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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

Pittsburgh Pirates prospects Konnor Griffin and Esmerlyn Valdez will represent the organization in the 2025 All-Star Futures Game July 12 in Atlanta. Griffin, the Pirates' ninth overall pick in ...

Termarr Johnson picked up three hits, but Altoona dropped its series opener at Portland by a 4-3 margin Tuesday night at Delta Dental Stadium at Hadlock Field. Altoona built a 3-0 lead through six ...

One of the Pittsburgh Pirates' top hitting prospects Esmerlyn Valdez delivers assuring message via X regarding his injury scare last night.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...