The Cuban gardener Lourdes Gurriel Jr. He entered free agency, although he could renew with the Arizona Diamondbacks.
The youngest Gurriel is one of the three players on the team that lost in the World Series that decided on that option, specifies the official MLB site.
Outfielder/designated hitter Tommy Pham and third baseman Evan Longoria are the other two snakes who decided to opt for free agency.
MLB reports that the D-backs would be interested in renewing one or two of these figures.
Gurriel in his first season with Arizona, after being traded from Toronto, hit .261 with 24 home runs and 82 RBIs, which earned him inclusion among the All-Stars for the first time.
Likewise, he stood out in the surprising postseason of the Serpents, who against all odds reached the World Series to finally fall in 5 games against the Texas Rangers.
During this season, Gurriel Jr. surpassed 600 hits in the best baseball in the world.
In this way, the man from Sancti Spiritus became the thirty-eighth player born in Cuba to reach this number of hits.
Recently it was also known that the designated hitter of the Miami Marlins, Cuban Jorge Soler, He declined the option on his contract for 2024 and became a free agent, giving up the nine million dollars of his token until 2024.
At 32 years old and with a hitting power that made him a key piece in the Marlins, Soler declined his option to continue with this team until 2024, something that, according to experts, opens the way to more juicy contracts.
