Raul Valdes

Non-MLB

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2025, Raul Valdes threw 3,473 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2024, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2024, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (83mph) and Change using a Palm Ball grip (73mph), also mixing in a Slider (74mph).


In 2024, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has some natural sinking action and has slight armside run. Their change using a palm ball grip comes in below hitting speed, has surprising cut action and is an extreme flyball pitch compared to other pitchers' changeups. Their slider (take this with a grain of salt because they've only thrown 16 of them in 2024) comes in below hitting speed, has exceptional depth, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sliders and has short glove-side cut.