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Valentino Pascucci

Valentino Martin Pascucci (born November 17, 1978) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Montreal Expos and New York Mets, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines. He batted and threw right-handed.

In 2014, he transitioned to the role of hitting coach for the Mets' SingleaA affiliate, the Savannah Sand Gnats. In 2016, he was named the hitting coach for the St. Lucie Mets.

Pascucci attended Gahr High School in Cerritos, CA.

Pascucci was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 11th round of the 1996 Major League Baseball draft, but he chose to attend college instead. He attended college at the University of Oklahoma for two years, from 19971998. He was originally a pitcher, compiling a 4-0 win-loss record with two saves and 64 strikeouts in 58 innings pitched.

The Montreal Expos selected him in the fifteenth round of the 1999 Major League Baseball draft. He began his professional career as a position player.

Pascucci's pro career began in 1999, with the Single-A Vermont Expos. In 2000, with a 20-game stint with the Cape Fear Crocs, the Single-A affiliate of the Expos, Pascucci batted .319 with 3 home runs and 10 RBI and was called up to the High-A Jupiter Hammerheads later that season. He played 113 games for Jupiter, hitting .284 with a .394 on-base percentage. Val was promoted to the Double-A Harrisburg Senators for the 2002 season, where he sent a minor league career high 27 home runs out of the park. He played with the Triple-A Edmonton Trappers for all of 2003 and parts of 2004.

On April 26, 2004, Pascucci was called up by Montréal from Triple-A Edmonton. He debuted for the Expos in right field later that day. Pascucci, however, was sent back down to the minor leagues on May 28. Pascucci was not called back up to the Majors until September 1, when MLB rosters expanded. He hit his first career home run on September 15, 2004 and also played in the final game of the Expos' history on October 3. He was released on December 10, 2004.

Pascucci spent the 2005 and 2006 seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Pacific League.

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