In the opening game on April 7, when Shohei Ohtani of the Major League Baseball Angels will play at the same time, the opponent Astros will be the opening pitcher of the left arm, Valdes, who won 11 wins last season.
This was announced by Astros coach Baker on the 30th.
According to this, pitcher Valdes will start in the opening game on April 7, and pitcher Justin Verlander, who has recovered from the injury of his right elbow and has 226 wins in total, will pitch in the third game of the opening on the 9th.
Pitcher Valdes, a 28-year-old from the Dominican Republic, set a record of 11 wins and 6 losses and an earned run average of 3.14 last season.
Like Otani, Valdes is the first pitcher to serve as the opening pitcher in Major League Baseball.
Otani is not good at playing against pitcher Valdes as a batter last season with 1 hit in 4 at bats and 1 home run, but in total he has 2 hits in 15 at bats and a batting average of 10%, 3 minutes and 3 minutes.
Also, the two were throwing each other on September 10th last year, at which time Otani became a losing pitcher with 6 goals in the middle of the 4th inning, and Valdes was hit by Otani on a solo home run, but 5 He has become a winning pitcher with 4 runs.