Valerio
De La Paz
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: June 7, 1997 in Dominican Republic
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 19 FL FF   8 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5
2017 20 FL FF   8 2 2 2 3 3 3 6 6 6
2018 21 WI GE   8 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
2019 22 WI GE   8 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
2020 23 WI GE   8 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 6 6
2021 24 WI GE   8 3 3 3 3 3 3 5 5 5
2022 25 WI GE   8 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2023 26 WI GE $ 300,000 8 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 5 5
2024 27 WI GE $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2025 28 WI GE $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5
2026 29 WI GE   8 5 5 5 3 4 4 5 5 5
2027 30 WI GE   8 6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5
2028 31 KS GE $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   8 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 4 4 4 6 6 6
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2016 19 FL FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2017 20 FL FF     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2018 21 WI GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2019 22 WI GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2020 23 WI GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2021 24 WI GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2022 25 WI GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2023 26 WI GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2024 27 WI GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2025 28 WI GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2026 29 WI GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2027 30 WI GE     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
2028 31 KS GE $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2016 19 A   14 9 .609 31 31 0 0 0 190.7 175 89 15 90 95 4.20 .246 .330 .364 .694  
2017 20 A   9 8 .529 22 22 2 2 0 145.0 117 53 11 60 80 3.29 .219 .298 .337 .635  
2018 21 A   11 10 .524 28 28 2 2 0 171.3 173 87 8 73 98 4.57 .259 .332 .367 .700  
2019 22 AA   5 12 .294 24 24 0 0 0 138.0 159 83 11 77 63 5.41 .296 .384 .412 .796  
    A   2 0 1.000 4 4 0 0 0 26.7 14 2 1 13 15 0.68 .156 .262 .200 .462  
2020 23 AA   1 5 .167 8 8 0 0 0 47.7 54 30 5 27 20 5.67 .283 .372 .461 .832  
    A   8 11 .421 21 21 0 0 0 126.3 142 74 8 56 55 5.27 .285 .357 .405 .762  
2021 24 AA   13 9 .591 25 25 0 0 0 149.7 155 67 8 73 64 4.03 .272 .355 .379 .734  
    A   2 0 1.000 5 5 0 0 0 29.3 28 16 2 15 18 4.91 .248 .336 .336 .672  
2022 25 AAA   2 3 .400 7 7 0 0 0 36.7 42 22 5 26 14 5.40 .296 .405 .465 .870  
    AA   6 7 .462 22 22 0 0 0 144.3 135 63 12 50 71 3.93 .242 .305 .377 .682  
2023 26 WI GE 4 4 .500 10 8 0 0 0 47.7 45 25 5 22 20 4.72 .268 .369 .429 .797 1.9
    AAA   4 5 .444 11 11 1 1 0 70.7 62 30 9 33 36 3.82 .238 .324 .369 .693  
2024 27 WI GE 1 1 .500 8 8 0 0 0 47.7 40 24 5 33 22 4.53 .226 .358 .367 .725 1.6
    AAA   10 7 .588 23 23 0 0 0 148.7 126 52 11 70 76 3.15 .231 .318 .355 .673  
2025 28 AAA   9 10 .474 24 24 0 0 0 143.0 133 70 26 62 72 4.41 .246 .323 .457 .780  
2026 29 AAA   10 3 .769 19 19 0 0 0 114.0 108 46 13 66 64 3.63 .252 .352 .400 .752  
2027 30 AAA   10 7 .588 25 25 2 1 0 156.3 145 66 23 62 81 3.80 .242 .313 .407 .721  
2028 31 KS GE 1 5 .167 9 9 0 0 0 56.0 40 16 2 26 45 2.57 .200 .298 .280 .578 4.4
    AAA   1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 16.7 15 9 1 10 14 4.86 .254 .362 .305 .667  
    AA   3 2 .600 5 5 1 1 0 36.3 29 11 2 10 28 2.73 .218 .273 .346 .619  
3 Years Sim 6 10 .375 27 25 0 0 0 151.3 125 65 12 81 87 3.87 .229 .340 .354 .694 8.0
7 Years AAA 46 36 .561 112 112 3 2 0 686.0 631 295 88 329 357 3.87 .245 .331 .402 .733  
