SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- During the regular season, a Pirates prospect's meteoric rise earned Konnor Griffin – now MLB’s No. 1 overall -- Hitting Prospect of the Year honors . During the fall, fellow 2025 National League All-Star Futures Game representative Esmerlyn Valdez enjoyed his own offensive flurry in the desert en route to being named the Arizona Fall League's Offensive Player of the Year.

Here’s a by-the-numbers breakdown of Valdez’s time in the Fall League, with his rankings in parentheses:

AVG: .368 (6th)

OBP: .513 (T-5th)

SLG: .842 (1st)

OPS: 1.355 (2nd)

HR: 8 (1st)

RBIs: 27 (1st)

ISO: .474 (1st)

Total bases: 48 (2nd)

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