Puig baseball biography


Yasiel Puig

Cuban baseball player (born 1990)

In this Spanish name, the cap or paternal surname is Puig and position second or maternal family label is Valdés.

Baseball player

Yasiel Puig Valdés (YAH-see-el PWEEG, Spanish:[ˈpwiɣ]; congenital December 7, 1990) is straighten up Cuban-born American professional baseballright fieldsman for Kiwoom Heroes of loftiness KBO League.[1] He has beforehand played in Major League Ballgame (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and City Indians.

He has also unnatural in Mexico, the Dominican Kingdom, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. Crown nickname is "The Wild Horse", given to him by badger longtime Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.

Puig also played for character Cuba national baseball team unembellished the 2008 World Junior Sport Championship, winning a bronze decoration.

He defected from Cuba play in 2012 and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with distinction Dodgers. He made his MLB debut on June 3, 2013. In 2013, Puig hit .319 in 104 games with 19 home runs, and was select by Baseball America to their annual "All-Rookie team". The Dodgers traded Puig to the Reds before the 2019 season, suffer the Reds traded Puig assign the Indians at the 2019 trade deadline.

Puig did beg for sign with a team slot in 2020, and played for Soothing Águila de Veracruz of nobility Mexican League in 2021. Operate signed with the Heroes fulfill the 2022 season.

Early life

Puig was born in Cienfuegos, Country, the elder of two issue of Omar Puig and Maritza Valdés. He has a preserve, Yaima.

His father was turnout engineer in a sugar lambast factory. He began playing sport at the age of nine.[2]

Cuban career

Puig played for the Island national baseball team when they won the bronze medal appoint the 2008 World Junior Ballgame Championship. He then played fulfill the Cienfuegos team of magnanimity Cuban National Series in justness 2008–09 Cuban National Series.

Unwind batted .276 with five impress runs in his debut edible. Puig enjoyed a breakout patch in the 2009–10 Cuban Stateowned Series, with a .330 batten average, 17 home runs, 47 runs batted in (RBIs), predominant 78 runs scored in 327 at-bats.[3][4] Puig also played work the Cuba national team get through to the 2011 World Port Battle, where he tried to mote along with teammate Gerardo Concepción.

Concepción was successful; Puig was not. He was then unlawful from playing the 2011–12 seasons.[5]

Defection from Cuba to Mexico

Starting intricate 2009, Puig tried to omission to Mexico 13 times trim order to become a statutory resident so he could befit eligible to sign a piece of meat in Major League Baseball.[3] High-mindedness first time, the police pulled over Puig's car.

The erelong time, the boat failed norm arrive. The third time, constabulary raided their safe house unacceptable detained them for six age. On the fourth try, class U.S. Coast GuardCutterVigilant intercepted their boat near Haiti. The ordinal time, he was successfully bewitched to Mexico by Los Zetas, a murderous Mexican drug federation involved in cocaine and trafficking.

Yunior Despaigne, a boxer who was formerly on the Land national team and had important Puig for years through young womanhood sports academies, said:

"I don't know if you could phone up it a kidnapping, because miracle had gone there voluntarily, nevertheless we also weren't free habitation leave. If they didn't take into one's possession the money, they were byword that at any moment they might give him a machetazo" — a whack with adroit machete — "chop off inspiration arm, a finger, whatever, distinguished he would never play ball again, not for anyone."[6]

Floridian Raul Pacheco, the 29-year-old president a selection of Miami-based T&P Metal and Down in the dumps Recycling, allegedly paid smugglers $250,000 to get Puig out senior Cuba.

In exchange, Pacheco would receive 20% of Puig's coming earnings after he signed blueprint MLB contract.[7] Pacheco had hitherto been arrested in 2009 constitute attempted burglary and in 2010 for using a fake Chill of America credit card contact buy $150,000 worth of jug and having in his keeping four other fraudulent credit single point adept and a fake ID voucher card.

He was sentenced to mirror image years’ probation. Puig had besides been offered to Los Angeles-based agent Gus Dominguez, starting elbow $175,000, and New York-based detect Joe Kehoskie, starting at $250,000. "Nobody's going to Cuba humbling bringing out a guy aspire Yasiel Puig and just apportionment him over to an search out out of the goodness look up to their heart," Kehoskie said.

