Is Framber Valdez back to form?

right field deep Chaz McCormack has room and puts it away in front of the wall Rangers making a bid for another dramatic final inning but Josh ha had just enough to keep that in the stadium and the Astros escaped with a 4 to2 win and a combined one hitter between fber Valdez for 26 outs and Josh ha with a little skip of the heartbeat for the 27th out a little skip of the heartbeat Josh hater please for the love of God give me one night one night where I could feel amazing the next day about FR baldez and what he's been doing over the last couple of months he was within one out of a no hitter before Cory effing Seager again hit a home run but he's six and0 in his last eight starts with a 2.81 erra the Astros are 8-0 over his last eight starts his six wins since June 23rd are tops in the majors and he was so close to being the second pitcher in franchise history to record two No Hitters from baldez Joe Georgia nearly got it done last night he was incredible this is this is the framber that you know last year before the All-Star break he was in he was the number one or two betting favorite to win the American League sa young and then the second half of the season was a mess but that's that's who he's been in his last handful of starts again is a sa young caliber pitcher also great defender yesterday great infielder couple great plays every single one got a little nervous Sean's moving his head back and forth it is a low bar to clear with FR baldes as a Fielder also the real the real I guess wildness that comes with the fber Fielding experience is when there's Runners on base and credit to him we're not hardly any runners on base for the entire game but it's when he tries to pull a double play or make a play at the plate they somehow throws it into the second deck he makes it fun he makes it fun for the fans who might leave with the superer right exactly Sean some more fber fun facts I mean he's been on a roll of late this is from the Astros notes but after last night's game since becoming a main state in the Astros rotation in 2020 has been one of the top starters in the major since 2020 he's 56 and 31 with a 3.23 erra first in wins in the American League third in ER his seven complete games are tops in the American League over that period And since 2020 he leads all pitchers in postseason Innings and strikeouts and is tied for first in postseason wins so it's very good you know what else from yesterday was back in his blue jersey he's gone away with being away from being his blue jerseys every time also Yer Diaz caught him yesterday Yer Diaz caught him Yer Diaz almost caught his second no hitter of the Season yeah so Yer Diaz he's back as a good catcher but you're you're switching it over Joe to Yer Diaz oh we're going right into it I mean we gave it five minutes talking about all the good things that fber Valdez has done yes since June 23rd I'm I'm ready to go on trial I'm ready I'm ready let's switch this here let me pull up the restream here so I can put Junior Broncos comments on the the YouTube and everything ESPN Houston twitch.tv espn975 so the season has changed dramatically for the Houston Astros over the last couple of months largely due to that 17 and4 stretch that they had and there was a time where we were wondering about the future of the Astros things they should maybe do at the trade deadline and hm let me think making slow build nothing comes to mind slow build huh what was it what was it that Joe said oh Joe at the very least seriously considered trading fber Valdez yeah uh as Junior Bronco reminds to Twitch and you can see it now if you're watching on YouTube as well Junior Bronco says should have traded fber when he took off uh when he shook off Yer signs back in April am I right uh I think it was May 21st it was May Junior Bronco get your days right okay if you're going to come at me get your facts correct I mean but the fact that you asked to trade Robert valz is a fact here's the thing when I made that comment I don't regret it you don't because as also Junior Bronco points out I said it was disrespectful to his teammates cuz I think it was because you had a a good start going and then you decided that you knew better than Yer Diaz who like proved again last night he's a good catcher maybe not the best framer he's a good catcher but fber was a disaster in that start and I was kind of fed up at the time with how the Astros were playing with farber's mental breakdowns that he's been having I know Dana Brown today actually when he was not doing his Flagship interview he tried so hard I I give qb1 a lot of credit he up asked Dana Brown is fber no longer mentally weak that's pretty much what he asked him and Dana tried to spin it as oh it's just it's just being competitive and all this and this and this no no no it's mental breakdowns and he was incredible last night do I regret saying the Astros should trade from rales no and was I was I wrong for the time being yes I was so then why don't you regret it because I don't back down from takes that I give if I hang on hang on cuz that's what this was an opportunity to do much like fber Valdez seems to finally be back on the right track Joe this was an opportunity for you to dig in your heels yeah trade him this off season oh there we go there it is no no I mean build your wall it look he has been he is a great pitcher if when he's this guy he is one of the best pitchers in base there's never been a doubt about that it's the mental collapses that this guy had when he wasn't named the starter of the allstar team last year by Dusty Baker that I was kind of just over I was over it you still even saw it last night cuz when he gave up that Cory Seager home run I saw his body language and I was like get him the hell out of this game get out get him out quickly it's it was a great start just pull up just just throw in the towel and honestly if they didn't warm up Josh hater like maybe he would have just got through it because I'm sure like he's the kind of guy that I think he sees the guy warming up in the bullpen even though he's got a high pitch count he's got a no hitter going that he can't