2024 Stats
AVG
.218
HR
6
RBI
28
R
22
SB
1
Rest-of-Season Projections
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
Out of lineup against lefty
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.
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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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
+128%
OPS vs RHP
2024
+137%
OPS vs RHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022vs Left | .333 | 51 | 0 | 2 | .111 | ||||
| Since 2022vs Right | .760 | 307 | 12 | 45 | .259 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | .306 | 35 | 0 | 0 | .097 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | .724 | 175 | 6 | 28 | .242 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | .393 | 16 | 0 | 2 | .143 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | .806 | 132 | 6 | 17 | .280 | ||||
| 2022vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
+51%
OPS at Home
2024
+67%
OPS at Home
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2022Home | .835 | 188 | 7 | 24 | .273 | ||||
| Since 2022Away | .552 | 170 | 5 | 23 | .200 | ||||
| 2024Home | .829 | 100 | 3 | 13 | .267 | ||||
| 2024Away | .496 | 110 | 3 | 15 | .173 | ||||
| 2023Home | .842 | 88 | 4 | 11 | .280 | ||||
| 2023Away | .652 | 60 | 2 | 8 | .246 | ||||
| 2022Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2022Away | 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.
* 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
0.35BB Rate
8.1%K Rate
22.9%BABIP
.254ISO
.160AVG
.218OBP
.278SLG
.378OPS
.655wOBA
.287Exit Velocity
89.6 mphHard Hit Rate
32.4%Barrels/PA
6.7%Expected BA
.245Expected SLG
.440Sprint Speed
22.8 ft/secGround Ball %
33.6%Line Drive %
18.9%Fly Ball %
47.6%Prospect Rankings History
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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
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.
ANALYSIS
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Gets called up
The Red Sox recalled Valdez from Triple-A Worcester on Sunday.
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Set to be called up Sunday
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
The Red Sox optioned Valdez to Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday, Ian Browne of MLB.com reports.
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Rejoins big club
The Red Sox recalled Valdez from Triple-A Worcester on Wednesday, Pete Abraham of The Boston Globe reports.
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