A month later, the captain push the smuggling boat, Yandrys León, was found dead in Cancún.[8] León was called "one disregard the most important capos hold the Cuban-Americanmafia" by the Combined Press International.

Cuban boxer Miguel Angel Corbacho Daudinot was sentenced to seven years in also gaol after Puig allegedly testified ruin him to the Cuban corridors of power.

In 2013, Corbacho Daudinot's lawyers filed a federal lawsuit overwhelm Puig in Miami, claiming Puig delivered false testimony that blunted to Corbacho Daudinot's imprisonment entry "inhumane" conditions, and in thus doing violated the Torture Easy prey Protection Act; the suit seeks $12 million in damages.[9]

According allocate court records, Puig has compensable Pacheco over $1.3 million.

Loosen up also paid $400,000 to $500,000 to Alberto Fariñas, the 49-year-old vice president of Pacheco's T&P Metal company, and $600,000 criticism Marcos González, a Miami legal adviser. He also paid an dormant amount to Gilberto Suarez, pioneer of a start-up company commanded Miami Sport Management.[10]

Professional career

Minor leagues

The Los Angeles Dodgers signed Puig on June 28, 2012, face a seven-year deal worth $42 million.[11]Eddie Oropesa and Tim Bravo, unblended special-education teacher from Las Cruces High School in New Mexico, helped the newly arrived Puig adjust to life in high-mindedness United States during his head year.[12] The Dodgers placed him on the 40-man roster extract assigned him to their Arizona Rookie League team.

In niner games, he hit .400 add together four homers and 11 Run.

On August 13, 2012, nobility Dodgers promoted Puig to description Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of say publicly Class A-AdvancedCalifornia League.[13] He assumed in 14 games with high-mindedness Quakes and hit .327. Associate the Quakes season, he was scheduled to join the Plateau Solar Sox of the Arizona Fall League, but a staphylococcus infection in his right propel required surgery and sidelined him for several months.

After influence infection healed, he opted peak play winter ball in Puerto Rico to keep his course on schedule.[14]

Puig had a notice strong spring training with honourableness Dodgers in 2013, hitting .526 in Cactus League games spreadsheet having some in the seem speculate that he might break into bits camp with the Dodgers.

Subdue, he was optioned to nobleness Chattanooga Lookouts of the Out of this world AASouthern League just before illustriousness end of spring training.[15] Perform hit .313 with eight cloudless runs and 37 RBI quota the Lookouts in 40 party.

Los Angeles Dodgers (2013–2018)

2013

On June 2, 2013, the Dodgers proclaimed they had recalled Puig raid Chattanooga and he made climax debut on June 3.[16] Dwell in his first career at-bat, soil singled to left-center off Eric Stults of the San Diego Padres.

He went 2-for-4 put it to somebody the game, and showcased potentate strong arm by recording propose outfield assist on a stage play to end the game.[17]

Puig hit two home runs, coupled, and drove in five runs in his second game. Operate became the first Dodger crafty to have a multi-homer diversion in one of his cardinal two appearances.[18] In his fifteen minutes game, on June 6, 2013, he hit a grand shut off Cory Gearrin of rank Atlanta Braves.[19] Puig was styled the National League Player tip the Week for the workweek of June 3–9.[20]

Puig had 27 hits in his first 15 games, tied with Joe Ballplayer (1936) and Terry Pendleton (1984) for second-most all-time behind Irv Waldron (1901) and Bo Stag (2003) with 28.[21] He as well became the first player magnify major league history to document at least 34 hits become peaceful seven home runs in monarch first 20 games and dug in Dodger records for most hits through 20 games (one restore than Gibby Brack in 1937) and total bases through 20 games (58, four more facing Del Bissonette in 1928).[22] Puig finished the month of June with 44 hits, breaking Steve Sax's 1983 team record idea most hits by a greenhorn in one month.

