Marwin González Former Yankees, Astros Signs Japan

After playing 11 years in the Major Leagues, an offer from a team in the Japan Professional Baseball League (NPB) managed to convince the Venezuelan Marvin Gonzalez to leave the MLB to move to the Asian continent to play ball.

This Friday, the New York Post journalist, Jon Heyman, announced that the former utility for Yankees, AstrosTwins and Red Soxsigned a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Buffaloes Oryxcurrent defending champions of the NPB.

González, a versatile baseball player who will turn 34 in March, spent the 2022 season with the Yankees. He finished the regular role hitting .185/.255/.321 with 6 home runs and 18 RBIs in 207 plate appearances. While his bat wasn’t really outstanding, the veteran overall was a positive contributor on defense, appearing at every position except catcher and center field.

It should be remembered that the native of Puerto Ordaz, Venezuela, was the World Series champion with the Houston Astros in 2017, when they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in seven exciting games.

ismael hernandez

I have graduated from the Autonomous University of Guadalajara since 2012, graduated as a Bachelor of Communication Sciences. After having been a radio announcer for some years in the “Perla Tapatía”, I returned to my hometown, Mazatlán, Sinaloa and was hired by Periódico El Debate in May 2019. My first months in El Debate were writing articles for the vertical: “Mi Bolsillo”, however, in September of the same year I became part of the powerful lineup of “Al Bat”, where I still continue to work as a web journalist. In “Al Bat”, we truthfully present to our readers the most relevant news in the world of baseball, mainly from the MLB, winter leagues from Mexico, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Asian continent. I am a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League and the Boston Red Sox in the American League. My big dream is to see the Fenway Park stadium, the historic site of the “Red Sox”.

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