Phillips Valdéz

Phillips Chalier Valdéz (born November 16, 1991) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Texas Rangers.

Phillips Valdéz
Valdéz with the Harrisburg Senators in 2017
Boston Red Sox – No. 71
Pitcher
Born: (1991-11-16) November 16, 1991
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 8, 2019, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win–loss record1–1
Earned run average3.50
Strikeouts48
Teams

Career

Cleveland Indians

Valdéz signed as an international free agent with the Cleveland Indians on May 29, 2009.[1] He played for the DSL Indians in 2009 and 2010.[1] On November 10, 2010, he was released by Cleveland.[1]

Washington Nationals

On December 16, 2010, he signed a minor league contract with the Tampa Bay Rays, but was released on May 1, 2011, and did not appear in a professional game in 2011.[1] Valdéz trained at a Japanese baseball academy in the Dominican that year after being released.[2] On May 30, 2012, he signed a minor league contract with the Washington Nationals.[1] From 2012 through the 2018 season, he played in the Washington organization.[1] During his time with them, he played for the DSL Nationals, Gulf Coast Nationals, Auburn Doubledays, Hagerstown Suns, Potomac Nationals, Harrisburg Senators, and the Syracuse Chiefs.[3][4][1]

Texas Rangers

Valdéz elected free agency after the 2018 season and on December 21, 2018, he signed a minor league contract with the Texas Rangers.[5] He was assigned to the Nashville Sounds to open the 2019 season.[6] With Nashville in 2019, he went 1–7 with a 4.92 ERA over ​78 2⁄3 innings.

On June 8, Valdéz had his contract selected and he was called up to the major leagues for the first time, as the 26th man of a doubleheader versus the Oakland Athletics.[7] He made his debut that afternoon, throwing two scoreless innings in relief.[8] With Texas in 2019, Valdéz went 0–0 with a 3.94 ERA and 18 strikeouts over 16 innings. On November 1, 2019, Valdéz was claimed off waivers by the Seattle Mariners.[9]

Boston Red Sox

On February 23, 2020, Valdéz was claimed off waivers by the Boston Red Sox.[10] He was optioned to the Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox on March 8.[11] On July 24, Valdéz made his Red Sox debut in the opening game of the delayed-start 2020 season, pitching two scoreless innings of relief in a 13–2 win over the Baltimore Orioles.[12]

On August 25, 2020, Valdez pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings to pick up his first MLB win in a Red Sox 9-7 win over the Blue Jays. [13]Overall with the 2020 Red Sox, Valdéz appeared in 24 games, all in relief, compiling a 1–1 record with 3.26 ERA and 30 strikeouts in ​30 1⁄3 innings pitched.[14]

Personal life

Valdéz married Samantha Gross in Las Vegas on July 10, 2017.[15] During 2019 spring training, Valdéz's younger brother Mario died after suffering a heart attack at the age of 18.[2]

References
  1. "Phillips Valdéz player page transactions". MLB.com. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  2. Levi Weaver (June 11, 2019). "Phillips Valdez's outing may be forgotten but his story shouldn't be". The Athletic. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. Byron Kerr (October 18, 2016). "Phillips Valdez honing breaking pitch to get to next level". MASN. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  4. "Senators Notebook: Phillips Valdez turning the corner with more consistent arm slot". harrisburgsenatorsmlb.wordpress.com. June 5, 2017. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  5. "Rangers add 4 bullpen options on minor-league contracts, including one with a 98 mph fastball". The Dallas Morning News. December 19, 2018. Retrieved June 7, 2019.
  6. "Sounds Announce Tentative Opening Day Roster". MiLB.com. March 27, 2019. Retrieved May 9, 2019.
  7. Adam J. Morris (June 8, 2019). "Joe Palumbo recalled, David Carpenter DFA'd, Phillips Valdez up". Lone Star Ball. SB Nation. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  8. T.R. Sullivan (June 8, 2019). "Palumbo starts strong as Texas' bats take over". MLB.com. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  9. "Mariners claim RHP Phillips Valdéz off waivers from Texas". MLB.com. November 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  10. "Red Sox Roster & Staff – Transactions". MLB.com. February 2020. Retrieved February 21, 2020.
  11. @RedSox (March 8, 2020). "5 players were optioned to Triple-A Pawtucket" (Tweet). Retrieved March 8, 2020 – via Twitter.
  12. "Orioles vs. Red Sox". ESPN.com. July 24, 2020. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  13. https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/TOR/TOR202008250.shtml
  14. "Phillips Valdéz Stats". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  15. http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/clerk/Services/Pages/MarriageLicenseRecords.aspx
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