"Yasiel Puig Valdés (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈpwiɣ]; born
December 7, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball
outfielder for theLos Angeles Dodgers of Major League
signed a seven year, $42 million contract with the
Dodgers. He made his MLB debut on June 3, 2013..."
[all information quoted on this page is from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasiel_Puig ]
Puig played for the Cuban national baseball team in the
Puig played for the Cuban national baseball team in the
2008 World Junior Baseball Championship, winning a
bronze medal. He then played for the Cienfuegos team of
the Cuban National Series in the 2008–09 Cuban National
season. Puig enjoyed a breakout season in the 2009-10
Cuban National Series, with a .330 batting average, 17
home runs, 47 runs batted in (RBIs) and 78 runs scored
Puig also played for the Cuban national team in the 2011
World Port Tournament where he tried to defect along
with teammate Gerardo Concepcion. Concepcion was
successful while Puig was not and was disciplined by
not being allowed to play during the 2011–12 seasons.[3]...
In 2012, he successfully defected from Cuba and began to
signed Puig on June 28, 2012, to a seven-year deal worth $42
million.[4]The Dodgers placed him on the 40-man roster and
assigned him to their Arizona Rookie League team. In nine
games, he hit .400 with four homers and 11 RBI....
On August 13, 2012, the Dodgers promoted Puig to the
California League.[5] He played in 14 games with the
Quakes and hit .327. After the Quakes season, he was
scheduled to join the Mesa Solar Sox of theArizona Fall
League, but a staph infection in his right elbow required
surgery and sidelined him for several months. After the
infection healed, he opted to play winter ball in Puerto
Puig had a strong spring training with the Dodgers in
2013, hitting .526 in Cactus League games and having
some in the press speculate that he might break camp
with the Dodgers. However, he was optioned to the
just prior to the end of spring training.[7] He hit .313
with 8 homers and 37 RBI for the Lookouts in 40
games...
On June 2, 2013, the Dodgers announced that they had
recalled Puig from Chattanooga and he made his debut
on June 3.[8] In his first at-bat he singled to left-center
off Eric Stults of the San Diego Padres. He was 2 for 4 in
the game and showcased his strong arm by recording
an outfield assist on a double play to end the game.[9]...
Puig hit two home runs, doubled and drove in five runs
in his second game. He became the first Dodger ever to
have a multi-homer game in one of his first two
appearances. The first home run was off Padres pitcher
Clayton Richard.[10] In his fourth game, on June 6, 2013,
he hit a grand slam off of Cory Gearrin of the Atlanta
become only the 2nd player in the modern era (Mike
his first five games and his 10 RBI tied the Major League
record for most RBI in the first five games of a career
(with Danny Espinosa (2010) and Jack Merson (1951)).[12]
Puig was named the National League Player of the Week
for the week of June 3–9.[13]...
Puig had 27 hits in his first 15 games, tied with Joe
DiMaggio (1936) and Terry Pendleton (1984) for second
most all-time behind Irv Waldron(1901) and Bo Hart
major league history to record at least 34 hits and seven
home runs in his first 20 games and set Dodger records
Gibby Brack in 1937) and total bases through 20 games
(58, four more than Del Bissonette in 1928).[15] Puig
finished the month of June with 44 hits, breaking Steve
month. That total was also second all-time for rookies in
their first month, behind only DiMaggio who had 48.[16]
In 26 games in June, Puig hit .436 with a .467 on base
percentage and a .713 slugging percentage. He won both
the National League Rookie of the Month Award and the
National League Player of the Month Award, the first
time someone had won both in their first month in the
Majors.[17]...
Despite his not making his debut until June, Puig
received 842,915 write-in votes from the fans for the 2013
Major League Baseball All-Star Game. His name was
included among the All-Star Final Vote candidates.[18]
Puig received 15.5 million votes, second to Atlanta
Braves' first baseman Freddie Freeman who received
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