MIAMI, United States. – Cuban baseball player Yoandy Baguet left the island “in recent hours”, reported this Friday the journalist Francys Romero, who obtained statements from a source close to the athlete.
The infielder and utility player left Cuba for Nicaragua, the source said. Baguet is preparing to begin the journey along the route from Central America to the border between Mexico and the United States.
Romero, who specializes in sports, highlighted that the Cuban baseball player had played 15 National Series with the Gallos de Sancti Spíritus and that, in the last three, he had batted an average of .300 or more.
Specifically in the last National Series, he hit .356 in 112 appearances at home. In addition, he contributed 12 doubles, a triple and two homers with 18 RBIs.
“Obviously, and most likely, Baguet has already finished his career as a baseball player and will now continue in other activities within or outside of baseball. His career was quite long and he will be remembered as a contact hitter with good seasons, ”says Romero.
The journalist also recalls that Baguet “is another of the more than 100 players, former players or coaches who have emigrated from Cuba in 2022.”
“This same week I reported on the departure of the Avilanian Yoelvis Fiss. Last month it was Ciro Silvino Licea and before that, many others, both active and retired”, he said.
“The question in this case is no longer even who left, but who will be the next to leave? Cuban society and within it baseball players and sports people, are leaving the country en masse in search of a better life that they do not have where they were born”, he concluded.
At the beginning of this month, the renowned former pitcher Angel Pena He also left the Island to reach the United States, making the usual route through Central America.
Peña, 42 years old and a native of Cabaiguán, Sancti Spíritus, was world champion in the 15-16 category in Mazatlán, Mexico, where he gave Costa Rica a perfect game. At that age he debuted in the National Series with Los Gallos. In this competition he played for 23 seasons, for a total of 132 wins and 101 losses.
While last September the departure from Cuba of the also stellar former pitcher Ciro Silvino Licea.
The man from Granma left the country through the José Martí International Airport heading to Nicaragua to follow the migratory route to the United States and reunite with his wife.
According to the Customs and Protection Office, almost 180,000 Cubans will have entered through the Mexican border in 2022.
Receive information from CubaNet on your cell phone through WhatsApp. Send us a message with the word “CUBA” on the phone +525545038831, You can also subscribe to our electronic newsletter by giving click here.
