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This led to an improvement in their performance, and some of them were selected to participate in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Including their names in the Major League Baseball draft is a requisite for first-year players born in Puerto Rico, because the league recognizes the island as a jurisdiction within the United States. [2]
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Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico (290 P) P. Puerto Rican baseball players by populated place ...
[6] [7] And in another example, Marcus Stroman played for the United States in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, but played for Puerto Rico in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. [8] As such, player representation by birth spans to 25 countries as of the 2022 MLB season, with the United States topping the list at 1,057 players called up to 26-man ...
Since those born in Puerto Rico are US citizens, it is easier to migrate to the United States proper from Puerto Rico than from anywhere else in Latin America. Currently, more than 5.5 million Puerto Ricans and their descendants live in the United States proper, significantly more than the population of Puerto Rico itself.
Title should probably be List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico. — CharlotteWebb 13:55, 27 June 2008 (UTC) Agree. Matthewedwards (talk • contribs • email) 22:18, 27 June 2008 (UTC) I concur as well. KV5 • Squawk box • Fight on! 23:03, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
Martín Benjamín Maldonado (born August 16, 1986) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball catcher in the San Diego Padres organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Milwaukee Brewers, Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, and Chicago White Sox.