Algodoneros announces former New York Yankees player as its new reinforcement of the season

Written in SPORTS he 1/5/2023 · 17:54 hs

Torreón, Coahuila.- A former baseball player Major League Baseball (MLB) will make his first appearance in Mexicoafter the Union Laguna cotton growers They surprised their fans with their new reinforcement for the current season of the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) since they decided to sign the Dutchman Didi Gregory who has worn the shirt of several teams in the Major Leagues and for the first time will play in our country.

Through your account Twitterlos cotton they broke the news, minutes after anticipating that a “bomb” was coming, to later make the official announcement. “Five of his 11 MLB seasons were with the Yankees where he filled in for Derek Jeter in an extraordinary way… today his shirt will be the icing on the cake, ours. Welcome home, Didi Gregory”, wrote the lagoon team.

Brother Gregorius nBorn on February 18, 1990 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, she is 1.90 m tall and weighs 92 kilograms. Among his game characteristics, he bats with a left-handed profile and throws with his right arm and arrives in Mexico with 11 years of experience in Major League Baseball where he debuted in 2012 defending the Cincinnati Reds, from where it went to Arizona Diamondbacks.

From there he moved on to the New York Yankees, with whom he played for five seasons. He later joined the Philadelphia Phillies, his last team in the MLB. Before arriving in Mexico, he played in the winter league of Puerto Rico where he played for the Santurce crabbers. Now he arrives to reinforce the Mexican team in his first experience in baseball in our country, where he will seek to contribute his experience as a major leaguer.

Cotton Union Laguna They have started a somewhat irregular season, and are currently in fifth position in the North Zone of the LMB, after adding five games won and four lost, surpassed by Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos, Sultanes de Monterrey and Generales de Durango. . In its next match will face the Red Devils of Mexico so Gregorius could debut in that series.

Source: Tribune