Roster player dossier · Almanac edition
Pittsburgh Pirates · bats R
Esmerlyn Valdez.
Season production, recent form, handedness splits, and role context. Descriptive only—no live recommendation is shown here.
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Public stats remain descriptive. Live probability, price, Action Window, and Decision state are available only after the Pro access check.
xwOBA is cold across 83 recent batted balls versus a non-overlapping baseline.
Completed performance and hot form remain supporting evidence; neither creates a Posterior Decision on its own.
00 / Public almanac
Season stats and recent form · descriptive, not predictive.
2026 season line
Current production.
PA 2026
193
current season
H
39
2026 hits
XBH
24
9 2B · 1 3B · 14 HR
RBI + R
66
38 RBI · 28 R
BB + SB
33
33 BB · 0 SB
2026 BA
.248
.205 xBA
Hit composition39 H
1B 152B 93B 1HR 14
2025 baseline
Prior context.
PA 2025
00.2 / Career lines
Season-by-season record · descriptive, not predictive.
Batting · 1 season
MLB regular season
| Season | Tm | G | AB | H | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | PIT | 50 | 161 | 39 | .242 | .371 | .571 | .942 |
| Career | 1 yr | 50 |
00.3 / Last 12
Current performance across roughly four series · descriptive, not predictive.
Current performance · last 12 games · roughly four series
AVG
.081
H
3
RBI
2
XBH
2
HR
0
BB
14
AB
37
| Date | Opp | Game line |
|---|
00.4 / Statcast card
Season percentile ranks vs. the qualified MLB pool · descriptive, not predictive.
Statcast season card · 2026 · Batting
Elite offensive value with a heavy swing-and-miss profile.
Posterior percentiles vs. qualified MLB pool · Statcast window Apr 24 – Aug 7 · context only
Expected production
xwOBA
85
.352
xBA
9
.205
xSLG
88
.480
Contact quality
Barrel %
00.5 / Statcast form
Nightly Statcast trends · descriptive, not predictive.
Statcast form · Contact quality
Contact quality is trending cold.
Posterior Statcast graph · through 2026-08-08 · context only
xwOBA
.339
Baseline .378 · Δ -.039
Hard-hit rate
17.6%
Baseline 28.7% · Δ -11.0%
Recent window
83
vs 189 baseline batted balls
COLD · recent vs non-overlapping baselineAs of Aug 9, 2026
Statcast form — descriptive fan context from the point-in-time Statcast graph, not a betting recommendation. It does not move any Posterior probability.
01 / Pro decision context
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