El estelar lanzador cubano Yariel Rodríguez, uno de los mayores contratos de los Azulejos de Toronto para esta temporada, fue llamado a Grandes Ligas por su equipo y tuvo un debut impresionante en la victoria contra Colorado.
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00:00 Is Yariel Rodriguez about set to make his major league debut as Buck mentioned 27 years old
00:08 pitched professionally in Cuba, pitched in the WBC, three years in Japan, mostly a starter in Cuba,
00:14 mostly a reliever in Japan. After the WBC didn't pitch at all last year he was kind of preparing
00:22 to be eligible to begin his major league career. He was signed by the Blue Jays in February a
00:28 five-year 32 million dollar.
00:30 Fly ball to left. Davis Schneider is there, that's the first out of Rodriguez's major league career.
00:55 And a swing and a miss to get him, the first strikeout of his career. Swing and a miss and Rodriguez gets him.
01:07 Yariel pitched to six batters with 68 pitches, of which 44 were strikes, to be the fifth Cuban
01:14 with the most pitches in his major league debut. The Louis Deand, René Montiagudo, Jose Fernandez,
01:20 Duke Hernandez and Rolando Arroa. With a straight on the 95 miles, Rodriguez also made history
01:26 as the first Cuban pitcher to open a game with the Blue Jays, which could be a promising
01:32 major league career, started this Saturday in Toronto.
01:36 This will be the end of the first major league game for Yariel Rodriguez and it was an impressive outing.
01:42 Handshakes, pats on the back from all of his new teammates. Welcome to the big leagues, Yariel Rodriguez.
01:52 [Cheering]
02:04 [Music]