Blue Jays pitcher Cesar Valdez back in major-league win column after seven years
TORONTO — In a Blue Jays season short on happy endings, unheralded pitcher Cesar Valdez authored his own feel-good story Tuesday night.
The 32-year-old right-hander from the Dominican Republic recorded his first major-league win in more than seven years as Toronto defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-1.
No wonder he called it a career highlight.
“I’ve played everywhere, I’ve been everywhere,” Valdez said through an interpreter. “I’ve been in the big leagues and the minor leagues. Coming off the mound today and having the fans screaming and congratulating me was something really nice.”