DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Vladimir Guerrero Jr hits his first home run.

The 2022 Major League Baseball season is underway. MLB reports that 99 Dominicans are on the opening rosters and inactive lists of Major League Baseball. This is 36% of the 275 foreign born players of 975 players. Venezuela follows with 67 (many who have trained in Dominican baseball academies), Cuba has 23, Puerto Rico has 16 and Mexico 13.

During the first few days of the MLB season, the Dominican players have proven their worth. Boston Red Sox third baseman, Rafael Devers hit a homerun at his first plate appearance of the 2022 season. Dominican pitcher Framber Valdez threw the first official pitch of the season for the Houston Astros, and there were two other Dominicans, Sandy Alcantara for Florida Marlins and Frankie Montas for the Oakland Athletics, that were chosen the opening day starters for their respective clubs.

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