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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.
He defected from Cuba in 2012 and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers. He made his MLB debut on June 3, 2013. In 2013, Puig hit .319 in 104 games with 19 home runs, and was selected by Baseball America to their annual "All-Rookie team". The Dodgers traded Puig to the Reds before the 2019 season, and the Reds traded Puig ...
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 .
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:Olympic baseball players of Cuba The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. Cuba portal
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.
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 ]
This category is for Cuban baseball players who played in Negro league baseball. Pages in category "Negro league baseball players from Cuba" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.