Altoona rallied from a one-run deficit after seven innings to nab a 3-2 win in 10 innings over the Hartford Yard Goats in front of 8,087 fans at Peoples Natural Gas Field Saturday night. Esmerlyn ...

Trailing 2-0 in the bottom of the ninth Esmerlyn Valdez and Duce Gourson hit back-to-back home runs on consecutive pitches, but Hartford hung on for 3-2 win over the Curve in ten innings in front of 5 ...

Despite a ninth-inning rally to force extra innings, the Altoona Curve fell to the Hartford Yard Goats 3-2 in 10 innings Friday night in front of 5,256 fans at PNG Field. Hartford scored a run in the ...

Esmerlyn Valdez has had a summer to remember already and he’s just getting started. The young Altoona Curve star raked in High-A Greensboro as he hit .303 with 20 home runs and 51 RBI for the ...

Altoona Curve outfielders Esmerlyn Valdez and Jase Bowen each had three hits in a 6-2 win over the Portland Sea Dogs ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (Greenville Drive) – The Greensboro Grasshoppers exploded for 10 runs across the second and third innings and rode Esmerlyn Valdez’s two-home-run night to a 12-2 rout of the ...

— Esmerlyn Valdez (@Valdezesmerlyn7) July 23, 2025 Valdez dominated at High-A this season, playing as one of the best prospects in the South Atlantic League.

Then, in 2024, Valdez was promoted to Low-A Bradenton and hit 22 homers. He added 17 doubles and drove in 61 runs while hitting .226 but had a 37.1% strikeout rate.

Coming into this season, Esmerlyn Valdez was not even ranked on MLB Pipeline's Top 30 Prospects for the Pittsburgh Pirates. After a 2024 season in Low-A where he smacked 22 home runs but only hit ...

Trailing by two runs in the bottom of the ninth, Esmerlyn Valdez and Duce Gourson hit back-to-back home runs on consecutive ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. (Greenville Drive) – The Greensboro Grasshoppers exploded for 10 runs across the second and third innings and rode Esmerlyn Valdez’s two-home-run night to a 12-2 rout of the … ...