Enmanuel Valdez

Enmanuel Valdez

26-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Pittsburgh Pirates
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Valdez spent the last two seasons on Boston's carousel of second basemen. During his time with the organization, the lefty-hitting middle infielder showed pop potential, swatting 16 and 17 home runs between Triple-A and MLB in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Last season in the majors, he was better-than-average in hard-hit percentage (41.8), barrel percentage (9.2) and exit velocity (89.4). Those peripherals apparently intrigued the Pirates into giving up a minor-league reliever for Valdez, who joins a crowded infield. Nick Gonzalez finished out 2024 as the primary second baseman and entered camp as the putative starter in 2025. Read Past Outlooks
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Pirates in March of 2025.
Up from Triple-A
2BPittsburgh Pirates
March 28, 2025
The Pirates recalled Valdez from Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday.
ANALYSIS
With Nick Gonzales (ankle) headed for the injured list, the Pirates will bring Valdez up from the minors to replenish their infield depth. The 26-year-old is likely to remain on the bench most days while Adam Frazier starts at the keystone until Gonzales returns.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+127%
OPS vs RHP
2025
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2024
 
 
+135%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+105%
OPS vs RHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .327 52 3 0 2 1 .109 .196 .130
Since 2023vs Right .743 319 37 12 45 5 .255 .301 .442
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Left .296 36 1 0 0 0 .094 .171 .125
2024vs Right .697 187 22 6 28 1 .237 .289 .408
2023vs Left .393 16 2 0 2 1 .143 .250 .143
2023vs Right .806 132 15 6 17 4 .280 .318 .488
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+50%
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2025
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2024
 
 
+63%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+29%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .812 198 21 7 24 3 .269 .328 .484
Since 2023Away .542 173 19 5 23 3 .196 .238 .304
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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2024Home .787 110 11 3 13 1 .260 .327 .460
2024Away .482 113 12 3 15 0 .168 .214 .267
2023Home .842 88 10 4 11 2 .280 .330 .512
2023Away .652 60 7 2 8 3 .246 .283 .368
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
The Red Sox acquired Vaughn Grissom in the Chris Sale trade with the expectation that Grissom would be the Opening Day second baseman in 2024. However, it could end up being Valdez at the keystone instead, if the groin strain Grissom suffered early in spring training costs him the start of the season, as feared. After a long climb through the Houston organization, Valdez was traded to Boston at the 2022 deadline in the Christian Vazquez deal. Valdez finally debuted in the majors in April last year and played in 49 games with the Red Sox around missed time due to thumb and hamstring injuries. Although Valdez is not tall in stature, there is legitimate power in his bat. He muscled 16 home runs in just 106 games between Triple-A and the majors last season after blasting 28 long balls across three stops the year prior.
Valdez was acquired by the Red Sox in the trade that sent Christian Vazquez to the Astros, and the young infielder was added to the 40-man roster in November. The 24-year-old had a .731 OPS at Triple-A Worcester after the trade, but he had a strong campaign overall with a .296/.376/.542 slash line between Double-A and Triple-A. Valdez is a strong candidate to make his MLB debut in 2023, especially if Boston doesn't make a significant addition in the middle infield following the departure of Xander Bogaerts in free agency.
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Appears poised to be recalled
2BPittsburgh Pirates
March 28, 2025
Valdez has a locker at LoanDepot Park ahead of the Pirates' game against the Marlins on Friday, Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
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Optioned to Triple-A
2BPittsburgh Pirates
March 11, 2025
The Pirates optioned Valdez to Triple-A Indianapolis on Tuesday.
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Shipped to Pittsburgh
2BPittsburgh Pirates
December 15, 2024
The Red Sox traded Valdez to the Pirates on Sunday in exchange for minor-league pitcher Joe Vogatsky.
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DFA'd by Boston
2BBoston Red Sox
December 11, 2024
The Red Sox designated Valdez for assignment Wednesday, Chris Cotillo of MassLive.com reports.
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Out of lineup against lefty
2BBoston Red Sox
September 9, 2024
Valdez is out of the lineup for Monday's game against the Orioles, Gabrielle Starr of the Boston Herald reports.
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