Breyvic Valera


Breyvic José Valera Henríquez is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball. He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Baltimore Orioles, New York Yankees and Toronto Blue Jays.

Career

St. Louis Cardinals

Valera signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent in May 2010. He made his professional debut with the Venezuelan Summer League Cardinals. He started 2014 with the Palm Beach Cardinals and was promoted to the Double-A Springfield Cardinals during the following season. Valera began 2016 with the Springfield Cardinals and was then promoted to the Memphis Redbirds, where he batted a combined.304 between both teams.
The Cardinals added Valera to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.
On September 5, 2017 the St. Louis Cardinals recalled Valera from AAA Memphis Redbirds, and he made his major league debut the same night against the San Diego Padres starting at Second Base, batting 7th in the lineup. His first MLB hit, a single, came on September 7, 2017, against the San Diego Padres.
Valera was designated for assignment on March 28, 2018.

Los Angeles Dodgers

On April 1, 2018, the Dodgers acquired Valera from the Cardinals in exchange for Johan Mieses. After beginning the season with the AAA Oklahoma City Dodgers, he was recalled to the majors on April 15.

Baltimore Orioles

The Dodgers traded Valera, along with Yusniel Diaz, Dean Kremer, Rylan Bannon, and Zach Pop, to the Baltimore Orioles for Manny Machado on July 18, 2018. Valera appeared in 12 games with the Orioles and went 10-for-35 with a triple and four runs batted in before fracturing his left index finger in a 6-3 win at Yankee Stadium on September 23. He was designated for assignment on January 4, 2019, when the Orioles claimed Austin Brice off waivers.

San Francisco Giants

The Orioles traded Valera to the San Francisco Giants in a cash transaction on January 5, 2019. Valera was designated for assignment on May 5, 2019, following the acquisition of Andrew Moore.

New York Yankees

On May 12, 2019, the New York Yankees claimed Valera off of waivers. They assigned him to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, and promoted him to the major leagues on July 7. On July 7, 2019, Valera made his Yankee debut and picked up a base hit in his first at-bat in a 2-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

Toronto Blue Jays

On September 20, 2019, he was selected off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the New York Yankees and in his fifth game with the Blue Jays, on September 29, 2019, hit his first career Major League home run in an 8-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Valera was designated for assignment on February 8, 2020.

San Diego Padres

On February 12, 2020, he was claimed off of waivers by the San Diego Padres from the Blue Jays.

Toronto Blue Jays (second stint)

On July 2, 2020, he was claimed off waivers by the Toronto Blue Jays from the Padres. On July 21, 2020, the Blue Jays placed Valera on the restricted list.