Ramón Urías vs Framber Valdez

The Almanac's Take

Urías gets the conventional platoon edge here as a right-handed bat against Valdez's southpaw delivery, but his .230 OBP and .551 OPS through 61 PA this season make that edge hard to cash — he's simply not hitting. Valdez at 4.39 ERA and 1.30 WHIP is hittable in theory, but his sinker-heavy approach (47.8% in their prior meetings) has given Urías real trouble: 3-for-14 with four strikeouts across 14 career PA, and that sample is too thin to read as signal either way. The .161 average is the loudest number on this page.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.214

3-for-14

PA

14

HR

0

K

4

BB

0

Pitches seen

46

Avg exit velo

85.8 mph

Career meetings in the Statcast era (2015–present). Even a clear edge over a handful of plate appearances is a small sample — read it as color, not a projection.

Pitch mix to the batter

Plate-appearance log

• 2026-04-03Field Out · Sinker 91.5 mph · 98.9 mph EV
• 2026-04-03Strikeout · Sinker 94.9 mph
• 2026-04-03Strikeout · Changeup 90.3 mph
• 2024-08-24Single · Curveball 78.9 mph · 101.2 mph EV
• 2024-08-24Field Out · Sinker 91.2 mph · 83.1 mph EV
• 2024-06-23Field Out · Curveball 80.6 mph · 65.2 mph EV
• 2024-06-23Field Out · Sinker 93.0 mph · 77.2 mph EV
• 2024-06-23Field Out · Sinker 92.8 mph · 97.6 mph EV
• 2023-08-08Grounded Into Double Play · Sinker 94.5 mph · 76.4 mph EV
• 2023-08-08Field Out · Changeup 89.4 mph · 104.0 mph EV
• 2023-08-08Triple · Sinker 96.2 mph · 93.0 mph EV
• 2022-09-24Strikeout · Sinker 94.2 mph
• 2022-09-24Single · Sinker 92.1 mph · 61.6 mph EV
• 2022-09-24Strikeout · Curveball 79.4 mph