Ty France vs Framber Valdez

The Almanac's Take

France gets the platoon edge here, right-handed bat against Valdez's left-handed sinker-heavy attack, and his season line backs it up — .277/.317/.487 with a .804 OPS and 6 home runs in 126 PA. Valdez is sitting at a 4.40 ERA and 1.33 WHIP through 14 starts, walking 3.4 per nine with a 7.1 K/9 that's not overwhelming. The 34-PA head-to-head is small but worth a glance: France is hitting .212 against him with 10 strikeouts, and Valdez leans heavily on the sinker (44.8%) and curveball (37.9%) — a combination that's kept France off the bases. The 92.4 avg exit velo suggests hard contact when he does make it, though.

Career head-to-head

AVG

.212

7-for-33

PA

34

HR

0

K

10

BB

1

Pitches seen

116

Avg exit velo

92.4 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

• 2026-03-27Strikeout · Curveball 81.3 mph
• 2026-03-27Fielders Choice Out · Sinker 95.3 mph · 95.9 mph EV
• 2026-03-27Strikeout · Changeup 91.0 mph
• 2024-07-20Strikeout · Changeup 93.2 mph
• 2024-07-20Field Out · Sinker 93.5 mph · 103.8 mph EV
• 2024-05-27Walk · Changeup 88.5 mph
• 2024-05-27Field Out · Sinker 90.8 mph · 103.6 mph EV
• 2024-05-27Single · Sinker 93.4 mph · 90.0 mph EV
• 2024-05-04Single · Slider 84.0 mph · 98.5 mph EV
• 2024-05-04Field Out · Sinker 93.6 mph · 97.5 mph EV
• 2024-05-04Single · Curveball 79.4 mph · 92.4 mph EV
• 2023-09-27Field Out · Sinker 96.3 mph · 88.0 mph EV
• 2023-09-27Strikeout · Curveball 81.1 mph
• 2023-08-19Single · Slider 83.8 mph · 99.0 mph EV
• 2023-08-19Single · Changeup 90.0 mph · 105.9 mph EV
• 2023-08-19Grounded Into Double Play · Changeup 90.3 mph · 99.8 mph EV
• 2023-07-08Field Out · Slider 85.5 mph · 61.3 mph EV
• 2023-07-08Field Out · Curveball 79.6 mph · 99.4 mph EV
• 2023-07-08Strikeout · Curveball 79.5 mph
• 2022-10-13Field Out · Sinker 94.2 mph · 91.1 mph EV
• 2022-10-13Field Out · Sinker 96.0 mph · 96.5 mph EV
• 2022-10-13Strikeout · Sinker 94.8 mph
• 2022-07-30Field Out · Changeup 90.1 mph · 78.2 mph EV
• 2022-07-30Strikeout · Curveball 79.6 mph
• 2022-07-30Hit By Pitch · Curveball 81.1 mph
• 2022-07-24Single · Sinker 95.3 mph · 97.8 mph EV
• 2022-07-24Field Out · Sinker 95.9 mph · 74.8 mph EV
• 2022-07-24Single · Sinker 95.9 mph · 96.2 mph EV
• 2021-08-22Strikeout · Curveball 80.0 mph
• 2021-08-22Strikeout · Sinker 93.4 mph
• 2021-08-22Field Out · Sinker 92.5 mph · 82.8 mph EV
• 2020-09-22Hit By Pitch · Sinker 92.1 mph
• 2020-09-22Strikeout · Curveball 80.8 mph
• 2020-09-22Field Out · Sinker 92.8 mph · 87.0 mph EV