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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.
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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]
He batted .287/.351/.415 in Cuba. [1] He also played for the Cuba national baseball team in the 2017 World Baseball Classic. [2] [3] On June 25, 2019, Céspedes defected from Cuba while in Dayton, Ohio. At the time, he was playing for the Cuba national baseball team, which was participating in a CanAm League showcase event. [4]
Ibáñez played for the Cuba national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic. [1] He played for Isla de la Juventud in the Cuban National Series. He defected from Cuba on November 1, 2014, to pursue a career in Major League Baseball. [2] He signed a minor league deal with the Texas Rangers on July 7, 2015. [3]
The Dodgers honored Vargas by awarding him the organizations Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year Award. [6] He was selected as a post-season Double-A Central all-star. [7] The organization promoted Vargas to the Triple-A Oklahoma City Dodgers to begin the 2022 season [8] and he received an invitation to the 2022 All-Star Futures Game. [9]