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Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute ... The following is a list of baseball players from Cuba who have played in Major League Baseball
Randy Lia Arozarena González (born February 28, 1995) is a Cuban-born Mexican professional baseball outfielder for the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the St. Louis Cardinals and Tampa Bay Rays.
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 ...
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 .
José Contreras, current MLB free agent pitcher, Cuban-born [25] Mike Cuellar, former MLB All-Star pitcher, Cuban-born [26] Orestes Destrade, former MLB first baseman and current broadcaster, Cuban-born [27] Eric Eichmann, former US National Team and American professional soccer player; Cuban mother
In 2019, Arruebarrena repatriated to Cuba and joined the Cocodrilos de Matanzas of the Cuban National Series. He thus became the first Cuban ex-MLB player to return to the Cuban baseball league system. [24] With Matanzas' victory in the 2019/20 CNS, he also became the first ex-MLB player to win a domestic Series title after repatriating. [25]
Hernández began his baseball career with the Cocodrilos in 2009. [1] After hitting .369 for Matanzas in the 2014–15 Cuban National Series, Hernández defected to the United States at age 28 along with Cuban national teammate Luis Yander La O in June 2015, [1] while they were in North Carolina for a game against American college baseball players. [2]
García defected from Cuba in 2016. [4] He signed with the St. Louis Cardinals in February 2017, receiving a non-roster invitation to spring training. [5] He spent 2017 with both the Springfield Cardinals of the Class AA Texas League and the Memphis Redbirds of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League, posting a combined .290 batting average with 15 home runs and 65 runs batted in (RBIs) between ...