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Pat Valaika
Los Angeles Dodgers
1B: 6 2B: 71 3B: 2 SS: 17 OF: 3
2023 Projected Value: $0
2025 Actual Value: $0 Difference: $0
Based on 10-team NL-only league

Player Stats Daily Log

Year	AB	H	R	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	Rate
2021	255	52	17	5	25	16	75	1	0.204	1.3
2020	141	39	24	8	16	8	34	0	0.277	29.5
2019	79	15	11	1	4	7	34	0	0.190	-0.3
2018	122	19	8	2	5	9	30	0	0.156	-3.8
2017	182	47	28	13	40	7	53	0	0.258	16.9
2016	19	5	3	1	2	0	8	0	0.263	1.3

Player News

Date	News
7/05/23	Dodgers News: LA Swings Trade with Mariners for Utility Infielder. Dodgers News: LA Swings Trade with Mariners for Utility Infielder He could be some needed depth along the way! Author: Matt Levine Publish date: Jul 5, 2023 3:30 PM EDT In this story: Los Angeles Dodgers Prior to their game Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Dodgers struck a minor trade with the Seattle Mariners. The team acquired utility infielder Pat Valaika to add to their overall team depth. If you are thinking, “why does that name seem somewhat familiar?”, you aren't alone. Dodger fans may remember Valaika as he spent four years with the Colorado Rockies. He has played six total seasons in the big leagues and last played in the majors back in 2021 with the Baltimore Orioles. Valaika Source: https://www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/news/dodgers-news-l...
7/05/23	Dodgers acquire Pat Valaika from Mariners, Ken Giles debuts in Arizona. The Dodgers on Tuesday made a minor league trade, acquiring infielder Pat Valaika from the Mariners for cash. The 30-year-old Valaika, who played six seasons in the majors with the Rockies and Orioles from 2016-21, was hitting .240/.343/.405 with a 77 wRC+ for Triple-A Tacoma, splitting time between first base, second base, and third base. On Tuesday for Oklahoma City, Valaika batted third and played second base, collecting two hits in three at-bats plus a walk, and scored a run. Ken Giles signed a minor league contract with the Dodgers on June 4, and one month later made his debut in a game. Source: https://www.truebluela.com/2023/7/5/23783868/pat-v...
4/05/22	Orioles positional preview: Infield. And let’s not forget Pat Valaika, who appeared at every position on the infield — except catcher — but played mostly second base. The catchers this year are all new, too. As far as first base is concerned, the O’s have that position covered better than the rest of the infield. Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2022/4/5/23006512/balti...
9/30/21	Boston-Baltimore Runs. Pat Valaika singles to center field. Tyler Nevin to third. Jahmai Jones called out on strikes. Source: https://www.seattlepi.com/sports/article/Boston-Ba...
9/25/21	Pat Valaika's RBI double. Pat Valaika pulls a double into left field, and Trey Mancini scores to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead in the 7th inning Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/pat-valaikas-rbi-double-0...
9/22/21	Harper's throw to plate saves Phillies' 4-3 win over O's. The NL East could be decided when the Phillies play at Atlanta next week in a three-game set. The Phillies can thank Harper's arm for saving the win. The Orioles trimmed the lead to 4-3 with two outs in the eighth and had a runner on second when Pat Valaika singled to right field. Source: https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/Harper-s-thr...
8/04/21	Richie Martin has been given another chance to prove he belongs. Martin certainly could have played short or second base, but current Orioles Ramón Urías and Pat Valaika filled the positions. Martin figured to be a long shot to break camp with the Orioles this season, but a broken hamate bone in his left hand made sure of it. The injury required another surgery, and Martin did not take his first spring training at bat until the third week of March. Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2021/8/4/22608579/balti...
7/24/21	Saturday Bird Droppings: The Orioles have been better since the All-Star break. Good morning, Birdland! Paul recapped last night’s 6-1 win over the Nationals, a game in which Pat Valaika went deep twice, Brandon Hyde pulled Jorge López at the right time, and the bullpen was simply sensational. Everything went well, and it was a deserved victory against a team that is clinging onto its slim playoff chances at this point. Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2021/7/24/22591542/balt...
7/24/21	Valaika homers twice to lead Orioles past Nationals 6-1. BALTIMORE (AP) — Pat Valaika's sudden power surge helped the Baltimore Orioles to a rare win at home. Valaika homered twice — doubling his total for the season — and the Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Friday night for just their second victory in their last 11 home games. Valaika had one home run all season before hitting one Wednesday at Tampa Bay. After an off day Thursday, he led the Orioles past the Nationals. “I think tonight I just squared those balls up better than I have pretty much this whole year," he said. "It felt good to actually drive a ball and not see it die at the track.” Josh Bell went deep for Washington in the fourth inning, but that 1-0 lead for the Nationals didn't last long. Baltimore scored twice in the fourth before Valaika's solo shot in the fifth. Valaika hit another solo homer