Yasser Gómez

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Gómez and the second or maternal family name is Soto.
Yasser Gómez
Atlanta Braves – No. --
Outfielder
Born: April 1, 1980 (1980-04-01) (age 31)
Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Yasser Gómez Soto (born April 1, 1980) is a Cuban baseball player and Olympic silver medalist with the Atlanta Braves organization.

Contents

Cuba

Medal record
Competitor for  Cuba
Men's Baseball
Summer Olympics
Silver 2000 Sydney Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold 2001 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
Silver 1999 Sydney Team
Gold 2002 Havana Team

Gómez played for the Cuba national baseball team in the 2000 Summer Olympics, winning the silver medal.

Gómez was originally slated to play in the 2009 World Baseball Classic, but he and Yadel Martí were kicked off the team in November 2008 for an unspecified reason, believed to be an attempted defection to the United States.[1] Gómez, Martí, and Juan Yasser reportedly defected from Cuba in December 2008 in an effort to get to the Dominican Republic to seek a Major League Baseball career.[2] In August 2009, they were declared free agents.[3]

Atlanta Braves

On May 26, 2010, Gómez signed with the Atlanta Braves organization.[4] He was assigned to the Double-A Mississippi Braves.

References

  1. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3717873
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Jorge Arangure, Jr. (August 5, 2009). "Cuban free agents could provide playoff boost". http://insider.espn.go.com/espn/blog/index?entryID=4378576&name=arangure_jorge_jr&action=upsell&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fespn%2fblog%2findex%3fentryID%3d4378576%26name%3darangure_jorge_jr. Retrieved August 5, 2009. 
  4. ^ http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100527&content_id=10485210&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb

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