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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 .
Yennier Canó Banes (born March 9, 1994) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the Minnesota Twins and was an All-Star in 2023 for the Orioles.
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 rosters. [9] The most represented overseas country is the Dominican Republic , with 171 players called up to 26-man rosters . [ 9 ]
Luis Robert Moirán Jr. (born August 3, 1997) is a Cuban professional baseball center fielder for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). After defecting from Cuba in 2016, Robert signed with the White Sox in 2017. He made his MLB debut in 2020. That year, he won the Gold Glove Award. He was named an All-Star in 2023.
He then hit a triple and scored the Dodgers' only run in a 3–1 loss. Puig was selected to travel to Japan after the season with a team of MLB All-Stars playing against All-Stars of Nippon Professional Baseball in the 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series. [37]
As a rookie in MLB in 2016, he became the first player in history to sustain a .500 batting average after 50 at bats, and was named an All-Star for the National League team. After losing his starting job in 2017, he spent the 2018 season with Toronto and was traded to Houston before the 2019 season.
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 ...