60-Day IL
Injury Shoulder
Est. Return 2/1/2026
2025 Stats
AVG
.209
HR
2
RBI
12
R
7
SB
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
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
Done for season after surgery
Pirates director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said Wednesday that Valdez recently underwent season-ending surgery on his dislocated left shoulder, Danny Demilio of PittsburghBaseballNow.com reports.
ANALYSIS
Tomczyk estimated that Valdez would require about six months of recovery time, so the 26-year-old utility man should be back to full strength or close to it for spring training. Before being shut down with what was initially labeled as an inflamed left shoulder before it was determined he suffered a dislocation, Valdez played in 31 games for the Pirates and slashed .209/.294/.363 with two home runs, 12 RBI and seven runs across 102 plate appearances.
Tomczyk estimated that Valdez would require about six months of recovery time, so the 26-year-old utility man should be back to full strength or close to it for spring training. Before being shut down with what was initially labeled as an inflamed left shoulder before it was determined he suffered a dislocation, Valdez played in 31 games for the Pirates and slashed .209/.294/.363 with two home runs, 12 RBI and seven runs across 102 plate appearances.
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
+130%
OPS vs RHP
2025
+149%
OPS vs RHP
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .319 | 63 | 0 | 5 | .107 | ||||
| Since 2023vs Right | .734 | 410 | 14 | 54 | .248 | ||||
| 2025vs Left | .282 | 11 | 0 | 3 | .100 | ||||
| 2025vs Right | .703 | 91 | 2 | 9 | .222 | ||||
| 2024vs Left | .296 | 36 | 0 | 0 | .094 | ||||
| 2024vs Right | .697 | 187 | 6 | 28 | .237 | ||||
| 2023vs Left | .393 | 16 | 0 | 2 | .143 | ||||
| 2023vs Right | .806 | 132 | 6 | 17 | .280 | ||||
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
+52%
OPS at Home
2025
+61%
OPS at Home
| OPS | PA | HR | RBI | AVG | |||||
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| Since 2023Home | .807 | 255 | 8 | 33 | .267 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | .532 | 218 | 6 | 26 | .186 | ||||
| 2025Home | .791 | 57 | 1 | 9 | .260 | ||||
| 2025Away | .491 | 45 | 1 | 3 | .146 | ||||
| 2024Home | .787 | 110 | 3 | 13 | .260 | ||||
| 2024Away | .482 | 113 | 3 | 15 | .168 | ||||
| 2023Home | .842 | 88 | 4 | 11 | .280 | ||||
| 2023Away | .652 | 60 | 2 | 8 | .246 | ||||
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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
0.69BB Rate
10.8%K Rate
15.7%BABIP
.233ISO
.154AVG
.209OBP
.294SLG
.363OPS
.657wOBA
.293Exit Velocity
89.8 mphHard Hit Rate
29.3%Barrels/PA
5.9%Expected BA
.264Expected SLG
.433Sprint Speed
21.6 ft/secGround Ball %
34.7%Line Drive %
25.3%Fly Ball %
40.0%Prospect Rankings History
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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.
More Fantasy News
Moved to 60-day IL
The Pirates transferred Valdez (shoulder) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.
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Out with shoulder issue
The Pirates placed Valdez on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to May 8, due to left shoulder inflammation, Kevin Gorman of TribLive.com reports.
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Out against right-hander
Valdez is absent from the lineup for Friday's game against Atlanta.
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Sitting vs. southpaw
Valdez is not in the Pirates' starting lineup against the Cubs on Wednesday.
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In Tuesday's lineup
Valdez (shoulder) will start at first base and bat fourth Tuesday against the Angels.
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