The Pittsburgh Pirates had a scary moment occur in the minor leagues, with one of their up-and-coming prospects leaving a ...

Curve outfielders Esmerlyn Valdez and Jase Bowen each had three hits in a 6-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs on Wednesday ...

Esmerlyn Valdez has had a summer to remember already and he’s just getting started. The young Altoona Curve star raked in ...

Valdez is batting .182 with zero home runs and an 8:4 K:BB in 10 games since getting promoted from High-A Greensboro to Double-A Altoona on July 1. A righty-hitting corner bat who won't offer much ...

Altoona Curve outfielders Esmerlyn Valdez and Jase Bowen each had three hits in a 6-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (Greenville Drive) – The Greensboro Grasshoppers exploded for 10 runs across the second and third innings and rode Esmerlyn Valdez’s two-home-run night to a 12-2 rout of the ...

Then, in 2024, Valdez was promoted to Low-A Bradenton and hit 22 homers. He added 17 doubles and drove in 61 runs while hitting .226 but had a 37.1% strikeout rate.

Coming into this season, Esmerlyn Valdez was not even ranked on MLB Pipeline's Top 30 Prospects for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After a 2024 season in Low-A where he smacked 22 home runs but only hit ...

Pirates’ affiliates swung hot bats on Tuesday night, compiling five homers and three wins in four games played. 20-year-old first base prospect Esmerlyn Valdez hit his third homer in the past ...

Esmerlyn Valdez logró su mejor marca de 22 jonrones en la Liga Estatal de Florida en 2024 con Low-A Bradenton y participó en el segundo Spring Breakout anual, donde consiguió uno de los cuatro ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (Greenville Drive) – The Greensboro Grasshoppers exploded for 10 runs across the second and third innings and rode Esmerlyn Valdez’s two-home-run night to a 12-2 rout of the … ...