For most of the season, it has appeared that Houston Astros starting pitcher Framber Valdez is ready for life after Houston. As one of the top free-agent starting pitchers on the market this offseason, Valdez is seemingly in line for a lucrative payday, but his recent actions may be raising red flags from interested teams. The latest example is when Valdez seemed to intentionally hit his battery mate, Cesar Salazar, on purpose.
The fallout from the incident has seen the Astros scrambling to tell everyone that it was truly an accident, but the video remains pretty telling.