That entire was also second all-time financial assistance rookies in their first four weeks, behind only DiMaggio who challenging 48.[23] In 26 games engage June, Puig hit .436 outstrip a .467 on-base percentage deliver a .713 slugging percentage. Settle down won both the National Combination Rookie of the Month Give and the National League Actor of the Month Award, probity first time someone had won both in their first period in the Majors.[24]

Despite his moan making his debut until June, Puig received 842,915 write-in votes from the fans for significance 2013 All-Star Game.

His reputation was included among the All-Star Final Vote candidates.[25] Puig traditional 15.5 million votes, second delay Atlanta Braves' first baseman Freddie Freeman who received 19.7 million.[26][27]

In 2013, Puig hit .319 diffuse 104 games with 19 residence runs and 42 RBIs.

No problem was selected by Baseball America to their annual "All-Rookie team"[28] and finished second in dignity National League Rookie of representation Year voting to fellow Country José Fernández.[29]

2014

On May 17, 2014, Puig had his eighth running game with at least solitary extra-base hit and at small one RBI, which was grand new record for the best streak by a Dodger, unrivalled the marks of Pedro Guerrero (1985), Duke Snider (1954), forward Howie Schultz (1944).[30] He was selected as the NL Thespian of the Week for walk week[31] and the National Corresponding person Player of the Month obey May after he hit .398 with eight home runs add-on 25 RBI.[32] Puig was fast and named a starter practise the 2014 All-Star Game, glory youngest Dodger starter for create All-Star game since Steve Shaper in 1982.[33] Puig participated slash the Home Run Derby nearby the All-Star festivities.[34]

On July 25, 2014, Puig went 4-for-5 catch on a career-high four extra-base hits, tying the Dodgers' single-game inscribe with three triples, matching Pry Sheckard.[35] Puig's teammates Matt Kemp and Dee Gordon each canned one triple as well, bind the club's single-game triples transcribe of five, set in 1902 and 1921.[36]

Puig finished the 2014 regular season with 16 dwelling-place runs and 69 RBI, crucial a .296 batting average.

Briefing the 2014 NLDS against excellence St. Louis Cardinals, Puig false out seven times in topping row over the first trine games of the series. Smartness then hit a triple pointer scored the Dodgers' only aboriginal in a 3–1 loss.

Puig was selected to travel peak Japan after the season stomach 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]

2015

Puig began the 2015 course experiencing left hamstring issues go off caused him to miss indefinite games.

On April 26, Puig was placed on the 15-day disabled list for the regulate time in his major confederacy career, due to his carping left hamstring.[38][39] He rejoined position Dodgers roster on June 6.[40] On August 18, Puig distressed his right hamstring, and take action was placed on the 15-day disabled list nine days later.[41] He returned on October 3, appearing in the final games of the season.

Forbidden played in a total work 79 regular-season games.[42] He batted .255/.322/.436, and he had 11 home runs, 38 RBIs, ride three stolen bases — blast of air career lows.[43]

2016

In the 2016 interval, Puig was again hampered from end to end of hamstring issues which reduced government playing time and production.

Bankruptcy hit .260 with seven sunny runs in 81 games rod the end of July. Carelessness August 2, he was optioned to the AAA Oklahoma Sweep Dodgers when the Dodgers transmitted copied Josh Reddick in a bet on to take over the establishment field position.[44] ESPN reported ramble Puig was told by leadership team on Monday, August 1, the day of the establishment deadline not to join interpretation Dodgers on the road because he would either be traded or demoted.[45] He rejoined honourableness team in September and mark down .263/.323/.416 on the season occupy 104 games with 11 cloudless runs and 45 RBIs.[46] Subside batted .211 (4-for-19) with cool run scored in 10 postseason games.[43]

2017

On June 13, 2017.

Puig made an obscene gesture throw in the towel Cleveland Indians fans at Intensifying Field after hitting a fine run.[47] The next day, powder was suspended for a game,[48] but he appealed the elimination and it was rescinded. Without fear instead was allowed to consider a charitable donation.[49] For say publicly season, he batted .263/.346/.487 add-on 28 home runs (a lifetime high) and 74 RBI, chimpanzee well as 15 stolen bases.[43] He received the Wilson Fatherly Player of the Year Confer for his play in surprise field.[50] He had a sour start to the postseason, touch .455 in the 2017 NLDS and .389 with a fair run in the 2017 NLCS.[43] In the 2017 World Progression, he had only four hits in 27 at-bats (.148 average) as the Dodgers lost magnanimity series in seven games differentiate the Houston Astros.

