Fourteen years ago, the Yankees signed Manny Banuelos and in 2011 the native of Gómez Palacio was already in triple A, a year later the Aztec pitcher was considered the number one prospect he had in the organization. Unfortunately an injury took him away from the diamond.
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“They had some expectations with me, but things came up that you can’t control, like the injury, that injury slowed me down a lot, so now that he’s back I’m happy. I am not going to deny you that I have that little thorn left that I want to remove, that is why I return to the organization ”
In March of this 2022 he returned to the institution after going through several teams with the aim that in the preseason Manny Bañuelos could get a place on the main roster of the Yankees one of the favorite teams to reach the World Series.
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“It has been very exciting to not only return to the MLBreturn with Yankees It has been something super interesting, we talked about 10 years ago that there were expectations, but the injuries to my arm prevented that, I left the organization for 7 years, but he came back with more experience, he came back healthy, he came back strong and it’s something exciting, I’m very happy and excited about the opportunity to return”
After 52 games of the regular season and at 31 years old, Manny’s dream finally came true when he debuted in the Major Leagues with the team of his loves, the Yankees.
“I want to give him everything, there were some expectations when I was a kid, things that were not fulfilled, I have heard it, I have read it, a promise that was not, but this year if they give me the opportunity, I know that I am capable that I still have the ability to help them win games. “
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The Mexican entered the seventh inning as a reliever, allowing only one hit and hanging the zero in the Bronx’s 13-0 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
The origins in baseball of Manny Bañuelos
At the age of 16 he played in the Major League in the Comarca Lagunera, when a scout from the Sultanes de Monterrey signed him, he was only there for 3 months because he went to the northwest to play with Nayarit and in 2008 they had already signed him in the Leagues minors of the Yankees.
Manny Bañuelos among the stars
In 2008 when Manny entered the Yankees He had the joy of living with great baseball players like Alex Rodríguez, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada.
“A few years ago I saw them on television and then I had to share the club house, living with those players is something that will remain very marked in my memory”.
