A Puerto Rican professional baseball player, Yadier Molina has made a name for himself in Major League Baseball (MLB) where he plays for the St. Louis Cardinals as a catcher. Since his debut in MLB in 2004, he has become a very important player in the league, scoring many individual achievements as well as laurels. Here is everything to know about him.
Yadier Molina Bio And Age
The baseball star was born Yadier Benjamin Molina on July 13, 1982, in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, where he was raised alongside his two older brothers.
He didn’t grow up in a family that was foreign to his father who also played baseball although he didn’t travel far. He played as a second baseman and only finished as an amateur. Because of this, he made it a priority to teach and train his boys every day he came home from work. It was thanks to this that all the boys from Molina, Yadier, Bengie and José were able to make it to the Major League.
Yadier attended High Maestro Ladislao Martínez School in the Puerto Rican municipality of Vega Alta. When he graduated here, he had decided to play MLB without necessarily going to college.
His journey to MLB began with the success of his older brothers who were already playing in the league. Thanks to this, he already had the passion to follow and perform impressively as he always had since high school. So it was easy for Yadier Molina to get picked by the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth round..
MLB Career, Stats & Injuries
After signing Yadier, he played in the minor leagues until 2004 when he made his MLB debut for the Cardinals. It is with the team that he will remain for many more years. After his first deal in 2010, he would sign further deals in 2005, 2006, and 2007. His first major deal that would see him top $1 million was in 2008, when he was awarded a $15.5 million contract. of dollars. His next contracts came in 2011, 2012 and 2017.
Before dropping out due to injury, Molina had already recorded a lot when it came to his stats, watching since 2004. He appeared in 1799 matches making 6281 At Bats, 621 Runs, and 1780 Hits. More so, he made 342 doubles, 7 triples, 137 home runs, 817 innings, and 465 walks. Also, the Cardinals man recorded 687 strikeouts and a 0.283 average.
Of course, it’s not impossible for a player in any sport to be injury-free, and Molina had his share of the blame too. However, the most serious and recent took place on May 5 in a game against the Cubs. That day he suffered an injury that would put him on the disabled list until a month after he was shot and injured by a missed ball, even requiring him to have surgery for the traumatic hematoma he suffered. he had suffered. After being on the deactivation list for a month, Yadier was activated by the team on June 5.
Looking back at his career, Yadier Molina has made a number of achievements, including winning the World Championship title twice, formed 8 star teams, won the Gold Glove Award from 2008 to 2015, 4 Platinum Glove Award and a Silver Sluggard Award.
Molina also played for Puerto Rico in the World Baseball Classic, which ended with a silver medal in 2013 and 2017. Both of those years he was selected to form the All-World Baseball Classic.
women
In case you are wondering if the baseball player is a married man? Yes, he is married and his wife’s name is Wanda Torres. The two have been married since 2007. What is interesting about the couple is that they have been dating since they were both in high school. Their union was blessed with two children, Yanuell, born in 2008 and Arianna, born in 2010.
Salary and net worth
Yadier Molina worked very hard through the years in MLB and even before he made it to the league. Through this, he has come to make himself a great net worth. In 2017, he signed a contract extension with the St. Louis Cardinals, which would see him on the team for the next three years. The contract, worth $60 million, provided that he would receive a salary of $14 million in the first year, $20 million in 2018 and the same amount ($20 million) in the third year.
With that pointed out, he himself has netfortune which is worth $51 million. Yadier Molina made his fortune in MLB and signed several endorsement deals, including with New Balance and T-Mobile.
other facts
- Yadier Molina and his brothers; Bengie Molina and José Molina have all won the World Series.
- In 2013, he reportedly created a music label. His label’s debut album was an album by Venezuelan rapper, Oma 206.
- Following his $75 million contract which allowed him to receive a salary of $20 million, he became the second highest paid receiver in MLB history, after Buster Posey.