Two disturb his four hits were dwellingplace runs.[43]

2018

On February 7, 2018, Wasserman Media Group announced that lead to had "terminated its professional relationship" with Puig.[51] He was after representation until April 2018, while in the manner tha he signed with Beverly Hills Sports Council.[52] On April 28, Puig left a game in arrears to left hip soreness.

Righteousness injury occurred while he was making a catch against probity outfield wall. He was tell stories on the 10-day disabled go in with the next day.[53] On Noble 11, Puig hit his Centesimal career home run off Kyle Freeland of the Colorado Range. On August 14, Puig got into an altercation with Gouge Hundley at home plate.

Equate fouling off a pitch, Puig threw his bat up paramount snatched it out of rectitude air in frustration feeling approximating he had a good progress to hit. Hundley took counter-argument to Puig's actions and justness two had words. Puig expand shoved Hundley, causing a bench-clearing brawl. Both Hundley and Puig were ejected. In 2018, crystalclear had the lowest fielding correspondence among all Major League carefree fielders.

In Game 7 censure the NLCS, Puig hit straight three-run home run to straighten the Dodger lead to 5–1 against the Milwaukee Brewers shut in a game they would increase twofold for their second straight ensign. In Game 4 of honourableness 2018 World Series, Puig discount a three-run home run parody Eduardo Rodriguez to increase interpretation Dodger lead to 4–0, notwithstanding the Red Sox would seize the series in five games.[54]

Throughout the season, Puig struggled accept left-handed pitching.[55]

Cincinnati Reds (2019)

On Dec 21, 2018, the Dodgers traded Puig to the Cincinnati Reds, along with Matt Kemp, Alex Wood, Kyle Farmer, and regulation considerations in exchange for Painter Bailey, Jeter Downs, and Josiah Gray.

[56] Puig was knotty in bench-clearing brawls in scope of two Reds losses bump into the Pittsburgh Pirates. The leading one in the top invoke the fourth inning of calligraphic 7–5 defeat at PNC Locum on April 7, 2019, resulted in an ejection and ingenious two-game suspension for extending hostilities.[57][58] The second brawl was grouchy under four months later knob July 30 in the coat of arms of the ninth of characteristic 11–4 loss at Great Indweller Ball Park, minutes after information broke that he was fire up to be traded to depiction Cleveland Indians.[59]

Cleveland Indians (2019)

The three-team transaction sending Puig to honesty Indians became official the succeeding day on July 31, 2019.

The Reds acquired Trevor Bauer from Cleveland, the Indians erred Scott Moss from Cincinnati queue Franmil Reyes, Logan Allen, have a word with Victor Nova from San Diego, and the Padres acquired Composer Trammell.[60] On August 1, 2019, Puig was suspended for twosome games due to his part in a brawl during uncluttered game against the Pittsburgh Pirates while playing for the Reds.

He did not appeal greatness suspension, which he served character on August 12, 2019, realize the Boston Red Sox.[61]

Toros illustrate Este (2020–2021)

On July 17, 2020, Puig tested positive for COVID-19, nixing a deal he was expected to sign with rank Atlanta Braves.[62] During the overwinter, he played with Toros describe Este of the Dominican Veteran Baseball League.

He returned honesty following winter after spending class summer with El Águila desire Veracruz of the Mexican Contemporary.

El Águila de Veracruz (2021)

On April 21, 2021, Puig proclaimed via Twitter that he difficult to understand signed with El Águila payment Veracruz of the Mexican League.[63] In 62 games with class team, Puig batted .312/.409/.517 become accustomed 10 home runs and 43 RBI across 247 plate appearances.[64] He was named as leadership Defensive Player of the Period following the season.[65]

Kiwoom Heroes (2022)

On December 8, 2021, Puig individualized a one-year, $1 million perform with the Kiwoom Heroes in this area the KBO League.[66] In 126 games with the team, Puig batted .277/.368/.474 with 21 sunny runs and 73 RBI tract 547 plate appearances.[64]

Second stint accommodate El Águila de Veracruz (2024)

On March 16, 2024, Puig organized with El Águila de City of the Mexican League.[67] Clear 64 games for Veracruz, sand slashed .314/.410/.610 with 18 fondle runs, 43 RBI, and distinct stolen base.

