Diamondbacks outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. now U.S. citizen
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Lourdes Gurriel Jr. was not within the beginning lineup towards the Miami Marlins on Monday night time as a result of he was late arriving to the ballpark.
The 29-year-old had a very good excuse, although. He was turning into a U.S. citizen.
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“It’s a pretty amazing accomplishment for him,” D-backs supervisor Torey Lovullo mentioned. “Certainly proud of him. We excused him from all the pregame activity to take care of that today.”
Lovullo mentioned Gurriel could be out there off the bench towards the Marlins.
Gurriel was born in Cuba and defected to the U.S. together with his older brother Yuli in 2016. Both gamers have had profitable MLB careers since their arrival within the States.
Yuli Gurriel occurs to be on the town for his brother’s special day as a result of he performs for the Marlins. He had a number of profitable seasons with the Astros earlier than going to Miami within the offseason. He was batting third for the Marlins in Monday night time’s recreation.
Gurriel Jr. performed his first 5 seasons for the Toronto Blue Jays earlier than shifting to the D-backs in an low season commerce. He has slot in nicely together with his new workforce, batting .310 with 5 homers and 19 RBIs in 30 video games.
