Lee Valle

Player Profile:
Lee rejoins the team after taking a year off to try out for the Nippon Dragons. While the Dragon management team loved his work ethic and glove work, they did not think that Lee's limited Japanese vocabularly would serve the team well enough and he was not signed. Japan's loss is theResurrection Life Warriors gain.

Lee's last season was a 2nd team all-league performance in 2008. That year he ran away with the leauge-wide gold glove honors. He was a joy to watch and even though he finally hit age 40ish this year. I still anticipate another stellar season at the hot corner. To rest his 40ish-year old legs. Lee will see some time at first base and maybe even outfield.

If there is an aspect to Lee's game that will have suffered from a one-year absence, it will be his bat. Look for that to heat up steadily as the year goes on and for Lee to be solid as a rock come tournament time. I expect another all-league performance with a .500 batting average.

Personal Notes:
Lee has been married to Karen since 1976...well before I was even born. Way to go Lee!!! The couple has produced two boys, Nathan and Jared. Both Lee and Karen are very involved at Resurrection Life Church. Lee is an associate pastor who is famous in the tri-state area for his 10-key chords on the keyboard. Impressive as that sounds, it is even more impressive when you realize he is doing it with his eyes closed while bouncing on his tippy-toes. Well played Lee, well played. Literally.

2010 Projected Stats:
g- h- ab- r- rbi-2b- 3b-hr- bb-k- sf-tob-obo-avg-oba-slg-ops
23-38-77-33-23-4-1- 0- 9- 0-1- 48- 87- .494-.552-.571-1.123