My Take
Yoán Moncada is one of those guys who arrived with absolutely absurd hype — the highest international signing bonus in history at the time, $31.5 million from the Red Sox — and for a stretch, it felt like he was going to live up to every bit of it. His 2019 season with the Chicago White Sox was legitimately electric: .315 average, 25 home runs, and that smooth switch-hitting swing from the left side that just looks effortless. The problem is injuries kept derailing him right when the White Sox needed him most, and by the time he moved to the Angels, he felt like a chapter that never quite finished. Still, when healthy, he's a legitimate impact third baseman with the kind of raw tools that made scouts lose their minds, and I don't think we've seen the last of a good Moncada season.
Overview
Yoán Manuel Moncada Olivera (born May 27, 1995) is a Cuban professional baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. He made his MLB debut with the Red Sox in 2016, and was traded to the White Sox during the 2016–2017 offseason.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Yoan Moncada
- Name (Japanese)
- ヨアン・モンカダ
- Reading
- よあん・もんかだ
- Born
- May 27, 1995 (age 31)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Gemini / Boar
- Origin
- Abreus, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 188 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.