2024-04-03 21:14:17
The Cuban player, Lourdes Gurriel, had a first week of the 2024 season in the Major Leagues to highlight, and that led him to be chosen the best player in the National League.
As will be remembered, “Yunito” hit three home runs in the first three games of the harvest that has just begun.
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Data provided at the time by the sports journalist, Francys Romero, specified that Lourdes Gurriel became the first Cuban to hit three home runs in the same number of games at the beginning of the season.
Likewise, he also managed to be the first in the history of his organization, the Arizona Diamondbacks, to achieve the spectacular mark.
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Lourdes Gurriel Jr.: 8-for-17, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 1.644 OPSYour AL and NL Players of the Week presented by @Chevrolet! pic.twitter.com/bMANiDYZJ5
— MLB (@MLB) April 1, 2024
The Cuban was essential for the snakes to start the new year on the right foot, achieving two victories in the first couple of games played, one of them that ended with an overwhelming 16-1 beating over the Colorado Rockies.
From Thursday to Sunday, Lourdes Gurriel had 17 at-bats, achieving at least one hit in eight of them, including all three home runs.
Likewise, he drove in a dozen runs and had a 1.644 OPS. These numbers only translate into one thing: “Yunito” started the season on fire, and will seek at all costs to shine again like in 2023.
It is worth remembering that, last season, Arizona reached the World Series and Gurriel was a key piece on the team.
However, the Fall Classic ended up being left in the hands of the Texas Rangers, which included Adolis García and Aroldis Chapman.
As for the American League, the best player of the first week was the Dominican Juan Soto, who is now part of the New York Yankees.
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