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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.
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 .
Despite his not making his debut until June, Puig received 842,915 write-in votes from the fans for the 2013 All-Star Game. His name was included among the All-Star Final Vote candidates. [25] Puig received 15.5 million votes, second to Atlanta Braves' first baseman Freddie Freeman who received 19.7 million. [26] [27]
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.
Repeated studies have shown that contemporary Major League Baseball players have a greater life expectancy than males in the general U.S. population — about five years more, on average, which is attributed to their superior fitness and healthy lifestyles. The longer the active career, the longer the player lives, on average.
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 ...
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