Baseball players abound, but only a few reach the echelon of true champions, their name becoming almost synonymous with America’s beloved sport. This Cuban-born MLB player, Yasiel Puig, is one of the lots. He hit his fans with so much delight in his rookie season with every slash that established him as a force to be reckoned with in the game. Fielder of the Los Angeles Dodgers, he became known for his unstable style of play which earned him the nickname “The Wild Horse”.
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Born on December 7, 1990 in Yasiel Puig Valdés in Cienfuegos, Cuba, he started hitting the ball when he was nine years old. His parents are Omar, an engineer in a sugar cane factory, and Maritza Puig, his mother. Yasiel has a younger brother, a sister named Yaima Puig.
Prior to joining forces with the Dodgers in 2012, he was a member of Cuba’s bronze medal winning team in 2008 at the World Junior Baseball Championship. After yet another failed attempt to leave his home country for a country where he could become eligible to sign an MLB contract, success was achieved in 2012, followed by a contract with the Dodgers. On June 28, 2012, Yasiel Puig signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Los Angeles-based team.
After a successful career in the minor leagues where he proved to be a phenomenon, Puig was called up to the big leagues on June 2, 2013, to make his debut the following day. After honing his skills in the minor leagues and practicing, he took the major league by storm, making his presence felt from his earliest games.
By the end of his rookie season, he had hit .319 in 104 games with 19 home runs and 42 RBIs in the rookie season. After his successful debut in MLB, he made his first all-star team and was selected by Baseball America for its annual tournament. All Rookie Teamas well as placed second to fellow countryman, Jose Fernandez, for the 2013 National League Rookie of the Year award. Not resting on his oars, Yasiel entered a record-breaking 2014 season in which he set a new record for longest winning streak by a Dodger in May since 1985. setting a Dodgers record: 3 hat-tricks tied with two other teammates. He finished the season with 16 home runs, 69 RBIs and a .296 batting average.
In 2015, his performance was hampered by hamstring injuries which he fought more than he hit the ball with, helping his team break their career high in all, including 11 homers. Also injured in the mediocre 2016 season when he was demoted to a minor, he nonetheless rebounded in 2017, setting career records with 28 homers, 74 RBIs and 15 stolen bases.
Also, for playing in the right field, he was selected as the recipient of the 2017 Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award and played with the World Series Dodgers where two of his four hits were homers.
Puig started the 2018 season off to a rocky start and was also sidelined with a hip injury in April. He was placed on a 10-day invalid list but returned in May. As of 2018, the polarizing hitter with admirable hitting regularity is in his final season as a Dodger and would be available for salary arbitration next season. He will be represented by his new agent, the Beverly Hills Sports Council (the former Wasserman Media Group agent severed ties with him in February 2018).
Yasiel Puig wife, girlfriend
The Cuban-born slugger may be known for the mercurial nature of his career and his volatile displays on the pitch, but he knows how to keep his acts together as a father and lover. Although he has yet to bond with his longtime girlfriend, Andrea De La Torre, or even ask the question, the duo who started dating in 2014 are already parents. Yasiel dated Nicole Chaves who gave birth to her first son, Diego Alejandro, in December 2013.
Andrea is very little known, except that she is of Mexican descent and has two brothers; Edgar and Diego De La Torre whom she presents from time to time on her Instagram account. She gave birth to Yasiel’s second son and first son Daniel Sebastian on February 2, 2017.
Yasiel Puig Height, Weight, Body Net Worth
The fine outfielder not only evolved into an exceptional athlete with great strength, speed and maturity on his heels, he was also able to keep up with a chiseled physique. He is 6ft 2in tall, 1.88m tall and maintains a weight of 245lbs or 111kg.
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