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The Baltimore Orioles made the biggest splash at baseball’s winter meetings by signing slugger Pete Alonso for five years and $155 million. With an already good lineup beefed up, it is time to focus attention to the team’s most glaring need of quality pitching. The starter with the best track record among remaining free agents is left-hander Framber Valdez. HOUSTON: Framber Valdez of the Houston Astros pitches against the Seattle Mariners in Game 2 of the American League Division Series at Minute Maid Park on Oct. 13, 2022. (Photo by Bob Levey/Getty Images) Getty Images “We do have (payroll) room for moves, multiple moves,” President of Operations Mike Elias told Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com earlier this week. “That’s a possibility that we add multiple starting pitchers on major league contracts, but there’s a possibility it’s just going to be one. It’s going to depend on the personnel.” Valdez turned down a $22.025 million qualifying offer from the Houston Astros. He’s seeking more than that per season and likely wants a deal stretching over five or six years. The market value was set when Dylan Cease got a seven-year, $210 million deal from the Toronto Blue Jays on December 2. Right-handers Cease and Michael King of the San Diego Padres and lefty Ranger Suarez of the Philadelphia Phillies also turned down $22.025 million offers. Here’s a comparison of the four top starters who were available when 2025 free agency began. Their average numbers over the past five seasons are rounded off: Cease, 29, has a 56-47 record and 3.72 ERA in 162 starts since the start of 2021. He has averaged 177 innings pitched, 145 hits and 72 walks allowed, and 221 strikeouts a season over that time. Valdez, 32, has gone 68-41 with a 3.20 ERA in 143 starts since…

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