5 Years AA 28 35 .444 84 84 1 1 0 516.0 532 254 38 237 246 4.43 .268 .346 .393 .738  
6 Years A 46 38 .548 111 111 4 4 0 689.3 649 321 45 307 361 4.19 .248 .327 .360 .687  
18 Years Minors 120 109 .524 307 307 8 7 0 1891.3 1812 870 171 873 964 4.14 .252 .333 .384 .718  
Season Average 2 3 .400 9 8 0 0 0 50.4 41 21 4 27 29 3.87 .229 .340 .354 .694  
Career Highs 4 5 .500 10 9 0 0 0 56.0 45 25 5 33 45 4.72 .268 .369 .429 .797  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   77 40 6 48 59   .219 .313 .328 .641
vs LH   48 25 6 33 28   .247 .357 .402 .759
Home 2 5 .286 11 11 0 0 0 64.3 64 28 6 30 34 3.92 .263 .344 .395 .739
Away 4 5 .444 16 14 0 0 0 87.0 61 37 6 51 53 3.83 .202 .317 .321 .638
May 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 15.3 7 1 0 4 10 0.59 .135 .196 .173 .370
June 0 4 .000 6 6 0 0 0 36.7 31 15 2 21 30 3.68 .231 .335 .336 .671
July 2 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 17.0 11 3 0 7 8 1.59 .200 .290 .255 .545
August 2 5 .286 8 8 0 0 0 44.7 46 29 7 22 21 5.84 .274 .358 .470 .828
Sep/Oct 1 0 1.000 8 6 0 0 0 37.7 30 17 3 27 18 4.06 .221 .350 .338 .688
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2023 26 WI GE 10 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 1.1 0.1
2024 27 WI GE 8 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .214 .267 .214 .481 1.1 0.0
2028 31 KS GE 9 18 0 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 .278 .278 .278 .556 1.3 0.0
    AAA   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
3 Years Sim 27 44 3 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 7 .250 .283 .250 .533 3.4 0.1
1 Years AAA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.0  
162 Game Average 264 18 66 0 0 0 24 6 0 12 42 .250 .283 .250 .533 20.5  
Career Highs 10 18 3 5 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 .278 .308 .278 .558 1.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   37 3 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 1 6 .297 .316 .297 .613 3.5
vs LH   7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .125 .000 .125 -0.3
Home 11 16 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .063 .118 .063 .180 -0.6
Away 16 28 2 10 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 4 .357 .379 .357 .736 3.8
RISP   13 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 2 .154 .214 .154 .368 0.3
Close/Late   1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 0.5
May 2 5 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .600 .600 .600 1.200 1.3
June 6 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 0.0
July 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
August 8 11 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .273 .333 .273 .606 1.1
Sep/Oct 6 11 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 .273 .333 .273 .606 1.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2023 26 WI GE P 10 8 47.7 4 4 0 2 1.000 1.51    
2024 27 WI GE P 8 8 47.7 1 6 0 0 1.000 1.32    
2028 31 KS GE P 9 9 56.0 2 8 1 0 .909 1.61    
Career Totals   27 25 151.3 7 18 1 2 .962 1.49    
Career Highs   10 9 56.0 4 8 1 2 1.000 1.61    
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Florida in 2016
Injured on 7/4/2017 with a Fractured Hand, out for 7 weeks
Traded from Florida to Wisconsin on 4/21/2018 (Going to FL: 2B Brendan Freedman, SS John McDonald, RF Hugh Garner, C Wilburn Reilly, LF Ignacio Arvizu. Going to WI: 3B Phil Schenck, P Valerio de la Paz)
Injured on 7/25/2022 with a Sore Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 3/25/2023 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 3-4 weeks
Earned first career win on 7/22/2023
Had first career hit on 8/19/2023, off Benito Oliveira (TX)
Injured on 6/18/2025 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/19/2026 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days