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Orioles, Cesar Valdez Agree To Minor League Deal

By Steve Adams | January 20, 2020 at 9:06am CDT

The Orioles have agreed to a minor league pact with right-hander Cesar Valdez, per Roch Kubatko of MASNsports.com.

Valdez, 34, has had an odd career arc, debuting with the D-backs in 2010 and then going seven years before returning to the Majors in 2017. He split that 2o17 season between the Athletics and Blue Jays organizations but struggled with both clubs. In all, he’s tossed 50 2/3 innings at the MLB level and yielded a 7.64 ERA.

Valdez hasn’t played affiliated ball since that 2017 campaign but has thrived in the Mexican League. His 2019 campaign, in particular, was a dominant effort in which he posted a 2.26 ERA with an immaculate 122-to-17 K/BB ratio in 147 2/3 innings. He’s continued that K/BB mastery in this year’s Dominican Winter League, running up a 1.11 ERA with 40 strikeouts against just four walks in 40 2/3 frames. Across parts of five Triple-A campaigns, Valdez has a 4.24 ERA with 7.3 K/9 against 2.4 BB/9.

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15 Comments

  1. All American Johnsonville Dogs

    5 years ago

    1st overall pick here they come!

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  2. shortytallz

    5 years ago

    This seals it. O’s to the Super Bowel!

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    • jdgoat

      5 years ago

      They’ll still put up a better fight than Cowboy

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      • All American Johnsonville Dogs

        5 years ago

        Who’s cowboy?

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        • DarkSide830

          5 years ago

          the guy that punches people to a script for money

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        • clrrogers 2

          5 years ago

          Donald “Cowboy” Cerrone. They guy Connor McGregor knocked out in 40 seconds a couple of days ago.

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        • canocorn

          5 years ago

          FYI: ‘Bodacious’ is a type of cowboy.

          Reply
  3. andrewf

    5 years ago

    He might just make the Orioles starting rotation out of spring training

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  4. steelshu

    5 years ago

    O’s to a Super Bowl …. now that’s interesting, guess Ravens to the World Series then?

    Reply
  5. andrewf

    5 years ago

    Hey, is my response above broken? I can’t see anything other than the response. No likes or the reply button shows up. Can someone fix this? Thanks,

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    • Jbigz12

      5 years ago

      That’s how it is here now, I believe. I can’t see likes or flag my own comment

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      • AssumesFactNotInEvidence

        5 years ago

        @jbigz12….dude you get no likes lol

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  6. canocorn

    5 years ago

    ‘f’;
    I see ‘thumbs up’, ‘Reply’ and ‘Flag’ after your post. Just not after my own posts.

    It’s probably a reaction to people who upvote themselves and especially those who ‘Reply’ to themselves from the same device but with a different MLBTR identity.

    I say GOOD! Let’s leave that kind of deceptive practice to lawyers and politicians.

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    • AssumesFactNotInEvidence

      5 years ago

      Testing testing testing

      Reply
  7. AssumesFactNotInEvidence

    5 years ago

    Why oh why are the Orioles signing a 34 year old pitcher to any kind of deal??? Hoping he has a great first half of a season and trade him for a prospect or two is all I can see….

    #FireElias!

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