John Heyman, a renowned New York postwork columnist and also linked to MLB Network, announced Monday night that Cuban Yulieski Gurriel signed a minor leagues agreement with the San Diego Padres, so he will have the opportunity to earn a position in The Californian franchise in spring training.
“Yulieski Gurriel to the parents”, wrote Heyman in X, where he also explained that it is a pact that would guarantee the experienced spirit of a balance of 1.25 million dollars if he manages to climb to the major leagues, plus an additional million in performance incentives.
At the moment, “La Piña” will be in the Spring Trainning with the parents thanks to an invitation outside of Roster, which ensures about 140 thousand dollars, what happens in the preseason happens. The Antillean, presumably, will play the designated batter post of the parents, taking into account that the franchise intends to use most of the time to the Venezuelan Luis Arreez in the initial and Jake Cronenworth in the intermediate.
Anyway, this will be a golden opportunity for Gurriel, who seeks to demonstrate that he has gasoline in the tank and that he can cover his tenth campaign in the best baseball in the world.
Yulieski, who debuted in MLB with 32 years, is already for four decades (he will turn 41 next June), but resists hanging up the Spikesto a large extent because you still feel in a position to fight for a position in a major leagues.
“Everyone who asks me only tells him that all he must do is come to see him. See it training and you tell me if the guy is ready or not. Last year they thought I couldn’t and saw him giving him 100 mile releases per hour. Shed with everyone, as if he were 20 years old ”, said To the new Herald his brother Yunieski, who has been one of his coaches for some time.
Batery champion of the American League and Gold Glove in 2021, the most media of the Gurriel lived a successful stage in Houston, where he won two world series titles with the stars. There, in addition, he had a performance peak in 2019, when he dispatched 31 balls beyond the limits and towed 104 races, with 73 extrabases and a high PAHO
Yulieski has given decline signs in the last three seasons. From 2022 to date accumulate 978 appearances to the dish with only 12 homers, 74 extrabas, 92 scored, 86 pushed, 65 tickets, 132 strikeouts and offensive line of .243/.297/.356/.652.
