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Merkin Valdez \mur-KEEN\

Merkin R. (Mola) Valdez

Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: November 5, 1981 in San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
High School: Escuela Rural Palenque (Palenque, DO)

Prospect Ratings by Baseball America:
Pre-2004: Rated #40 Prospect
Pre-2005: Rated #58 Prospect

Major League Stats

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Pitching: 2012 / 2011 / 2010 / 2009 / 2008
Batting: 2011 / 2008

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Minors Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
2002	20	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	7	3	.700	1.98	12	8	3	1	1	0	68.1	47	18	15	0	12	0	76	2	0	2	260	0.863	6.2	0.0	1.6	10.0	6.33
2003	21	Hagerstown	SALL	A	SFG	9	5	.643	2.25	26	26	0	2	1	0	156.0	119	42	39	11	49	0	166	5	0	4	617	1.077	6.9	0.6	2.8	9.6	3.39
2004	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	SFG	4	5	.444	3.72	18	15	1	0	0	1	82.1	71	37	34	7	24	0	80	4	0	2	343	1.154	7.8	0.8	2.6	8.7	3.33
2004	22	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	3	1	.750	2.52	7	7	0	0	0	0	35.2	30	12	10	4	5	0	44	4	0	1	146	0.981	7.6	1.0	1.3	11.1	8.80
2004	22	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	1	4	.200	4.32	10	7	1	0	0	1	41.2	35	21	20	3	15	0	31	0	0	1	172	1.200	7.6	0.6	3.2	6.7	2.07
2004	22	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	0		7.20	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	25	2.000	10.8	0.0	7.2	9.0	1.25
2005	23	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	5	6	.455	3.53	24	19	0	1	0	0	107.0	99	48	42	7	45	0	96	8	0	8	454	1.346	8.3	0.6	3.8	8.1	2.13
2006	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	0	4	.000	5.80	46	3	20	0	0	5	49.2	52	42	32	6	39	1	48	5	2	8	246	1.832	9.4	1.1	7.1	8.7	1.23

2008	26	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	5	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	27.0

2010	28	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	TOR	3	5	.375	7.91	39	1	16	0	0	0	58.0	92	59	51	5	26	0	35	3	3	7	289	2.034	14.3	0.8	4.0	5.4	1.35
2011	29	2 Teams	1 Lg	AAA	LAD,TEX	5	2	.714	3.29	50	0	25	0	0	8	65.2	61	27	24	2	29	1	57	4	1	3	283	1.371	8.4	0.3	4.0	7.8	1.97
2011	29	Round Rock, Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD,TEX	5	2	.714	3.29	50	0	25	0	0	8	65.2	61	27	24	2	29	1	57	4	1	3	283	1.371	8.4	0.3	4.0	7.8	1.97
2011	29	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	4	2	.667	3.58	38	0	18	0	0	4	50.1	47	23	20	1	24	1	43	4	1	2	217	1.411	8.4	0.2	4.3	7.7	1.79
2011	29	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	1	0	1.000	2.35	12	0	7	0	0	4	15.1	14	4	4	1	5	0	14	0	0	1	66	1.239	8.2	0.6	2.9	8.2	2.80
2012	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	OAK	0	1	.000	3.46	36	1	22	0	0	5	39.0	35	17	15	4	17	1	27	1	0	6	169	1.333	8.1	0.9	3.9	6.2	1.59
2012	30	Athletics	ARIZ	Rk	OAK	0	0		0.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	0.667	6.0	0.0	0.0	3.0
2012	30	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	0	1	.000	3.75	34	0	22	0	0	5	36.0	33	17	15	4	17	1	26	1	0	6	160	1.389	8.2	1.0	4.2	6.5	1.53
9 Seasons						33	31	.516	3.62	252	73	87	4	2	19	627.0	577	290	252	42	241	3	588	32	6	40	2666	1.305	8.3	0.6	3.5	8.4	2.44
AAA (5 seasons)				AAA		8	12	.400	5.29	170	5	83	0	0	18	214.1	244	149	126	17	115	3	171	13	6	24	1003	1.675	10.2	0.7	4.8	7.2	1.49
AA (2 seasons)				AA		6	10	.375	3.75	34	26	1	1	0	1	148.2	134	69	62	10	60	0	127	8	0	9	626	1.305	8.1	0.6	3.6	7.7	2.12
Rk (2 seasons)				Rk		7	3	.700	1.89	14	9	3	1	1	0	71.1	49	18	15	0	12	0	77	2	0	2	269	0.855	6.2	0.0	1.5	9.7	6.42
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		3	1	.750	2.45	8	7	0	0	0	0	36.2	31	12	10	4	5	0	47	4	0	1	151	0.982	7.6	1.0	1.2	11.5	9.40
A (1 season)				A		9	5	.643	2.25	26	26	0	2	1	0	156.0	119	42	39	11	49	0	166	5	0	4	617	1.077	6.9	0.6	2.8	9.6	3.39

