Danny Valencia

ABOUT DANNY VALENCIA

MLB player who received the Bill Boni Award in 2010 for being the Minnesota Twins' Most Outstanding Rookie.

He played baseball for the University of North Carolina at Greensboro for one year, before transferring to the University of Miami.

He began his MLB career with the Minnesota Twins but was traded to the Boston Red Sox in 2012 and then to the Baltimore Orioles in 2013.

He was born into a Jewish family in Miami, and he grew up in Boca Raton.

He joined catcher Matt Wieters on the Baltimore Orioles in 2013.