in the seventh to make it 6-1. Jorge López allowed a run and four hits in 4 2/3 innings. He was pulled one out short of the win — at that point, Baltimore led 2-1 and Juan Soto was coming up with the tying run on third. Paul Fry (4-3) retired Soto on a grounder, then struck out the side in the sixth. “We didn’t swing the bats like we’ve been doing,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. Patrick Corbin (6-9) allowed five runs — four earned — and five hits in 5 1/3 innings. Austin Hays doubled in a run in the fourth to tie the game at 1, and he later scored on a single by Ramón Urías. In the sixth, Urías came up with a man on third and hit a groundball, and shortstop Trea Turner's throw home was high. The play was scored as a fielder's choice, and that run made it 4-1. Urías then went to third when Bell let a pickoff throw get past him at first base for an error. Pedro Severino scored Urías with a... Source: https://www.chron.com/sports/article/Valaika-homer...
7/24/21	Pat Valaika homers twice, bullpen dominates behind Jorge López to lift Orioles to 6-1 win over Nationals. Pat Valaika hit two home runs, matching his season total, and Paul Fry, Cole Sulser, Tanner Scott and Dillon Tate struck out eight in 4 1/3 scoreless relief innings to help the Orioles beat the Nationals, 6-1, on Friday night at Camden Yards. Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-...
7/23/21	Valaika homers twice to lead Orioles past Nationals 6-1. Pat Valaika homered twice – doubling his total for the season – and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Washington Nationals 6-1 on Friday night for just their second victory in their last 11 home games. Josh Bell went deep for Washington in the fourth inning, but that 1-0 lead for the Nationals didn’t last long. Baltimore scored twice in the fourth before Valaika’s solo shot in the fifth. Source: https://wgnradio.com/sports/valaika-homers-twice-t...
7/21/21	Pat Valaika's solo home run. Pat Valaika mashes a solo home run to left-center field, tying the game at 2 in the top of the 3rd inning Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/pat-valaikas-solo-home-ru...
7/19/21	Pat Valaika's two-run single. Pat Valaika pushes the Orioles' lead to 4-0 in the 6th inning with a two-run single and reaches second base on the throw to home plate Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/pat-valaikas-two-run-sing...
7/10/21	Orioles open final first-half series with 12-1 loss to White Sox; infielder Pat Valaika returns to mound. Things got so bad that the Orioles had to use infielder Pat Valaika as an emergency pitcher in a lopsided loss to the Chicago White Sox on Friday night at Camden Yards. Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-...
7/09/21	Orioles open final first-half series with 12-1 loss to White Sox. BALTIMORE — Before Friday night’s game with the Chicago White Sox opened the Orioles’ final series of the first half of the season, manager Brandon Hyde stated the obvious. “We’re looking for pitching,” he said. He saw plenty of it in Friday’s 12-1 defeat, and little of it good, with Hyde calling on second baseman Pat Valaika to pitch for the second time this year to record the final out of ... Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/orioles-open-final-first-...
7/03/21	Leyba scores on fielder's choice. Pat Valaika grounds into a fielder's choice to third base, scoring Domingo Leyba to trim the Angels' lead to 3-1 in the top of the 3rd inning Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/leyba-scores-fielders-cho...
6/22/21	Orioles minor league report: Jahmai Jones has hot bat at Norfolk; strikeouts pile up for Grayson Rodriguez. This is all happening amid a continued pit of production at second base for the Orioles, with Stevie Wilkerson and Pat Valaika each in cold spells at the plate and not playing their best defense, either. For Jones, who began his career as an outfielder and has limited second base experience, the Orioles have to weigh whether it’s worth bringing him up to learn on the job in the field or continue that work in the minors. Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-...
6/22/21	Orioles minor league report: Jahmai Jones has hot bat at Norfolk; strikeouts pile up for Grayson Rodriguez. This is all happening amid a continued pit of production at second base for the Orioles, with Stevie Wilkerson and Pat Valaika each in cold spells at the plate and not playing their best defense, either. For Jones, who began his career as an outfielder and has limited second base experience, the Orioles have to weigh whether it’s worth bringing him up to learn on the job in the field or continue that down below. Source: http://feeds.baltimoresun.com/~r/baltimoresun/spor...
6/13/21	Pat Valaika's RBI single. Pat Valaika flares a single into left field, scoring Austin Hays and giving the Orioles a 1-0 lead in the top of the 2nd inning Source: https://sports.yahoo.com/pat-valaikas-rbi-single-1...
6/09/21	After death of father-in-law, Pat Valaika plays key role in Orioles’ 10-3 rout of Mets. A 10-3 victory over the National League East-leading New York Mets came two days removed from the Orioles' largest scoring output in six seasons and gave them their fifth win in six June games. Source: https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-...

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