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Eric Valent
Ultimate Mets Database popularity ranking: 336 of 1218 players
Valent
Eric Christian Valent
Born: April 4, 1977 at La Mirada, Cal.
Throws: Left Bats: Left
Height: 6.00 Weight: 191

Eric Valent was the most popular Ultimate Mets Database daily lookup on November 14, 2006, February 15, 2018, January 11, 2020, and January 17, 2021.

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First Mets game: April 6, 2004
Last Mets game: May 27, 2005

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Anthony R.
August 6, 2004
Eighth Met to hit for the cycle in their 43 year history during last week's game in Montreal. A nice player with some pop in his bat, He could probably hit 18-70-.275 if he played everyday.

Mr. Sparkle
January 14, 2005
Who the hell is Eric Valent? That's what I was saying when he made the team. I'm usually up on prospects but must have missed the day they picked this guy up. He turned out to be an excellent bench player and was very exciting when he was in there. If he could only play middle infield we could get rid of Super Joe for good. Valent is a solid guy who will appreciate his job as a utility player. He might be an every day player but he might not. He fits perfectly for the Mets off the bench and hopefully will have a good year in 2005.

J. Kutkowski
April 25, 2005
Eric Valent was good enough to be considered along with Pat Burrell as Philadelphia's top prospects in 1998-99.

Valent is more of a contact hitter who can be streaky and does not really have a position, along the lines of a Ryan Thompson/Joe McEwing with a better upside and a better bat.

A year or two from now he'll be in the 30-100 .315- .320 line and be contending for the all-star team and maybe an MVP (maybe too confident here). I think he is as good as any prospect in baseball right now.

Phil Thiegou
July 12, 2005
I first met Eric after a game against the Phillies down in Philly. He was with his wife and carrying his newborn son. I figured he wasn't going to sign any autographs, then someone asked for an autograph and he gave his son to his wife and started signing. I went up to him and said, "Mr. Valent, can I have your autograph please?" He said, "Sure." And I said, "No I want Christian's (his son's name) autograph, not yours." He and his wife got a kick out of it.

I met him a couple of times after that and he was really nice all the time, not just to me, but others as well. I asked him if he or Kareem Abdul- Jabbar was the best athlete to come out of UCLA. Again, he got a kick out of it. It's a shame the Mets cut him. He is a real class act. Hopefully, he will charm the fans of whatever team he plays for next.








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