MLB’s free agency is finally here with the signing period opening for eligible players at 5 P.M. on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Houston Astros<\/a> have a big decision to make regarding southpaw starter Framber Valdez. Valdez is one of the marquee starters in the market, and the early reports point to him departing in free agency.\u00a0<\/p>\n More MLB news:\u00a0Giants predicted to sign two-time all-star starter to five-year deal<\/a>ESPN projects Framber Valdez to sign $168 million deal<\/p>\n In a recent article by ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel, Astros free <\/a>agent Framber Valdez is predicted to sign a six-year, $168 million contract.\u00a0<\/p>\n Valdez should have no problem finding a suitor based on his dependability and production as a starter. He has one of the highest ground ball rates in MLB, and also has a lot of swing-and-miss in his arsenal.\u00a0<\/p>\n The two-time All-Star Valdez posted a 3.66 ERA in 2025 with 187 strikeouts. He’s posted more than 175 innings in each of the past four seasons.\u00a0<\/p>\n More MLB news:\u00a0Brewers-Nationals trade idea sends 31-home run slugger to Milwaukee<\/a><\/p>\n Valdez is turning 32 later this month, and that may be a slight cause for worry, which is why his projected deal is just six years. However, if he’s able to replicate his production from the last four years for a few more years into his contract, it will be well worth it for whoever wins the Framber Valdez sweepstakes.\u00a0<\/p>\n Some potential suitors include the San Francisco Giants<\/a>, New York Mets<\/a>, Toronto Blue Jays<\/a>, and Baltimore Orioles<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n More MLB news:\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB’s free agency is finally here with the signing period opening for eligible players at 5 P.M. on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265866,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-265865","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265865"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265865\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}