Framber Valdez

were pretty bad busts, either due to injury or even worse sometimes.

The Framber Valdez, we'll call him out.

He's healthy all year and actually pitching, but giving you a 136 whip with only 135 strikeouts on the season.

So pretty big bust rate, but I think that's kind of always the case with pitching.

They have developed some quality hitters, a couple of major leaguers like Clark and obviously McGonigal.

But that's why Scooble, the investment in him and you have Scooble and you have Framber.

JV was done and you have Melton.

I mean, come on.

And credit to Chandler Rome, who, um, had a co-byline and, and did a lot of work to help break that story.

Maldonado, I think worth noting, not only did he play for AJ Hinch, Martín Maldonado caught Framber Valdez more than any other catcher has ever caught Framber Valdez in his Major League career, 91 games with a 3.2 ERA with Martín Maldonado behind the plate.

I assume that's a little bit of the draw here, too.

The Tigers, um, after parting with Juan Nieves, they needed a Spanish speaker on their staff.

Your best player, Kevin McGonagal, you got him locked up.

I mean, we're gonna talk about some other ways they could allocate this money.

Um, Framber Valdez, they are gonna be paying a lot, but he's, you know, two years, two more years max.

Right.

Christian Javier wasn't their big innings-eating ace.

Framber Valdez was.

And I had no problem with it, because their main idea, they had just lost a slugfest the night before.

And if they were playing in Philadelphia, my problem would've been if he had, if they pulled Javier after three.

Obviously, Scooboo loved his time with the Tigers, but I just don't think that they're really going to bid big time here.

They got Framber on the books now, which all of a sudden kinda holds them back, 'cause Framber's making, like, 36 a season.

Javy Báez does come off the books after the 2027 season, but he's still there now, as is Framber through 2028.

So they do have long-term money that they could spend, but they never got a contract extension done.

They were, you know, hundreds of millions of dollars apart.