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Rockies, Phillips Valdez Agree To Minor League Deal

By Anthony Franco | December 23, 2022 at 7:12pm CDT

The Rockies have signed righty Phillips Valdez to a minor league contract, according to Chris Hilburn-Trenkle of Baseball America. He’d reached minor league free agency at the end of the season after being outrighted off the Mariners 40-man roster in October.

Valdez didn’t suit up at the MLB level with Seattle. He spent his time in the organization with Triple-A Tacoma, where he worked to a 4.22 ERA over 21 1/3 innings of relief. Valdez struck out just 16.3% of batters faced at that level, though he induced grounders on almost half the batted balls he allowed. Before landing with the Mariners, he pitched in 13 MLB games for the Red Sox. Over 16 1/3 frames, he put up a 4,41 ERA with an 18.1% strikeout rate and a massive 58.7% grounder percentage.

A native of the Dominican Republic, Valdez has pitched in the majors in each of the last four years. He’s made 76 appearances with the Rangers and Red Sox, pitching 102 2/3 frames of 4.56 ERA ball. The 31-year-old doesn’t have especially strong strikeout or walk numbers, but he’s consistently been successful at keeping the ball on the ground. For his career, Valdez has induced worm-burners on 53.9% of batted balls.

That’s surely of appeal to the Rockies, who are always looking for ways to keep the ball in the yard and avoid the massive Coors Field outfield. Valdez will try to carve out a middle innings role. If he secures a 40-man roster spot, the Rox would have to keep him in the majors or make him available to other teams as he’s out of minor league option years.

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  1. User 4245925809

    3 years ago

    Change up after change up. He DOES have that 1 good pitch, then his FB is upper 80’s a lot of the time, so could say it’s kind of a change up itself?

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    • AverageCommenter

      3 years ago

      The problem is it’s not changing anything up if it’s the only thing

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  2. IndianaBraves85

    3 years ago

    The Rockies still exist?

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    • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

      3 years ago

      Now, now – play nice with the others in the sandbox…

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      • fre5hwind

        3 years ago

        Share the shovel!

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  3. raydh

    3 years ago

    “That’s surely of appeal to the Rockies, who are always looking for ways to keep the ball in the yard and avoid the massive Coors Field outfield.”

    On the plus side, the Rockies have found a way to do this, having Kris Bryant bat. On the negative side…

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  4. lesterdnightfly

    3 years ago

    Phillips Valdez is a combination of a defunct petroleum company and the Exxon Valdez. What could go wrong?

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  5. MPrck

    3 years ago

    VALDEZ IS COMING, to spring training for Colorado, Detroit fans rejoice.

    Reply
  6. Arnold Ziffel

    3 years ago

    Another huge signing by the Rocks. They have really gone all out this off season.

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    Reply
  7. Arnold Ziffel

    3 years ago

    Another great move by Rockies, very active this winter.

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    Reply
  8. Arnold Ziffel

    3 years ago

    Another great move by Rockies, very active this winter, keep up the great work

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    • God Help Us All

      3 years ago

      Point taken, Arnold.

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      Reply
  9. Arnold Ziffel

    3 years ago

    They would t post when I first wrote them, got a note from the site saying they wouldn’t post.

    Reply
  10. MLB Top 100 Commenter

    3 years ago

    “Worm-burners” – LOL

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    • It’scalledawinningstreak

      3 years ago

      Had to look that one up, Learned something new today. Lol

      Reply
  11. 4thefences

    3 years ago

    It’s going to be a long season for the Rockies and their fans. The good news for the Monforts is they will still be in the top 10 in attendance. They’ve done a great job providing retail shops and restaurants around the ballpark. $40 cover charge will get you inside and we know the rest of the story.

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  12. Rsox

    3 years ago

    Valdez had some really nice stretches with the Red Sox in ’21 but last season wasn’t fooling any one

    Reply
  13. miltpappas

    3 years ago

    Cora’s fantasy league closer.

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