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2026Regular Season
Esmerlyn Valdez

Esmerlyn Valdez

Bats RThrows RHt/Wt 6'2", 234 lbAge 22Born Jan 27, 2004 in San Juan La MaguanaDebut 2026

Career Splits

Challenge StatsBatter Decision QualityCall Context
YearTMWonAttWin%CDQROENet RENet WPAxChallCOEbCDQbCDQ/PCSCCBCMOROEWOEWin%Call LIcBE%acBE%xChall%
2026PIT91464.3%2.66+0.80+1.449+0.1397.25+6.752.660.0207129958+0.80+0.08564.3%1.0752.6%20.0%21.4%
Career91464.3%2.66+0.80+1.449+0.1397.25+6.752.660.0207129958+0.80+0.08564.3%1.0752.6%20.0%21.4%

2026 Challenges

Result
Role
Window

14 of 14 challenges

DateOppRoleInnCountOutsRunnersCh. Rem.Dist (in.)LINet RENet WPA
Aug 5MILbatter 91-221-1.790.68+0.086+1.0%
Aug 5MILbatter 21-2024.301.35-0.049-0.5%
Aug 4MILbatter 82-1223.242.76-0.003-0.0%
Aug 2CINbatter 42-1110.440.51-0.099-0.1%
Jul 31CINbatter 31-202-1.201.90+0.324+2.9%
Jul 30CINbatter 22-002-2.131.27+0.195+1.9%
Jul 19CLEbatter 11-222-0.011.23+0.191+1.9%
Jul 18CLEbatter 50-1023.550.24-0.024-0.2%
Jul 18CLEbatter 80-001-1.250.08+0.158+0.1%
Jul 18CLEbatter 42-202-1.501.91+0.301+2.9%
Jul 5WSHbatter 71-111-0.210.85+0.075+1.3%
Jul 4WSHbatter 11-112-0.601.31+0.213+2.0%
Jun 29PHIbatter 91-122-0.020.44+0.089+0.7%
Jun 25SEAbatter 70-2022.870.47-0.007-0.1%

Strike Zone (Catcher's View)

Batter

14 pitches

3.1% larger than league avg by area

17.019.7″

By Count

cell = win% · won/att · ΔRE

strikes →balls ↓
0
1
2
0
0-0100%
1/1+0.16
0-10%
0/1-0.02
0-20%
0/1-0.01
1
1-0
1-1100%
3/3+0.38
1-275%
3/4+0.55
2
2-0100%
1/1+0.20
2-10%
0/2-0.10
2-2100%
1/1+0.30
3
3-0
3-1
3-2

By Leverage

Low (<1)
57% (4/7)win
29% (4/14)chall
Med (1–2)
83% (5/6)win
63% (5/8)chall
High (2+)
0% (0/1)win
(0/0)chall

Vertical tick = league avg win%. Bar = Esmerlyn Valdez's win%. Challenge% = correct challenges / winnable opportunities.