Pitching

Luis Valdez

Kansas City Royals (CPX)

Age: 20

Bats/Throws: R/R

6'0" / 170

DOB: 10/25/2004

(20 years, 7 months, 21 days)

Stats

Preseason ProjectionsIn-Season ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2022	KCR	DSL	17	2	1	1	12	1	26.0	7.62	3.46	0.35	.200	65.0%	40.6%	3.6%	2.77	3.88	4.15
2023	KCR	DSL	18	0	0	0	2	2	9.0	9.00	2.00	1.00	.190	89.3%	72.7%	33.3%	2.00	4.09	2.89
2023	KCR	DSL	18	1	2	0	10	10	32.2	10.19	1.93	0.28	.306	61.2%	28.7%	3.3%	3.31	3.21	3.48
2023	KCR	MiLB	18	1	2	0	12	12	41.2	9.94	1.94	0.43	.283	64.8%	38.2%	6.1%	3.02	3.40	3.35
2024	KCR	CPX	19	1	0	0	9	2	22.2	11.51	2.38	1.59	.377	63.4%	47.6%	17.4%	5.96	5.36	4.02
2025	Steamer	PROJ	20	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	4.53	6.73	1.47	.302	66.9%	41.1%		6.74	6.67	6.59	0.0
2025	OOPSY	PROJ	20	0	0	0	1	1	2.5	6.05	3.94	1.41	.308	66.1%			5.64	5.32		0.0
2025	Steamer	ROS		0	0	0	1	0	1.0	4.43	6.88	1.39	.301	67.3%			6.62	6.53		0.0

Season	Team	Level	Age	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	SV SV - Saves	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	IP IP - Innings Pitched	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	GB% GB% - Ground Ball Percentage (GB/BIP)	HR/FB HR/FB - Home Run to Fly Ball Ratio	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale	xFIP xFIP - Expected Fielder Independent Pitching where Home Runs are calculated as 10.5% of Fly Balls induced	WAR WAR - Wins Above Replacement
2022	KCR	DSL	17	2	1	1	12	1	26.0	7.62	3.46	0.35	.200	65.0%	40.6%	3.6%	2.77	3.88	4.15
2023	KCR	DSL	18	0	0	0	2	2	9.0	9.00	2.00	1.00	.190	89.3%	72.7%	33.3%	2.00	4.09	2.89
2023	KCR	DSL	18	1	2	0	10	10	32.2	10.19	1.93	0.28	.306	61.2%	28.7%	3.3%	3.31	3.21	3.48
2023	KCR	MiLB	18	1	2	0	12	12	41.2	9.94	1.94	0.43	.283	64.8%	38.2%	6.1%	3.02	3.40	3.35
2024	KCR	CPX	19	1	0	0	9	2	22.2	11.51	2.38	1.59	.377	63.4%	47.6%	17.4%	5.96	5.36	4.02
2025	Steamer	PROJ	20	0	0	0	1	0	1.0	4.53	6.73	1.47	.302	66.9%	41.1%		6.74	6.67	6.59	0.0
2025	OOPSY	PROJ	20	0	0	0	1	1	2.5	6.05	3.94	1.41	.308	66.1%			5.64	5.32		0.0
2025	Steamer	ROS		0	0	0	1	0	1.0	4.43	6.88	1.39	.301	67.3%			6.62	6.53		0.0

Preseason ProjectionsIn-Season ProjectionsMinor Leagues

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2022	KCR	DSL	2	1	2.77	12	1		0	0	1	0	26.0	104	15	10	8	1	10	0	1	2	2	22
2023	KCR	DSL	0	0	2.00	2	2		0	0	0	0	9.0	33	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	9
2023	KCR	DSL	1	2	3.31	10	10		0	0	0	0	32.2	135	27	16	12	1	7	0	5	2	0	37
2023	KCR	MiLB	1	2	3.02	12	12		0	0	0	0	41.2	168	32	18	14	2	9	0	5	2	0	46
2024	KCR	CPX	1	0	5.96	9	2		0	0	0	0	22.2	101	27	16	15	4	6	0	1	7	1	29
2025	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	6.74	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	0			1
2025	OOPSY	PROJ	0	0	5.64	1	1	0			0		2.5	11	3	2	2	0	1	0	0			2
2025	Steamer	ROS	0	0	6.62	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1		0			0