Minors Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2002	20	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2003	21	Hagerstown	SALL	A	SFG	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-AAA-A+	SFG	18	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	22	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2004	22	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004	22	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	23	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	24	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0
2006	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	46	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

2008	26	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

2010	28	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	TOR	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	2 Teams	1 Lg	AAA	LAD,TEX	50	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	Round Rock,Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD,TEX	50	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	38	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2011	29	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	OAK	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	30	Athletics	ARIZ	Rk	OAK	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2012	30	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Seasons						252	20	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.053	.053	.053	.105	1	0	0	1	0	0
AAA (5 seasons)				AAA		170	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
AA (2 seasons)				AA		34	15	14	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.071	.071	.071	.143	1	0	0	1	0	0
Rk (2 seasons)				Rk		14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
A+ (2 seasons)				A+		8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
A (1 season)				A		26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

Minors Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff		G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	SB	CS	CS%
2002	20	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	P	12	14	5	8	1	0	.929	1.08	5	3	38%
2003	21	Hagerstown	SALL	A	SFG	P	26	40	9	29	2	1	.950	1.46	22	13	37%
2004	22	3 Teams	3 Lgs	AA-A+-AAA	SFG	P	18	15	2	13	0	1	1.000	0.83
2004	22	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	P	7	5	1	4	0	0	1.000	0.71
2004	22	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	P	10	7	1	6	0	0	1.000	0.70
2004	22	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	P	1	3	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.00
2005	23	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	P	24	24	8	16	0	1	1.000	1.00	14	9	39%
2006	24	Fresno	PCL	AAA	SFG	P	46	10	3	5	2	0	.800	0.17	13	1	7%

2008	26	San Jose	CALL	A+	SFG	P	1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	1	0	0%

2010	28	Las Vegas	PCL	AAA	TOR	P	39	11	4	6	1	0	.909	0.26	3	2	40%
2011	29	2 Teams	1 Lg	AAA	LAD,TEX	P	50	17	6	11	0	0	1.000	0.34	4	2	33%
2011	29	Round Rock, Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD,TEX	P	50	17	6	11	0	0	1.000	0.34	4	2	33%
2011	29	Round Rock	PCL	AAA	TEX	P	12	4	1	3	0	0	1.000	0.33	2	0	0%
2011	29	Albuquerque	PCL	AAA	LAD	P	38	13	5	8	0	0	1.000	0.34	2	2	50%
2012	30	2 Teams	2 Lgs	AAA-Rk	OAK	P	36	6	2	3	1	0	.833	0.14	4	0	0%
2012	30	Athletics	ARIZ	Rk	OAK	P	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0	0
2012	30	Sacramento	PCL	AAA	OAK	P	34	6	2	3	1	0	.833	0.15	4	0	0%
9 Seasons							252	137	39	91	7	3	.949	0.52	66	30	31%

A 7890 value in the totals indicates career mark is incomplete.

Teams Played For

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff
2000	18	Dominican Republic
2001	19	Dominican Republic
2002	20	GCL Braves	Gulf Coast League	Rk	ATL
2003	21	Hagerstown Suns	South Atlantic League	A	SFG
2004	22	San Jose Giants	California League	A+	SFG		2004-06-01	2004-07-07
2004	22	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2004-06-28	2004-06-28
2004	22	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	AA	SFG		2004-07-18	2004-09-05
2004	22	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2004-08-01	2004-08-05
2005	23	Norwich Navigators	Eastern League	AA	SFG		2005-04-09	2005-08-16
2006	24	Fresno Grizzlies	Pacific Coast League	AAA	SFG		2006-04-08	2006-08-27

2008	26	San Jose Giants	California League	A+	SFG		2008-06-07	2008-06-07
2008	26	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2008-03-31	2008-05-12
2009	27	San Francisco Giants	National League	MLB	SFG	1	2009-04-08	2009-09-26
2010	28	Las Vegas 51s	Pacific Coast League	AAA	TOR		2010-05-02	2010-09-02
2010	28	Toronto Blue Jays	American League	MLB	TOR	1	2010-04-14	2010-04-25
2011	29	Albuquerque Isotopes	Pacific Coast League	AAA	LAD	1	2011-04-09	2011-07-16
2011	29	Texas Rangers	American League	MLB	TEX	1	2011-09-02	2011-09-25
2011	29	Round Rock Express	Pacific Coast League	AAA	TEX	2	2011-07-25	2011-08-30
2012	30	Sacramento River Cats	Pacific Coast League	AAA	OAK		2012-04-05	2012-09-03
2012	30	AZL Athletics	Arizona League	Rk	OAK		2012-06-20	2012-06-30

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