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Álvarez defected from Cuba to pursue a career in Major League Baseball (MLB). [1] [2] At the time, he had a fastball that touched 98 miles per hour.Scouts believed he had number two starter upside and one National League official said that he was the best 18-year-old pitcher he had ever seen. [3]
Yordan Ruben Alvarez (born June 27, 1997) is a Cuban professional baseball designated hitter and left fielder for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019 for the Astros. Alvarez stands 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m), weighs 237 pounds (108 kg), bats left-handed and throws right-handed. He is a three-time All-Star.
The first sanctioned baseball game in the island was played on January 9, 1898, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where two teams composed of Puerto Rican, American and Cuban players participated. [3] After this game, baseball became a widespread sport and professional and amateur leagues were organized.
The 2006 National League Championship Series (NLCS), the second round of the National League side in Major League Baseball’s 2006 postseason, began on October 12 and ended on October 19; it was scheduled to begin on October 11, but was postponed a day because of inclement weather.
The 2013 National League Division Series were two best-of-five-game series to determine the baseball teams to participate in the 2013 National League Championship Series. The three divisional winners (seeded 1-3 based on record) and a fourth team — the winner of a one-game Wild Card playoff — played in two series.
Molina, 41, retired in 2022 after playing 2,224 games and his entire career in St. Louis. He left the sport as the MLB leader in games played by a catcher for one team (2,184).. In his nearly two ...
Iván Rodríguez has won 13 Gold Gloves, the most among catchers. The Rawlings Gold Glove Award, usually referred to as the Gold Glove, is the award given annually to the Major League Baseball players judged to have exhibited superior individual fielding performances at each fielding position in both the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), as voted by the managers and coaches in ...
Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" [1] and "I-Rod", [2] is a Puerto Rican former Major League Baseball catcher.A member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Rodríguez is widely regarded as one of the greatest catchers in MLB history.
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