Season	Team	Level	W W - Wins	L L - Losses	ERA ERA - Earned Run Average ((ER*9)/IP)	G G - Games Pitched	GS GS - Games Started	QS	CG CG - Complete Games	ShO ShO - Shoutouts	SV SV - Saves	BS BS - Blown Saves	IP IP - Innings Pitched	TBF TBF - Total Batters Faced	H H - Hits Allowed	R R - Runs Allowed	ER ER - Earned Runs	HR HR - Home Runs	BB BB - Walks	IBB IBB - Intentional	HBP HBP - Hit Batters	WP WP - Wild Pitches	BK BK - Balks	SO SO - Strikeouts
2022	KCR	DSL	2	1	2.77	12	1		0	0	1	0	26.0	104	15	10	8	1	10	0	1	2	2	22
2023	KCR	DSL	0	0	2.00	2	2		0	0	0	0	9.0	33	5	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	9
2023	KCR	DSL	1	2	3.31	10	10		0	0	0	0	32.2	135	27	16	12	1	7	0	5	2	0	37
2023	KCR	MiLB	1	2	3.02	12	12		0	0	0	0	41.2	168	32	18	14	2	9	0	5	2	0	46
2024	KCR	CPX	1	0	5.96	9	2		0	0	0	0	22.2	101	27	16	15	4	6	0	1	7	1	29
2025	Steamer	PROJ	0	0	6.74	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1	0	0			1
2025	OOPSY	PROJ	0	0	5.64	1	1	0			0		2.5	11	3	2	2	0	1	0	0			2
2025	Steamer	ROS	0	0	6.62	1	0	0	0	0	0		1.0	5	1	1	1	0	1		0			0

Preseason ProjectionsIn-Season ProjectionsMinor LeaguesAverages

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2022	KCR	DSL	7.62	3.46	2.20	0.35	21.2%	9.6%	11.5%	.161	0.96	.200	65.0%	63	87	3.88
2023	KCR	DSL	9.00	2.00	4.50	1.00	27.3%	6.1%	21.2%	.161	0.78	.190	89.3%	43	85	4.09
2023	KCR	DSL	10.19	1.93	5.29	0.28	27.4%	5.2%	22.2%	.220	1.04	.306	61.2%	70	67	3.21
2023	KCR	MiLB	9.94	1.94	5.11	0.43	27.4%	5.4%	22.0%	.208	0.98	.283	64.8%	64	71	3.40
2024	KCR	CPX	11.51	2.38	4.83	1.59	28.7%	5.9%	22.8%	.287	1.46	.377	63.4%	110	97	5.36
2025	Steamer	PROJ	4.53	6.73	0.67	1.47	10.4%	15.4%	-5.0%	.293	1.93	.302	66.9%			6.67
2025	OOPSY	PROJ	6.05	3.94	1.54	1.41	14.8%	9.6%	5.2%	.284	1.59	.308	66.1%			5.32
2025	Steamer	ROS	4.43	6.88	0.64	1.39	10.1%	15.7%	-5.6%	.291	1.94	.301	67.3%			6.53

Season	Team	Level	K/9 K/9 - Strikeouts per 9 Innings ((SO*9)/IP)	BB/9 BB/9 - Walks per 9 Innings ((BB*9)/IP)	K/BB K/BB - Strikeout to Walk Ratio (SO/BB)	HR/9 HR/9 - Home Runs per 9 Innings ((HR*9)/IP)	K% K% - Strikeout Percentage (SO/TBF)	BB% BB% - Walk Percentage (BB/TBF)	K-BB% K-BB% - The difference between strikeout percentage and walk percentage	AVG AVG - Batting Average Against	WHIP WHIP - Walks + Hits divided by Innings Pitched	BABIP BABIP - Batting Average on Balls in Play	LOB% LOB% - Left on Base Percentage	ERA- ERA- - ERA adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP- FIP- - FIP adjusted for park and league where 100 is average and lower is better	FIP FIP - Fielder Independent Pitching on an ERA scale
2022	KCR	DSL	7.62	3.46	2.20	0.35	21.2%	9.6%	11.5%	.161	0.96	.200	65.0%	63	87	3.88
2023	KCR	DSL	9.00	2.00	4.50	1.00	27.3%	6.1%	21.2%	.161	0.78	.190	89.3%	43	85	4.09
2023	KCR	DSL	10.19	1.93	5.29	0.28	27.4%	5.2%	22.2%	.220	1.04	.306	61.2%	70	67	3.21
2023	KCR	MiLB	9.94	1.94	5.11	0.43	27.4%	5.4%	22.0%	.208	0.98	.283	64.8%	64	71	3.40
2024	KCR	CPX	11.51	2.38	4.83	1.59	28.7%	5.9%	22.8%	.287	1.46	.377	63.4%	110	97	5.36
2025	Steamer	PROJ	4.53	6.73	0.67	1.47	10.4%	15.4%	-5.0%	.293	1.93	.302	66.9%			6.67
2025	OOPSY	PROJ	6.05	3.94	1.54	1.41	14.8%	9.6%	5.2%	.284	1.59	.308	66.1%			5.32
2025	Steamer	ROS	4.43	6.88	0.64	1.39	10.1%	15.7%	-5.6%	.291	1.94	.301	67.3%			6.53