| Lourdes Gurriel Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Gurriel with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona Diamondbacks – No. 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Left fielder | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: October 10, 1993 Sancti Spíritus, Cuba | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| April 20, 2018, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2024 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .279 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 110 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 411 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Lourdes Yunielki Gurriel Castillo Jr. (born October 10, 1993) is a Cuban-American professional baseball left fielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays. He also played for Sancti Spíritus and the Industriales of the Cuban National Series before defecting from Cuba.
Following his defection, Gurriel was ranked as one of the top international prospects before signing with the Blue Jays in 2016. He made his MLB debut with Toronto in 2018 before being traded to the Diamondbacks prior to the 2023 season. In his first season with Arizona, he was named to his first MLB All-Star Game and helped the team reach the 2023 World Series.