Yadil Mujica
| Yadil Mujica | |||||||||||||||
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| Cocodrilos de Matanzas – No. 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Shortstop | |||||||||||||||
| Born: January 1, 1985 Matanzas, Cuba | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
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Yadil Orestes Mujica Díaz (born January 1, 1985) is a Cuban professional baseball player for the Rojos de Caborca of the Liga Norte de México. He defected from Cuba and plays in minor league baseball.
Career[edit]
Mujica played for Matanzas of the Cuban National Series.[1][2] He was left off of the Cuban national baseball team roster for the 2008 Olympics.[3] Though he was listed on the provisional roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic,[4] he did not make the tournament's final roster.
Mujica defected to the United States.[1] He played for the Class AA Trenton Thunder of the Eastern League in 2011 and was promoted to the Class AAA Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees of the International League in 2012.[5] After receiving three plate appearances in three games for Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Mujica was reassigned to the Thunder. He was named the Eastern League's Offensive Player of the Week for the week ending April 29, in which he batted 10-for-18 with six runs scored and a .600 on-base percentage.[6]
Mujica played for the Cuban national team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Jorge Ebro (2010-03-11). "Yadil Mujica sigue el camino de José Julio Ruiz y cambia de agente – Béisbol –". Elnuevoherald.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ "Habana comanda Zona Occidental del béisbol cubano". www.radiosantacruz.icrt.cu. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Top MLB International Prospects 2018".
- ^ "DTCNews: Béisbol cubano se alista para clásico mundial".
- ^ "The Trentonian – THUNDER: Roster shuffling begins even before Opening Day". Trentonian.com. 2004-08-27. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ Parker, John. "Offensive Players of the Week | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball". Milb.com. Retrieved 2012-11-19.
- ^ https://www.elnuevoherald.com/deportes/beisbol/article272497705.html
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- Living people
- 1985 births
- Baseball players from Matanzas
- Defecting Cuban baseball players
- Tampa Yankees players
- Trenton Thunder players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees players
- 2023 World Baseball Classic players
- Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball
- Cuban baseball biography stubs
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- Baseball players at the 2023 Pan American Games