Some players get to the major league level from the minor leagues easier than others. For some, it takes a lot of hard work to stay at the Triple-A level. However, for 31-year-old right-handed pitcher Cesar Valdez, the road has been very long. Now ten years after he made his professional debut in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, he has pitched his way back to the big leagues.
Signed by the Arizona Diamondbacks in 2006, Valdez pitched very well in the early levels of their minor league system. Consistently, he had an ERA under 3.50 with a WHIP hovering around 1.