Malden Catholic Hires New Varsity Baseball Coach

MALDEN, MA — Malden Catholic High School announced last week that David Valdez has been hired as the school's new varsity baseball coach.

Valdez has extensive experience coaching at different levels of baseball, including time spent recently as a player development coach in the Milwaukee Brewers organization.

Valdez also has been a manager in the Piedmont Collegiate Summer League, the head coach at Bunker Hill Community College, a coach in the Dominican Summer League and a successful AAU club baseball coach.

Additionally, the new Lancers coach has operated Valdez Baseball Academy, a camp that offers position-specific instruction to players at all levels.

"Coach Valdez is considered to be one of the most respected minds in baseball and will be a great asset to our program on and off the field," said William Raycraft, Malden Catholic's athletic director. "(Valdez's) major league experience along with the ability to teach at all levels of baseball experience will significantly benefit our student-athletes and build an outstanding MC program."

Raycraft continued: "Valdez is an incredibly passionate person who not only loves the game but knows how to inspire, listen, teach and win — all of these qualities will translate well to our students.”

Before he went into coaching, Valdez played in the Seattle Mariners and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations in addition to playing in the Dominican Winter Leaguer, Columbian Winter League, Frontier League and Northern League.

Valdez said he is looking forward to taking over the Malden Catholic program.

"I have wanted to be a part of the MC baseball program for a long time and I'm extremely excited about having the opportunity to work with the Lancers,” Valdez said. "I am confident that we will make extraordinary things happen on the diamond and bring back the baseball performance that MC enjoyed in its rich history to the Catholic Conference. I look forward to making the alumni base and greater school community proud."