his way into the top three in the team’s rotation.