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Los Angeles de los Angeles were without one of their best sluggers on Tuesday night, but had a good reason for excused absence.
Yoan Moncada was on the restricted list of MLB on Tuesday, since he was taking his American citizenship test.
Moncada, 30, is from Cuba and signed with Boston’s red socks as an international free agent for a signature bonus of more than $ 31 million.
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Yoan Moncada, #10 of the Cuba team, hits a solitary home run at the bottom of the second entry during the World Baseball Classic a Chinese Taipei and Cuba game in the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium on March 12, 2023, in Taichung, Taiwan. (Kenny Hsu – Capitureat/Getty Images)
Moncada, 19 at that time, quickly became one of the main perspectives of all baseball as a switch batter. He made his debut in the MLB about a year and a half after signing, at the age of 21.
However, the Sox made an impressive movement, after SEO 2016 when they exchanged Moncada, Michael Kopech and two others to Chicago’s white socks for Chris Sale, who just finished his season and was a perennial candidate of Cy Young Award.
Moncada has never been up to the exaggeration, even reached a maximum of MLB 217 times in 2018. He published 4.1 two years later.
The third base of Los Angeles Angels, Yoan Moncada (5), sways in a launch during the MLB game between the New York Yankees and Los Angeles de Los Angeles on May 28, 2025, at the Angel Stadium in Anaheim, CA. (Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire through Getty Images) \)
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Moncada spent eight seasons with the white socks, publishing numbers above and down during their mandate, just like the organization while there. In 2021, they won the central, but three years later, they established the record of the modern era for most of the defeats in a season (Moncada played in just 12 games last season).
The painting player has maintained his Cuban citizenship, and played for the Cuba team in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, cutting .435/.519/.739.
In his career, Moncada is a .252 batter with an OPS of .756. This season, it is hitting .221 with a slugging percentage of .436.
The third base of Los Angeles Angels, Yoan Moncada (5), is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two -run homer in the first entry against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the Angel Stadium. (Kirby Lee-Imagn images)
It is not yet known if Moncada will be available for the 4:00 pm game of Los Angelainos against the Rays of Tampa Bay on Wednesday, but at least, Detroit will go this weekend for a set of three games with the Tigers.
