Enmanuel Valdez (born December 28, 1998) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2023.
| Enmanuel Valdez | |
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.jpg) Valdez with the Red Sox in 2024 | |
| Boston Red Sox – No. 47 | |
| Infielder | |
| Born: December 28, 1998 San Juan de la Maguana, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 19, 2023, for the Boston Red Sox | |
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |
| Batting average | .235 |
| Home runs | 12 |
| Runs batted in | 47 |
| Teams | |
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Career
editHouston Astros
editValdez signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent on July 2, 2015.[1] He made his professional debut in 2016 with the Dominican Summer League Astros.[2] He played 2017 with the Gulf Coast Astros and Greeneville Astros, 2018 with the Tri-City ValleyCats, and 2019 with the Quad Cities River Bandits and Fayetteville Woodpeckers.[2]
Valdez did not play in 2020 due to cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] He returned in 2021 to play for the Asheville Tourists and Corpus Christi Hooks.[2] He started 2022 in Double-A with Corpus Christi.[4] and was later promoted to the Sugar Land Space Cowboys of Triple-A.[2]
Boston Red Sox
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On August 1, 2022, Valdez and Wilyer Abreu were traded to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Christian Vázquez.[5] Valdez finished the season with the Triple-A Worcester Red Sox.[2]
On November 10, 2022, the Red Sox added Valdez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[6] During the offseason, he played in the Dominican Winter League for Toros del Este.[2] He was optioned to Worcester to begin the 2023 season.[7]
On April 19, 2023, Valdez was promoted to the major leagues for the first time after Yu Chang was placed on the paternity list.[8] Valdez made his MLB debut that evening, against the Minnesota Twins, and recorded two hits.[9] He was optioned back to Worcester the next day,[10] then recalled on April 25 when Chang went on the injured list due to a hand injury.[11] Valdez remained with the Red Sox until being optioned back to Worcester on June 9.[12] He was recalled to Boston on September 1, when major-league rosters expanded to 28 players, optioned back on September 12, and recalled again on September 22.[13]
References
edit- ^ "Hooks Baseball: The American Dream". April 9, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Enmanuel Valdez Minor & Winter Leagues Statistics". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ "2020 Minor League Baseball season cancelled". mlb.com. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
- ^ "Hooks' Enmanuel Valdez providing spark in first complete season with Corpus Christi".
- ^ "Astros add backstop depth in deal for Vázquez". MLB.com.
- ^ "Versatile No. 3 prospect highlights Sox's 40-man adds". MLB.com.
- ^ "Red Sox's Enmanuel Valdez: Optioned to Triple-A". cbssports.com. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
- ^ "Red Sox's Enmanuel Valdez: Gets big-league call-up". cbssports.com. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ "Twins vs. Red Sox". ESPN.com. April 19, 2023. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
- ^ Campbell, Brendan (April 20, 2023). "Red Sox reinstate Yu Chang from paternity list, option Enmanuel Valdez to Triple-A Worcester". bloggingtheredsox.com. Retrieved April 21, 2023.
- ^ "Red Sox's Yu Chang could miss 6 weeks with fracture in hand". ESPN.com. April 25, 2023. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
- ^ Starr, Gabrielle (June 9, 2023). "Red Sox notebook: Troubling Chris Sale update headlines slew of roster moves". Boston Herald. Retrieved June 9, 2023.
- ^ "Red Sox Roster & Staff – Transactions". MLB.com. Boston Red Sox. September 2023. Retrieved September 24, 2023.
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)