Yordy Valdez Impresses in McArthur Win
March 22, 2019
Yordy Valdez was a name that first popped on our radar in the fall at Jupiter. He stood out as a twitchy, above average defender with some present bat to ball skills. Although, he was fairly undersized and still had a lot of room to grow and mature. To his credit, that appears to be exactly what he did over the winter break. Valdez looks to have put 10-15 pounds of muscle on and has not only improved the athleticism, but the added strength has pushed him to a plus defender that can stick at short and a bat with real upside.
In to see Yordy Valdez of Mcarthur High today as he has some early #MLBDraft hype. Twitchy MIF who shows easy, athletic actions in I/O. pic.twitter.com/nHLZmw0KqU
— Doug Freeman (@DougFreemanPBR) March 21, 2019
The game against Northeast was the first look at Valdez this spring, as he is a player whose names has been mentioned often as one of those south Florida players with spring helium. McArthur would jump out to a 1-0 lead in the first thanks to an error allowing Valdez to reach first, followed by a wild pitch, a stolen base and another wild pitch. Northeast would....
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