Enmanuel Valdez

Enmanuel Valdez

25-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Boston Red Sox
2024 Fantasy Outlook
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. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season
From Preseason
#376
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Red Sox in March of 2024.
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.
ANALYSIS
Valdez had started in three of the last four games but will take a seat against a left-hander. Romy Gonzalez draws the start at second base Monday. There had been speculation that Ceddanne Rafaela would move to the keystone with Trevor Story's return from the 60-day injured list Sunday, but that has not developed yet. It could, but early on with Story taking back over as the Red Sox's everyday shortstop, second base has been covered by Valdez against righties and Gonzalez against lefties.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
7
1
7
8
15
10
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
4
2
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+127%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+135%
OPS vs RHP
2023
 
 
+105%
OPS vs RHP
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .327 52 3 0 2 1 .109 .196 .130
Since 2022vs Right .743 319 37 12 45 5 .255 .301 .442
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
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+50%
OPS at Home
2024
 
 
+63%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+29%
OPS at Home
2022
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .812 198 21 7 24 3 .269 .328 .484
Since 2022Away .542 173 19 5 23 3 .196 .238 .304
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
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Enmanuel Valdez compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.32
 
BB Rate
7.6%
 
K Rate
23.8%
 
BABIP
.253
 
ISO
.149
 
AVG
.214
 
OBP
.270
 
SLG
.363
 
OPS
.633
 
wOBA
.278
 
Exit Velocity
89.4 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
30.7%
 
Barrels/PA
6.3%
 
Expected BA
.237
 
Expected SLG
.420
 
Sprint Speed
22.7 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
33.8%
 
Line Drive %
18.5%
 
Fly Ball %
47.7%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
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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Scores go-ahead run Friday
2BBoston Red Sox
September 7, 2024
Valdez started at second base and went 1-for-2 with a walk and a run scored in Friday's 3-1 win over the White Sox.
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Gets called up
2BBoston Red Sox
September 1, 2024
The Red Sox recalled Valdez from Triple-A Worcester on Sunday.
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Set to be called up Sunday
2BBoston Red Sox
August 31, 2024
The Red Sox are expected to recall Valdez from Triple-A Worcester on Sunday, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
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Sent back to minors
2BBoston Red Sox
August 14, 2024
The Red Sox optioned Valdez to Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
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Rejoins big club
2BBoston Red Sox
August 7, 2024
The Red Sox recalled Valdez from Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.
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