Framber Valdez wrapped up his time with the Houston Astros last season. He is a World Series champion starting pitcher who has a wicked curveball in his arsenal.

As one of four top starters available on the free agent market right now, some MLB scouts believe Valdez is the No. 1 available for teams.

Of course, the Milwaukee Brewers have a decent rotation that includes Freddy Peralta, but could the Brewers even think about going for Valdez? The Brewers are coming off a season where they reached the National League Championship Series before losing to the eventual World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers.

Yet no one could believe that Valdez couldn't play a pivotal role in helping Milwaukee advance further in the postseason.

Recently, some MLB scouts got together for an article in The Athletic and reviewed Valdez's efforts as a pitcher and looked to size him up when looking at his overall resume.

"Valdez, 32, boasts an impressive resume," according to the story. "Over the last 25 years, he is one of just three pitchers (Max Fried and Felix Hernandez are the others) to have at least four seasons with at least a 23 percent strikeout rate, a 50 percent groundball rate and a 3.50 FIP or lower over at least 130 innings. Since 2020, no one has logged more innings in the playoffs (85) than Valdez, who owns a 4.34 ERA in the postseason."

When pitching for the Astros, he coaxed batter after batter into groundballs. That curveball he throws starts at the top as soon as he releases the ball. Then it just drops down almost at a sharp enough angle where hitters try to hit the pitch.

More times than not, though, they either grounded out into an out or even a double play.

According to the scouts that shared their expertise for The Athletic article, "Valdez deserved to finish first in the poll, multiple scouts said, because of the combination of an elite groundball rate, a low walk rate, an ability to rack up strikeouts and the ability to tackle a healthy workload.

"Perhaps that is no surprise," according to the article. "After all, Valdez is the highest-ranked pitcher on The Athletic’s Free Agent Big Board (No. 5 overall). Of the 78 pitchers with at least 500 innings over the past five seasons, Valdez ranks No. 1 in groundball rate and No. 3 in homer rate."

But there's another element when factoring in Valdez with any other ballclub. At times, Valdez has been known to have a not-so-pleasant attitude in the clubhouse. Valdez had a notable moment on the mound last season when, after throwing a pitch that ended up being a grand slam, crossed up then-Astros catcher César Salazar. His pitch hit Salazar square in his catcher's vest, leading to some awkward looks from Salazar toward the Astros dugout.

Last season, Valdez posted a 3.66 ERA/3.37 FIP in 192 innings.

With all this said, would Valdez be an asset to the Brewers? It's hard to not see him as a true asset. He brings a lot to the table when it comes to his work on the mound.

Maybe a change of scenery would do him a world of good. Milwaukee's got a pretty solid clubhouse led by manager Pat Murphy. It's hard to believe that he'd put up with any funny business from Valdez at all.

It'll be interesting to see if the Brewers chat up Valdez and his agent during the Winter Meetings.