44 Facts About Yasiel Puig

Yasiel Puig Valdes is a Cuban-born American professional baseball right fielder for Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League.

Yasiel Puig has played in Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians.

Yasiel Puig's nickname is "The Wild Horse", given to him by former longtime Dodgers broadcaster Vin Scully.

Yasiel Puig defected from Cuba in 2012, and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers.

Yasiel Puig's father was an engineer in a sugar cane factory.

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Yasiel Puig played for the Cuba national baseball team when they won the bronze medal in the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship.

Yasiel Puig played for the Cuba national team in the 2011 World Port Tournament, where he tried to defect along with teammate Gerardo Concepcion.

Yasiel Puig had been offered to Los Angeles-based agent Gus Dominguez, starting at $175,000, and New York-based agent Joe Kehoskie, starting at $250,000.

Cuban boxer Miguel Angel Corbacho Daudinot was sentenced to seven years in prison after Yasiel Puig allegedly testified against him to the Cuban authorities.

Yasiel Puig paid an undisclosed amount to Gilberto Suarez, founder of a start-up company called Miami Sport Management.

Eddie Oropesa and Tim Bravo, a special-education teacher from Las Cruces High School in New Mexico, helped the newly arrived Yasiel Puig adjust to life in the United States during his first year.

Yasiel Puig had a very strong spring training with the Dodgers in 2013, hitting.

Yasiel Puig was 2-for-4 in the game, and showcased his strong arm by recording an outfield assist on a double play to end the game.

Yasiel Puig hit two home runs, doubled, and drove in five runs in his second game.

Yasiel Puig became the first Dodger ever to have a multi-homer game in one of his first two appearances.

The following day, Yasiel Puig hit another homer to become only the 2nd player in the modern era to hit four home runs in his first five games, and his 10 RBIs tied the Major League record for most RBIs in the first five games of a career.

Yasiel Puig had 27 hits in his first 15 games, tied with Joe DiMaggio and Terry Pendleton for second-most all-time behind Irv Waldron and Bo Hart with 28.

Yasiel Puig became the first player in major league history to record at least 34 hits and seven home runs in his first 20 games and set Dodger records for most hits through 20 games and total bases through 20 games.

Yasiel Puig finished the month of June with 44 hits, breaking Steve Sax's 1983 team record for most hits by a rookie in one month.

Yasiel Puig won both the National League Rookie of the Month Award and the National League Player of the Month Award, the first time someone had won both in their first month in the Majors.

Yasiel Puig's name was included among the All-Star Final Vote candidates.

Yasiel Puig was selected by Baseball America to their annual "All-Rookie team" and finished second in the National League Rookie of the Year voting to fellow Cuban Jose Fernandez.

On May 17,2014, Yasiel Puig had his eighth consecutive game with at least one extra-base hit and at least one RBI, which was a new record for the longest streak by a Dodger, surpassing the marks of Pedro Guerrero, Duke Snider, and Howie Schultz.

Yasiel Puig was voted and named a starter for the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the youngest Dodger starter for an All-Star game since Steve Sax in 1982.

Yasiel Puig accepted an invitation to participate in the Home Run Derby during the All-Star festivities.

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On July 25,2014, Yasiel Puig went 4-for-5 with a career-high four extra-base hits, tying the Dodgers' single-game record with three triples, matching Jimmy Sheckard.

Yasiel Puig was selected to travel to Japan after the season with a team of MLB All-Stars playing against All-Stars of Nippon Professional Baseball in the 2014 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series.

Yasiel Puig began the 2015 season experiencing left hamstring issues that caused him to miss several games.

Yasiel Puig made an obscene gesture at Cleveland Indians fans at Progressive Field after hitting a homerun.

Yasiel Puig received the Wilson Defensive Player of the Year Award for his play in right field.

Yasiel Puig was without representation until April 2018, when he signed with Beverly Hills Sports Council.

Yasiel Puig was placed on the 10-day disabled list the next day.

Yasiel Puig was involved in bench-clearing brawls in each of two Reds losses to the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Yasiel Puig did not appeal the suspension, which he served starting on August 12,2019, against the Boston Red Sox.

Yasiel Puig was named as the Defensive Player of the Year following the season.

On December 8,2021, Yasiel Puig signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League.

At a game in New York City in May 2019, Yasiel Puig met a young fan about to have his 40th surgery, due to hydrocephalus.

The following month, Yasiel Puig treated the fan and his family to a Reds game in Cincinnati.

Yasiel Puig spent four hours with the children there, and found it difficult to leave.

On December 28,2013, Yasiel Puig was again arrested for reckless driving after allegedly driving 110 miles per hour in a 70 miles per hour zone, in Naples, Florida.

Yasiel Puig was taken to the Collier County Jail and released after posting bail.

On July 17,2020, Yasiel Puig tested positive for COVID-19, nixing a deal he was expected to sign with the Atlanta Braves.

Yasiel Puig has denied the allegations, calling them "false and malicious".

The latest settlement was for $250,000 — with the accuser paying her own attorney's fees — due to fears that Yasiel Puig had nothing left to offer had the accuser held out for more.