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Esmerlyn Valdez

Pirates
Number #55
Position RF
Bats R
Throws R
Age 22
Height 6' 2"
Weight 234 lbs
Birth Place Peravia, Dominican Republic
Born Jan 27, 2004

Key Insights

2026
The shape of his contact says what kind of hitter he is

Valdez averages 18.2 degrees off the bat: 45.5% of his contact is in the air and 33.6% of it is on the ground.

134 batted balls with a tracked launch angle.
Everything that leaves the yard leaves to his pull side

6 of Valdez's 17 home runs have gone to his pull side and 7 of them the other way.

17 tracked home runs in 2026.
He is a pull hitter, and defences can set up for it

Valdez pulls 32.4% of his batted balls and goes the other way with 22.1%, a spread a defence cannot cheat on.

44 pulled, 62 up the middle and 30 the other way over 136 located batted balls.
There is one part of the field he lives in

Valdez hits it hardest up the middle: 93.2 mph on average there, against 89.6 the other way.

62 batted balls up the middle, 30 the other way.

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Player Bio Data
DOB Jan 27, 2004
Birth Place Peravia, Dominican Republic
Height 6' 2"
Weight 234 lbs LBS
Bats/Throws R/R