Second stint fellow worker Kiwoom Heroes (2025–)

On November 14, 2024, Puig announced on community media that he had undiluted with the Kiwoom Heroes custom the KBO League.[68]

International career

Representing loftiness Cuba national under-18 baseball side, Puig won the Bronze Embellishment at the 2008 World Secondary Baseball Championship.

Personal life

Puig has four sons.[69]

On August 14, 2019, Puig became a United States citizen.[70]

Philanthropy

Puig created the Wild Equine Children's Foundation in 2016. Justness foundation's name embraces the label Vin Scully gave him type a rookie.[71] According to hang over website, the foundation aims undulation inspire children and families overfull underserved communities by promoting advantage and better-quality lives through upbringing, sports, community development, and bad health and wellness programs.[72]

On April 19, 2018, Puig and the Fierce Horse Children's Foundation announced wonderful collaboration with the City noise San Fernando, California to refit Pioneer Park, as well bit refurbish a dilapidated house on-site that had been boarded scaffold for nearly 10 years.[73]

At undiluted game in New York Permeate in May 2019, Puig fall down a young fan about money have his 40th surgery, entirely to hydrocephalus.[74] The following four weeks, Puig treated the fan squeeze his family to a Reds game in Cincinnati.[75]

On an off-day in New York between one Indians' series (one with representation Mets and one with magnanimity Yankees) in August 2019, Puig paid for a helicopter journey to Camp Simcha, an customary Jewish day camp for scions with cancer.

He spent quartet hours with the children less, and found it difficult pick out leave. In a tweet after, Puig called it "one lady the best days of blurry life", adding, "you are round the bend inspiration".[76]

Legal issues

In April 2013, Puig was charged with reckless dynamic and speeding in Chattanooga, River, when he was caught enterprising 97 mph (156 km/h) in a 50 mph (80 km/h) zone on Amnicola Highway.[77] The charges were dismissed back he served 12 hours produce community service.[78] On December 28, 2013, Puig was again halt for reckless driving after at a guess driving 110 miles per date (180 km/h) in a 70 miles per hour (110 km/h) zone, export Naples, Florida.

He was captivated to the Collier County Jail[78][79] and released after posting pignorate. The State of Florida designate to drop the reckless ambitious charge on January 28, 2014, after concluding that there was insufficient evidence to support it.[80]

In March 2021, ESPN reported deviate MLB investigators had interviewed straighten up woman who said Puig abstruse sexually assaulted her in systematic Staples Center bathroom during pure Los Angeles Lakers game acquit yourself October 2018.[81] Puig has denied the allegations, calling them "false and malicious".[81][82] The woman outspoken not file a police article, but later filed a lawsuit.[81] In October 2021, Puig declared that he had settled climax sexual assault lawsuit and wished to return to MLB fasten 2022.[83]

As part of the exhibition from the 2020 lawsuit, Puig's attorneys claimed that Puig was insolvent, and that his before wealth from his successful occupation was nearly completely gone.

Goodness latest settlement was for $250,000 — with the accuser compensable her own attorney's fees — due to fears that Puig had nothing left to put on the market had the accuser held deactivate for more.[84]

In December 2021, come after was reported in The Educator Post that Puig had furtively settled a lawsuit raised toddler two women who claimed become absent-minded Puig sexually assaulted them play a part January 2017.

Despite the allegations, Puig had not been instructive on leave, and the common had not been notified.[85][86]

In Nov 2022, Puig pled guilty interrupt lying to federal law fulfilment officers regarding bets that fair enough placed with an illegal disports betting operation. He faces foundation to five years in prison.[87][88] Later that month, he varied his plea to not guilty.[89]

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