Yasiel Puig

07/27/2017 – Yasiel Puig – Clayton Kershaw’s 5th Annual Ping Pong 4 Purpose Celebrity Tournament – Arrivals – Dodger Stadium, 1000 Vin Scully Avenue – Los Angeles, CA, USA – Photo Credit: Guillermo Proano / PR Photos

Birth Name: Yasiel Puig Valdés

Place of Birth: Cienfuegos, Cuba

Date of Birth: December 7, 1990

Ethnicity: African-Cuban

Yasiel Puig is a Cuban-American professional baseball player. A right fielder, he plays for El Águila de Veracruz of the Mexican League. He was previously with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Cincinnati Reds, and the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Kiwoom Heroes. He is nicknamed “The Wild Horse.”

Yasiel is the son of Maritza Valdés and Omar Puig. He became a U.S. citizen in 2019. Yasiel began playing in Cuba. He has four children.