Yoenis Cespedes

ABOUT YOENIS CESPEDES

Cuban MLB outfielder who entered the league with the Oakland Athletics in 2012. He won back-to-back MLB Home Run Derbies in 2013 and 2014. After a 2015 trade sent him to the New York Mets , he helped lead the Mets to the 2015 World Series, where they were defeated by the Kansas City Royals .

He first played professional baseball for Granma in the Cuban National Series during the 2003-2004 season and was one of the league's top rookies.

He hit a home run in his second game in the majors and made his first All-Star Game in 2014.

His mother Estela Milanes was a softball pitcher for Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He has one son named Yoenis Jr.

He was teammates with speedy outfielder Coco Crisp on the Oakland Athletics.