OF Jesus Valdez Promoted from Vermont Lake Monsters to Hagerstown Suns

MLN - THE RAW FEED - www.mlntherawfeed.com - BURLINGTON, VT --- Vermont outfielder Jesus Valdez was promoted to the Hagerstown Suns of the South Atlantic League on Sunday, the Lake Monsters announced today.

Valdez was leading the Lake Monsters with a .341 average (29-for-85) at the time of his promotion, along with 12 runs scored, four doubles, one home run and 16 RBI in 23 of Vermont's first 26 games.

A 23-year-old from the Dominican Republic, Valdez had signed with the Washington Nationals before the 2008 season after spending four years in the Chicago Cubs minor league system.

Outfielder Yhonson Lopez, a 19-year-old from Venezuela, has joined the Lake Monsters and went 0-for-3 with a run scored in his New York-Penn league debut on Saturday.

Lopez was hitting .206 (7-for-34) with four runs, two doubles and six RBI in 11

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games for the Gulf Coast League Nationals when he was promoted.  In 2007 with the GCL Nationals, Lopez hit .286 (32-for-112) with 16 runs, five doubles, two homers and 18 RBI in 36 games.
 

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