Framber Valdez Makes Laughable Claim After Hitting Trevor Story
Framber Valdez Makes Laughable Claim After Hitting Trevor Story originally appeared on NESN . Add NESN as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Detroit Tigers lost to the Boston Red Sox 10-3 on Tuesday, but the biggest talking point of the game was a benches-clearing altercation after Fraber Valdez hit Trevor Story.
After giving up back-to-back home runs, Valdez hit Story in the numbers in the fourth inning. The Red Sox dugout quickly emptied, and Valdez was eventually ejected. The Tigers were down 10-2 at that point, and Valdez said that he did not intentionally hit Story after the game.
The pitch Valdez hit Story with was a four-seam fastball. It was the first four-seamer he had thrown all season. "I was trying to use the fastball as a backup plan because I got to do something different against them.
Again, it might look like it was on purpose, but it wasn’t,” Valdez said after the game . The fact that Valdez said that he did not intentionally hit Story is laughable. He has a history of doing stuff like that, and threw a pitch he had not thrown all season.
Valdez's character was a major reason as to why he had to wait so long to sign in the offseason. A situation last September, where he crossed up his catcher after giving up a home run, raised serious questions about him. To help his image, he reportedly circulated a 20-minute video to suitors showing that he is a high-character player.