Edinson Volquez VOL-kez (born July 3, 1983, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic), is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Cincinnati Reds. He bats and throws right-handed.

Listed at 6 0", 200 pounds, Volquez made his major league debut on August 30, by2005, after rising rapidly through Texas minor league system. Together with John Danks and Thomas Diamond, Volquez was one third of the vaunted "DVD" trio of Rangers pitching prospects.