🚨Framber Valdez to the Detroit Tigers! - Emergency Podcast (2/4 Fantasy Baseball Podcast)
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🗓️ 5 February 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Framber Valdez is headed to the Detroit Tigers on a three-year, $115 million deal that includes an opt out after the second year! How does Valdez fit in Detroit? How much will he move up in ADP? The Tigers updated rotation looks great but will Tarik Skubal stick around?
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| 0:00.0 | Now here's Frank Scott and Chris. |
| 0:02.2 | Finally, the last big domino comes off the board. |
| 0:05.2 | Framber Valdez to the Tigers. |
| 0:07.3 | Welcome in to an emergency edition of fantasy baseball today on Wednesday night, February |
| 0:11.9 | 4th. |
| 0:12.7 | I am Frank Stamphle joined by Chris Towers. |
| 0:15.3 | Here I was, minding my own business, prepping for a catcher preview, Chris. |
| 0:20.7 | Boom. Massive news here, Framber Valdez to the Tigers on a three-year finding my own business, prepping for our catcher preview, Chris. Boom! |
| 0:21.6 | Massive news here, Framber Valdez to the Tigers on a three-year, $115 million deal. |
| 0:27.3 | The deal includes deferrals. |
| 0:29.0 | We haven't learned about those yet, at least not to my knowledge. |
| 0:32.5 | And an opt-out after year two. |
| 0:35.0 | One of the game's true workhorses here, Valdez, has the second most |
| 0:39.6 | innings pitched in baseball since 2022 behind only Logan Webb. Yes, last season, he had a rough |
| 0:46.7 | second half, but he's consistently just been a rock solid SP2 for fantasy for quite some time now. |
| 0:53.6 | And we've talked a lot about the mental side of the game for Framber Valdez. Everybody knows or should know by now what happened with Valdez and his catcher in Houston late last season, crossed him up, you know, threw the ball at his chest. You know, he's had some issues that he's worked through. But he's reunited with his former manager, A.J. Hinch, I actually think that's a pretty good thing for him. What do you think about the landing spot here? |
| 1:27.2 | Chris, Framber Valdez to Detroit. Yeah, I think there's a lot to like about the landing spot for Frambervaldez. It's a competitive team. It's a good ballpark. And, you know, I think that mental side is important here, you know, because Framber Valdez is someone who, |
| 1:29.8 | he's been pretty open about, you know, his struggles to keep his composure on the mound. He's |
| 1:35.7 | talked about, you know, seeing a sports psychologist or sports therapist and having that help him a lot |
| 1:42.2 | throughout his career, getting him on track. |
| 1:46.0 | And, you know, as far as the rough second half of last season goes, I don't really care, you know, as far as we're projecting forward because he just goes through stretches like this. |
| 2:00.3 | And then that's true of every |
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