Yoenis Céspedes

Yoenis Cespedes, La Potencia, carries one of baseball's most cinematic backstories: a Cuban defector who turned raw power into Major League stardom. What grips me is not just the towering home runs or the Home Run Derby theatrics, but the sheer audacity of leaving everything behind to bet on a bat and an arm. Across Oakland, Boston, Detroit, and the Mets, he was electric, the rare hitter who could change a game in one swing. I am drawn to players who choose spectacle and risk over safe consistency, and Cespedes was pure spectacle, a man who rewrote his own destiny.

Name (English)

Yoenis Céspedes

Name (Japanese)

ヨエニス・セスペデス

Reading

よえにす・せすぺです

Born

October 18, 1985 (age 40)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Libra / Ox

Origin

Campechuela, Granma Province, Cuba

Height

178 cm

Occupation

baseball player

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoenis%20C%C3%A9spedes
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9A%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2699194

Tags

• Granma Province
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-21

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