La Potencia (The Power) also known as Yoenis Céspedes is a Cuban MLB player who won two consecutive MLB Home Run derbies in 2013 and 2014. He is one of the baseball players with a young professional career but distinguished himself among his peers and a few others before him. Here you will learn more about the Cuban sportsman.
Yoenis Cespedes’ Biography,
Yoenis was born on October 18, 1985 in Campechuela, in the Cuban province of Granma, as the son of Estela Mailanes (mother) and Cresencio Céspedes (father). He has a brother, a brother named Yelqui Céspedes. His parents were both athletic. His mother, who played softball as a pitcher and made an appearance at the 2000 Summer Olympics, represented Cuba. His father was a former receiver in the Cuban League. However, he separated from his child when he was around one year old.
Yoenis Céspedes began to get a taste of what baseball was like when, at the age of 10, his mother sent him to a public school where he had plenty of time to play and learn from other players. He spent a lot of time here with the team and soon played in the Cuban Winter League, where he was seen active for 8 seasons. He also participated in the World Baseball Classic in 2009 before leaving his home country.
There are conflicting reports on who he left Cuba with. Some online reports state that Yoenis Céspedes and 6 other people left Cuba in 2011, after 23 hours by boat to reach the Dominican Republic, while another report states that he made this defection with his family. Nevertheless, in Dominica he met baseball agent Edgar Mercedes, who helped him gain residency in Santiago. This allowed him to bypass the MLB draft and he became a free agent.
Later that same year, he moved to the United States. Still on a quest to play professionally the only game he has played since childhood. After gaining residency in the United States in 2012, he turned down offers from many American baseball teams and signed a four-year contract worth $36 million with Oakland Athletics.
With his new team, the stage was set for Yoenis Céspedes to show baseball fans how good he was and he didn’t fail. He had an impressive 2012, 13 and partially 2014 season playing for Oaklands. However, for a wrist, knee and hamstring injury, he had no regular playing time at the end of 2014 and was soon traded to the Boston Red Sox in a barter deal for Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes. Again with the Red Sox, he was not to stay long before being traded to the Detroit Tigers along with Alex Wilson and Gabe Speier so the Boston Red Sox could become owners of Rick Porcello. His time with the Tigers was only temporary, as he was traded to the New York Mets in 2015.
Contract and salary
After Yoenis Céspedes’ impressive performance in his first year with the Mets, he was offered a 3-year contract worth $75 million, which he however waived opting for on November 3, 2016. , but for his value to the team, the New York Mets offered him an improved solution. one-year contract worth $110 million with a no-trade clause which he accepted on November 30, 2016. Yoenis earns an annual salary of $22.5 million.
Career statistics
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GP
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A B
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R
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H
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RBI
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BB
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SO
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TIME
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Average
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825
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3,156
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470
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863
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523
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237
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727
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162
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0.273
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Yoenis Céspedes has a good career and for So far he has won the following awards and championships: 3× gold medalist in the Cuba national team (2007 Pan American Games, 2010 International Cup, 2010 World University), 2× Home Run Derby champion (2013, 2014) and National League champion (2015). Won All-World Baseball Classic Team (2009), American League Rookie of the Month (September 2012), 2× MLB All-Star (2014, 2016), MLB Player of the Week 2 (15 July). Sept. 13, 2012), Rawlings Gold Glove Award in left field (2015), Silver Slugger Award in outfield (2016).
Homes, cars and net worth
The baseball star has a net worth of $45 million according to Celebrity Networth and there’s no doubting whether or not he leads a lavish lifestyle. His comfortable lifestyle is reflected in the rides he sails with, just as his home is too.
Yoenis Cespedes lives in Manhattan during the off season, while he retires to his ranch in Port St. Lucie, Florida. He has a collection of exotic sports cars including an Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione, 2 custom Polaris Slingshots, a 2016 Ford F-250, a custom Lamborghini Aventador, and a custom Jeep Wrangler.
Family, son and girlfriend
Yoenis Céspedes has a son, Yoenis Jr. in Cuba whom he has not been able to see since leaving his country of origin. He speaks with him only by phone and has tried several times to take him to the United States without success. According to some sources, he met the mother of his son when he was 14 years old. They had known each other for the nine years before he left his country of origin.
The star baseball player has gotten himself a girlfriend Sandra Quesada, who not much is known about except that she is Latino and has her birthday on July 22. Undoubtedly, her beauty is a marvel with such alluring eyes that any man would fall for.
As mentioned earlier, Yoenis has a brother known as Yelqui Céspedes and is believed to reside in Cuba.