Marc Valdes  
Relief Pitcher | Chicago Cubs

Pitching
His fastball gets into the high 80s, but it's the sink that makes the pitch effective. Valdes also has a decent changeup. The Chicago Cubs hope he can work on his control a little bit. Every once and a while one slips away from him and either ends up at the backstop or in the right field bleachers. He's almost as effective against lefthanders as he is versus righthanders.

Defense & Hitting
He has a fair pickoff move and isn't a particularly easy target for basestealers. He tends to fall off slightly to the first-base side of the mound, making him vulnerable to bunts toward third base. He makes up for that minor flaw by being aggressive in fielding his position. Valdes is a surpisingly good hitting pitcher. And I'm not sure you can say this about a pitcher, but Valdes has some pop in his swing.

          -- Moostard Nyman
 

 

Year Team AS EN CO HR GF vL Hm Sc CL FB CU SI SL CB SC KN Age Exp Delivery Slot CH PH SP FA Nyman Rating
1998 MON 75 38 39 61 56 48 51 48 53 62 51 0 53 47 0 0 22 3 Overhand Active 0 4 14 54 297
1999 MON 77 37 44 70 56 48 51 48 53 62 51 0 53 47 0 0 23 4 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 60 318
2000 CHC 77 37 50 75 56 48 51 48 53 62 51 0 53 53 0 0 24 5 Overhand Low Minors 0 0 0 65 339
2001 CHC 80 40 59 60 56 48 51 48 53 68 59 0 57 58 0 0 25 6 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 55 370
2002 CHC 80 44 60 46 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 60 0 0 26 7 Overhand Active 0 0 0 43 370
2003 CHC 80 46 60 48 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 62 0 0 27 8 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 46 373
2004 CHC 78 48 60 53 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 62 0 0 28 9 Overhand Active 0 0 0 47 374
2005 CHC 79 51 60 54 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 62 0 0 29 10 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 49 377
2006 CHC 79 51 60 55 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 62 0 0 30 11 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 52 377
2007 CHC 80 52 60 58 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 62 0 0 31 12 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 381
2008 CHC 78 52 60 65 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 62 0 0 32 13 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 383
2009 CHC 78 53 60 65 56 48 51 48 53 71 63 0 59 62 0 0 33 14 Overhand AA/AAA 0 0 0 54 383
2010 CHC 79 53 60 65 56 48 51 48 53 73 63 0 59 62 0 0 34 15 Overhand Active 0 0 0 54 387
Ratings Delta   +1                 +2             +1 +1             +4
History generated by Biorhythm v2.6.86 on Sun Nov 14 13:28:08 EST 2004

Data printed in red denotes that player was in the top two percent for that category and year. Blue data denotes membership to the bottom two percent.