handle it I still I I do love from raldo I do love from raldo even though he's mentally weak he is at times at times you know not always Joe sometimes I'm mentally weak do you want to trade me no I love you you love me I I love working with Paul you love working with me do you love me or do you love working with I don't know we there yet see look I'm having a mental breakdown right now I love you Paul but I don't know if you actually do all your Grays see what the hell see what I'm having a mental breakdown right now and uh Joe George uh he's willing to trade a Latin American but not willing to trade now that white going to be coming after listen listen he's got a point there look here here's I I don't apologize for for my fber take um was I was I wrong probably I also in my own defense when I said it I did believe the Astros were going to have I don't know a bunch of guys coming back to pitch for this team in 2024 and I didn't think he would be as important as he is now because right now he's the only guy you can trust besides Hunter Bron yeah like I I thought JV was going to be better than he's been I thought Luis Garcia and Lance McCullers were going to come back so part of it was of like he like there's more there's more coming that's all gone now from Ral do I'm glad they didn't trade him I'm not going to double down on that take I am going to double down on the fact that I would still never give this guy a new contract I would not give someone that is this inconsistent I cannot believe I'm saying this a day after he almost threw a no hitter yeah but like I would not give him $30 million a year or whatever he's going to cost at his age when he hits free agency in two years I'd give him 50 I'd give him a 100 no Poncho I don't have a an axe to grind against the age I love Houston I think you do think you do man I have plenty of opportunities to leave and I have left I like this city we there's a no hitter today and no there was not a no hitter there was almost a no hitter today and here here's Joe George and he's he's sort of wavering but he still hates fber Iber i mean listen let's be honest at least we talked about this no hitter in a slightly more positive note than the bench did this morning okay I don't John let off the show saying it felt like a loss when I heard him say that at first I was like yeah like I kind of see that like like yeah we're all kind of stressing with hater in there you're wondering what's going to happen next Cory sear comes up like I just you know it's it was it was stressful for a no hitter I had like the opposite reaction to that because from braal well a because as Astros fans we've seen like 10 no hitters the last three years uh they just throw throw them every single year including fber Valdez who threw one last year so normally I'd be riding her dying with let's get this guy a no hitter from I'm like got one last year like let's just get the win just get out of here with the win wow stay alive for the Golden Boot you know what Sean though it's the silver boot get it right huge trophy no no not whatever the ASAS have won it seven years in a row and since they've won it seven years in a row get too much credit I guess no you come on come on I forgot it's a less precious metal I cannot confirm nor deny that however from Valdez you're just so dismissive of fber valdez's no hit ability did you know that fber Valdez has had four no hitters going into the seventh before last night so he's had five no hitters at least going into the seventh inning he has a no hitter already I mean he's going to get another no hitter at some point definitely he gets the ground balls I think there were only seven balls out of the infield 12 ground ball outs his 62.6% ground ball percentage rate is by far the highest in the major since 2020 he say no hitter machine that curveball was sick last night when that thing's moving like that he is he's filthy like like he he a he's a filthy filthy pitcher trying to build up his trade value yep for the offseason yeah when they trade him for a bucket of balls a bucket of balls Joe I mean listen this isn't quite like when you said trade Jose Altuve trade Kyle Tucker for a bucket of balls we jumped the shark jumped the shark I'll trade yordon alz for a new set of headphones the only Kyle Tucker trade I've I've talked about is trading my leg for his that's the only thing I would trade for Kyle Tucker that'd be a very funny visual a little leg and a big leg I don't want you he wouldn't run very well I wouldn't want to host with the peg leged host I'd be uncomfortable no I just have like a super long it's aist it it is aist but I it would just it' be strange to think like this man cut off his leg to help out Kyle Tucker yep and then what happened dedicated to the game I mean I don't think that like would help Kyle Tucker Joe I I think look it's it's in it's in fine shape the leg wouldn't reach the ground sir that's the problem maybe just like part of a shin bone yeah like if I give him like my shin down like we I think he'll be okay not the whole leg there's not yeah there's not much you could do with part of leg just part of it like you but You' have to get rid of that whole leg take what you need you're you're you're long johw silver I mean I don't need I'm not an athlete I'm not playing flag football every Saturday or it sounds like a shot fired no I just I just go to the gym and walk that also sounds like shot fire cuz I go to the gym and walk oh you do you're a walk elevated yeah same I can't run on a treadmill it breaks my knees fber fber Valdez mentally weak per Joe George but Paul Gant definitely mentally weak he's okay with that double standard 713 780 3776 to call in to text in should the Astros trade fber vdes no we're not actually doing that fber has been very good of late and in Joe's defense earlier this year there were moments I think where the majority of Astros fans were think to themselves we're not giving this guy an extension things are going very bad this farm system is dooo huh I was going to say they're also like 10 and 25 yeah it was pretty times were bad okay when things are bad you do dumb things they bad bad vibes