Yadil Mujica Explained

Yadil Mujica
Team:Cocodrilos de Matanzas
Number:1
Position:Shortstop
Bats:Left
Throws:Right
Birth Date:11 January 1985
Birth Place:Matanzas, Cuba

Yadil Orestes Mujica Díaz (born 1 January 1985) is a Cuban professional baseball player for the Cocodrilos de Matanzas of the Cuban National Series.

Career

Mujica played for Matanzas of the Cuban National Series.[1] He was left off of the Cuban national baseball team roster for the 2008 Olympics.[2] Though he was listed on the provisional roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic,[3] he did not make the tournament's final roster.

Mujica defected to the United States.[4] 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Habana comanda Zona Occidental del béisbol cubano . www.radiosantacruz.icrt.cu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304000000/http://www.radiosantacruz.icrt.cu/noticia/ver/1463-habana-comanda-zona-occidental-beisbol-cubano.htm . 2016-03-04.
  2. Web site: Top MLB International Prospects 2018.
  3. Web site: DTCNews: Béisbol cubano se alista para clásico mundial.
  4. Web site: Jorge Ebro . Yadil Mujica sigue el camino de José Julio Ruiz y cambia de agente – Béisbol – . Elnuevoherald.com . 2010-03-11 . 2012-11-19.
  5. Web site: The Trentonian – THUNDER: Roster shuffling begins even before Opening Day . Trentonian.com . 2004-08-27 . 2012-11-19.
  6. Web site: Parker . John . Offensive Players of the Week | MiLB.com News | The Official Site of Minor League Baseball . Milb.com . 2012-11-19.
  7. https://www.elnuevoherald.com/deportes/beisbol/article272497705.html