Valdez was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Montreal Expos on February 4, 1997. He played on the Expos\' Dominican League teams from 1997-1999 and then on various minor league Single-A teams for the Expos through 2001.\n', '

On March 29, 2002, he was claimed off waivers by the Florida Marlins and sent to the Marlins\' Double-A team in Portland. He continued in the Marlins organization in 2003, playing with their Double-A team in Carolina and their Triple-A team in Albuquerque.\n', '

On June 17, 2004, while hitting .319 for Albuquerque, he was traded by the Marlins with cash to the Chicago White Sox in exchange for reliever Billy Koch. The White Sox promptly assigned him to their Triple-A affiliate in Charlotte where he hit .302 and earned his first major-league call-up in September of 2004 to the White Sox. On September 26, 2004, he hit his first career home run off Brian Anderson. In limited action he hit .233 for the Sox.\n', '

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