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Yasiel Puig Net Worth and Salary: Yasiel Puig is a Cuban professional baseball player who has a net worth of $18 million. Yasiel Puig was born in Enfuegos, Cuba in 1990 and defected from his home country in 2012. That same year, he signed a seven-year, $42 million contract with the Dodgers.
On June 3, 2013, he made his Major League Baseball debut at the age of 22 with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Puig is a right-handed center fielder who played every game of his career with the Dodgers as of the fall of 2014. He earned his first MLB All-Star honor in the 2014 season. He was a two-time National League Player of the Month and was named National League Rookie of the Month in June 2013. For the entire 2014 season, Puig had a career batting average of .305 with 287 hits and 35 home runs, and 111 at-bats. After his first season in the league, he received Rookie Team honors from Baseball America publication. He played for the Cuban national team before defecting, helping to win a bronze medal at the 2008 Edmonton World Youth Baseball Championship. Puig made headlines for several off-field incidents, including a 2013 arrest for reckless driving in Tennessee. The charge was eventually dismissed after he completed community service. About seven months later, Puig was arrested a second time for reckless driving, though the charge was later dropped.
