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Rafael Palmeiro, former MLB All-Star first baseman and member of the 3,000 Hit and 500 Home Run clubs, Cuban-born [45] Camilo Pascual, former MLB pitcher, Cuban-born [46] Brayan Peña, current MLB catcher, Cuban-born [47] Eduardo Pérez, former MLB first baseman and current bench coach of the Houston Astros
The son of former Cuban player Lourdes Gurriel, Yulieski was regarded as the best player in Cuba in 2006. [2] At the World Baseball Classic in 2006, MLB scouts projected that Gurriel would be a first-round draft pick were he eligible for the draft. [2] He defected from Cuba in 2016, and made his major league debut that year. [3] In his first ...
The following is a list of current Major League Baseball broadcasters, as of the 2025 season, for each individual team. Some franchises have a regular color commentator while others, such as the Milwaukee Brewers, use two play-by-play announcers, with the primary often doing more innings than the secondary. Secondary play-by-play announcers are ...
Pages in category "Major League Baseball players from Cuba" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 229 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Bárbaro Garbey left Cuba in the Mariel boatlift in 1980. [1] After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba's economy struggled badly and faced severe repercussions from the embargo. [2] Baseball players began to seek careers in MLB due to the high salaries. In 1991, René Arocha defected. He was followed by Rey Ordóñez in 1993.
A native of Cuba, Hernández now lives in Lutz, Florida. In 1996, with the Havana Industriales, he and four other teammates fled a stadium in Mexico while they were there for a series of games. Hernández, his wife Marta and his son Michael live in Lutz, Florida. He is now a minor league catcher instructor with the New York Yankees organization ...
Lourdes Yunielki Gurriel Castillo Jr. (born October 10, 1993) is a Cuban-American professional baseball left fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays. He also played for Sancti Spíritus and the Industriales of the Cuban National Series before defecting from Cuba.