Raul Valdes

Non-MLB

Pitch Repertoire At-A-Glance

Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Raul Valdes threw 3,360 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2010 and 2023, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season, The World Baseball Classic, Spring Training and Fall/Winter Ball. In 2023, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (83mph) and Change using a Palm Ball grip (72mph), also mixing in a Slider (73mph).


In 2023, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball comes in below hitting speed, has heavy sinking action, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slight armside run. Their change using a palm ball grip comes in below hitting speed, has surprising cut action, generates a high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' changeups and has some natural sink to it. Their slider comes in below hitting speed, is basically never swung at and missed compared to other pitchers' sliders, has exceptional depth, has short glove-side cut and results in somewhat more groundballs compared to other pitchers' sliders.