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Where is Yoenis Cespedes playing?
Céspedes returned to major league action for the Mets' 2020 season opener against the Atlanta Braves at Citi Field.
What is going on with Yoenis Cespedes?
After defecting from Cuba while playing in the Can-Am League in New York in 2019, Cespedes missed the 2020 season because of the pandemic, then got a delayed start to 2021 because of visa issues.
How old is Yohan Cespedes?
36 years (October 18, 1985)Yoenis Céspedes / Age
What team is Yoenis Cespedes on 2022?
New York MetsYoenis Cespedes, New York Mets, DH - 2022 Game Log - MLB - CBSSports.com.
What happened to Puig?
In 2018, the Dodgers sent Puig and three other players to the Cincinnati Reds as part of a salary dump. Not long after, he was moved to Cleveland in a 3-team trade. Following the 2019 season, Puig was unemployed in MLB but spent time playing in both the Mexican League and Dominican Winter League.
How tall is Cespedes?
5′ 10″Yoenis Céspedes / Height
How much is Cespedes worth?
Yoenis Cespedes is the latest $100 million-plus player to suffer serious injuries while playing for the New York Mets, but as with David Wright and Johan Santana, he actually provided a decent return on the investment before getting hurt.
What number is Yoenis Cespedes?
52New York Mets / Designated hitter, Left fielder, Right fielder52Boston Red Sox / Outfielder52Detroit Tigers / Outfielder52Oakland Athletics / Outfielder52St. Lucie Mets / OutfielderYoenis Céspedes/Number
Overview
Major League Baseball
After Céspedes defected from Cuba in the summer of 2011, he established residency in the U.S. in January 2012, bypassing the MLB draft and becoming an unrestricted free agent. Céspedes was considered a five-tool outfielder going into free agency. Kevin Goldstein of Baseball Prospectus declared Céspedes "arguably the best all-around player to come out of Cuba in a generation."
Early life
Céspedes was born in the small town of Campechuela, in Granma Province, Cuba. Céspedes is the son of Estela Milanés, a softball pitcher who appeared in the 2000 Summer Olympics for Cuba, and Cresencio Céspedes, a former Cuban League catcher who separated from Milanés when Yoenis was one year old. At age 10, he was sent by his mother to a state-run school where he could focus on baseball. He played eight seasons in the Cuban Winter League before defecting from Cuba i…
Cuban career
Céspedes debuted in the Cuban National Series with Granma during the 2003–04 Cuban National Series, hitting .302/.382/.503 (batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage). He was considered for the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year Award, but lost out to Frank Montieth.
He batted .313/.403/.540 in the 2004–05 season. In the 2005–06 season, he hit .351/.444/.649 wi…
Awards
Championships earned or shared
• 3× Cuba national team gold medallist (2007 Pan Am Games, 2010 International Cup, 2010 World University)
• 2× Home Run Derby champion (2013, 2014)
• National League champion (2015)
Personal life
Céspedes lives in Manhattan, New York, during the season, and has a ranch in Port St. Lucie, Florida during the off-season. He has a son, Yoenis Jr., whom he hasn't seen since he left Cuba, and is only able to speak to on the phone. He has tried to get him into the United States. He has a half-brother, Yoelkis.
In 2014, Céspedes signed with Jay-Z's Roc Nation Sports, a sports agency division of Roc Nation. …
See also
• Detroit Tigers award winners and league leaders
• List of baseball players who defected from Cuba
• List of Major League Baseball players from Cuba
• New York Mets award winners and league leaders
External links
• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet
• Cuban Baseball Career statistics
• Yoenis Céspedes on Twitter