Although the Spring Trainings are practically just around the corner, there are still many players who do not leave the free agency, some currently considered high caliber, and others who were once like the Cuban gardener Yasiel Puig, who has not played MLB ball since the 2019 season.
However, one of his former teammates with the Dodgers, former gardener / first baseman Scott Van Slyke, Has come out in defense and advocating for Puig for a Major League team to offer him a contract, Because according to his point of view, the “Crazy Horse” is still a high level player and at the height of any club of the best BASEBALL in the world.
Puig is better than the worst gardener of all, any team would be lucky to have him!
It should be remembered that the last time Puig played in the majors was during the 2019 campaign, first with the Cincinnati Reds and then he left for Cleveland, via a mid-season change. Although last year the Atlanta Braves had announced his signing, he failed to materialize after launching positive for Covid-19.
Nevertheless, Puig received a contract to play Dominican winter ball (Lidom) with the Bulls of the East, the tax exemption was eliminated in the round of semifinals at the hands of the Cibaeñas Eagles, who finished like champions of the circuit and will represent the Dominican Republic in the 2021 Caribbean Series to be played in Mazatlán, Mexico.