Marc Valdes

Marc Christopher Valdes is an American former professional baseball pitcher and current pitching coach for the St. Lucie Mets. He played for the Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos, Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves of Major [League Baseball], and the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball .

Career

Amateur career

Valdes was born in Dayton, Ohio. He attended Jesuit [High School |Jesuit High School] in Tampa, Florida, and played for the Tampa Jesuit Tigers high school baseball team. He graduated in 1990.
He received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida, where he played for coach Joe Arnold's Florida Gators baseball team from 1991 to 1993.

Playing career

He played all or part of six seasons from - for the Florida Marlins, Montreal Expos, Houston Astros, and Atlanta Braves. He also played three seasons in Japan from - for the Hanshin Tigers and Chunichi Dragons.

Coaching career

From -, Valdes was the pitching coach for the Rookie-level Kingsport Mets. On February 3,, he was named the pitching coach for the Single-A Savannah Sand Gnats. He was the pitching coach for the Binghamton Mets before becoming the current pitching coach for the St. Lucie Mets.