Dominican ball player Yoenis Cespedes of the New York Mets opened the Major League Season on Thursday, 29 March 2018, with his first home run of the season, contributing to the Mets victory of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Miguel Angel Sanó batted for homerun in the game the Minnesota Twins won 7-0 over the Baltimore Orioles on Sunday.
Edwin Encarnacion batted two home runs for the Cleveland Indians.
Outfielder Carlos Gomez of the Texas Rangers also homered to start his season in MLB. Nelson Cruz, a native of Las Matas de Santa Cruz, belted a two-run homer to propel the Seattle Mariners to victory in their opener.
In another outstanding start of season, fellow Dominican player San Francisco Giants Johnny Cueto got his start with six strong innings and allowing only one hit over seven innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
These were just five of the start of season performances by the 84 Dominicans that are on opening day 25-man rosters of the 30 Major League Baseball teams in the United States. The Dominican Republic leads in numbers of foreign-born players. Nevertheless, the 2018 total is less than the 93 players that opened in MLB last season.
Venezuela follows in number of foreign-born players with 74, then Puerto Rico with 19, Cuba with 17, Mexico with 11, Japan, 8, Canada and South Korea 6, and Colombia and Curacao, 5 each.
Diario Libre publishes a selection of ten Dominican ball players it recommends to follow this MLB season. These are: Cleveland Indians Edwin Encarnación, Robinson Canó of the Seattle Mariners, Bartolo Colón with the Texas Rangers, Alex Colomé with Tampa Bay, Marcell Ozuna with the St. Louis Cardinals, Jean Segura with the Seattle Mariners, José Ramirez with the Cleveland Indians, Gary Sánchez with the New York Yankees, Nelson Cruz with the Seattle Mariners, and Albert Pujols with the Los Angeles Angels.
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2 April 2018
