Yasmani Grandal

Catchers rarely get their due, which is why Yasmani Grandal earns my admiration. The position is thankless intellectual labor, managing pitchers and framing games while the spotlight finds the hitters, and he has done it well enough to make two All-Star teams. I find his journey just as compelling: leaving Havana for the United States and grinding through five different franchises, proving over and over that his skills travel. To me he embodies the unglamorous, foundational work that decides ballgames, carried by someone with the resilience of an immigrant who reached the top on his own terms.

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Name (English)

Yasmani Grandal

Name (Japanese)

ヤスマニ・グランダル

Reading

やすまに・ぐらんだる

Born

November 8, 1988 (age 37)

Origin

Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Height

185 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Dragon

High school

Miami Springs High School

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasmani%20Grandal
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A4%E3%82%BA%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B0%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%83%80%E3%83%AB
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3571908

Tags

• Havana Province
• baseball player

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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