Yasiel Puig is a Cuban professional baseball player who has a net worth of $18 million. Yasiel Puig, also known as “The Wild Horse,” has played Major League Baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians, as well as in the KBO League for the Kiwoom Heroes.

Who is Yasiel Puig?

Yasiel Puig Valdes was born on December 7, 1990, in Cienfuegos, Cuba, to parents Omar Puig and Maritza Valdes. He has a younger sister, Yaima, and his father works in a sugar cane industry. Yasiel began playing baseball at nine years old. He defected from his own country in 2012.

How old is Yasiel Puig?

He is currently 33 years old.

What is Yasiel Puig’s net worth?

He is estimated to be worth $18 Million.

What is Yasiel Puig’s career?

Prior to his escape, Yasiel Puig played for Cuba’s national team, helping it win bronze at the 2008 World Junior Baseball Championship in Edmonton. He also competed for the Cienfuegos team in the 2008-2009 Cuban National Series.

He joined the Los Angeles Dodgers at the age of 22. The right-handed center fielder was named an MLB All-Star during the 2014 season. He has won the National League Player of the Month award twice and was awarded the National League Rookie of the Month in June 2013. Following his debut season in the league, he was named to the “Baseball America” All-Rookie Team. Puig played for the Dodgers before being dealt to the Cincinnati Reds in December 2018.

He was involved in bench-clearing brawls in both of his losses to the Pittsburgh Pirates, and he received a two-game ban for the first infraction. Just minutes after the second brawl four months later, it was revealed that he had been traded to the Cleveland Indians. While with the Indians, he served a three-game suspension for his role in the second fight against the Pirates.

An agreement with the Atlanta Braves fell through in 2020 after Puig tested positive for COVID-19, and he signed with the Mexican League’s El Aguila de Veracruz in April 2021. He was selected Defensive Player of the Year at the end of the season. Puig later signed with the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League in December of 2021.

Through the 2019 MLB season, Puig has a.277 lifetime batting average, 834 hits, 132 home runs, and 415 runs batted in.

Yasiel Puig moved to the United States and signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers, including a $12 million signing bonus. To avoid arbitration, he signed a one-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds in 2019 for $9.7 million. His one-year contract with the Kiwoom Heroes for 2021 was for $1 million. Yasiel Puig’s salary alone in the MLB totaled more than $51.6 million.