George Valera

Bats L Throws L5'10" 195 lbBorn 2000 Queens, USADebut 2025Team CLE

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 70.6FIELD+ 100.0 at DHTotal -0.07 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	112	99	22	4	0	4	11	31	0	0.221	0.300	0.375	0.675	0.154	0.298	28.1	9.8	88.5	0.19
2027	137	122	27	5	0	4	12	34	1	0.222	0.296	0.364	0.660	0.142	0.292	24.5	9.1	84.5	0.17

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 24

His ten closest age-24 comparables averaged 87 HIT+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Mike Carp	2010	105.1	122.2	313
2	Mike Laga	1984	101.5	35.3	36
3	Calvin Pickering	2001	97.4	did not play
4	Travis Ishikawa	2008	99.9	86.1	363
5	Marv Throneberry	1958	112.9	92.6	214
6	Fred Luderus	1910	110.2	125.0	609
7	Mitch Moreland	2010	117.4	81.3	512
8	Yonder Alonso	2011	126.7	109.1	619
9	Sam Horn	1988	111.2	19.7	62
10	Terry Crowley	1971	108.1	112.2	283

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			137		27	5	4		1	12	34	0.222	0.296	0.364	0.660	84.5
2026*	CLE	13	38	1	8	3	0		0	1	8	0.216	0.237	0.297	0.534	41.2
2025	CLE	16	48	7	9	2	2	5	0	7	13	0.220	0.333	0.415	0.748	110.8
Career		16	48	7	9	2	2	5	0	7	13	0.220	0.333	0.415	0.748	110.8

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	38	90.2	9.6	0.0	34.5	22.1	40.4	0.193	0.232	0.198	25.5
2025	48	91.1	2.2	3.6	42.9	29.8	22.3	0.187	0.278	0.272	26.0

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CLE	OF	5	32	5	0	0	0	1.000

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2026	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	271	7 HR, 4 SB	0.240	0.722
2025	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	107	3 HR, 0 SB	0.255	0.803
2025	Rk	ACL Guardians	Bat	63	4 HR, 0 SB	0.421	1.162
2024	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	374	17 HR, 6 SB	0.248	0.789
2023	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	312	10 HR, 1 SB	0.211	0.718
2023	Rk	ACL Guardians	Bat	26	1 HR, 2 SB	0.333	1.090
2022	AAA	Columbus Clippers	Bat	179	9 HR, 0 SB	0.221	0.772
2022	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	387	15 HR, 2 SB	0.264	0.837
2021	AA	Akron RubberDucks	Bat	100	3 HR, 1 SB	0.267	0.747
2021	A+	Lake County Captains	Bat	263	16 HR, 10 SB	0.256	0.978
2019	A	Lake County Captains	Bat	26	0 HR, 0 SB	0.087	0.366
2018	Rk	AZL Indians 2	Bat	22	1 HR, 1 SB	0.333	0.965

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.000	0.274	0.226	0.310
2025	0.000	0.370	0.196	0.446

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason batting

Year	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2025	3	7	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.286	0.286	0.857	1.143
Career	3	7	2	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0.286	0.286	0.857	1.143