Danny Valencia
Daniel Paul "Danny" Valencia (conceived September 19, 1984) is an American expert baseball third baseman for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has additionally played for the Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Toronto Blue Jays, and Oakland Athletics.
In secondary school, Valencia was all-region three circumstances and all-state twice. At the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, he was Southern Conference Freshman of the Year, second-group all-meeting, and on his everything provincial group. He was drafted while he was a lesser at the University of Miami by the Twins in the nineteenth round of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft, the 576th player by and large.
In the minors, Valencia was an All-Star in the Appalachian League (2006), the Midwest League (2007), and the Florida State League (2008). He entered the 2010 season positioned as the 6th best prospect of the Twins by Baseball America.
Valencia made his significant class make a big appearance with the Twins in June 2010. He was named the third baseman on Baseball America's 2010 All-Rookie Team, and on the 2010 Topps Major League Rookie All-Star Team. In 2011, he drove the Twins in RBIs, and drove all significant group third basemen in helps. In 2013, he batted .371 versus left-gave pitching, driving the American League, and positioned third in slugging rate at .639 (least 100 plate appearances). Throughout his profession through 2016, he batted.321/.373/.500 against left-gave pitchers.
In January 2017 Valencia was affirmed to be on the program for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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