Jozzen Cuesta

Jozzen Cuesta Padrón is a Cuban professional baseball infielder.

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cuesta and the second or maternal family name is Padrón.
Jozzen Cuesta
First baseman
Born: 1988/1989 (age 31–32)
Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Career

Cuesta played for Ciego de Ávila in the Cuban National Series. While playing for the Cuban national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Challenge in Canada in Prince George, BC, in August, Cuesta went missing before Cuba beat Japan in the championship game.[1] It was believed that Cuesta defected from Cuba to pursue a career in Major League Baseball and meet up with his wife who had gone to the United States three months earlier.[2]

References
  1. Cuesta Yozzen goes from Canada to USA
  2. Defected Cuban player might be joining his wife in U.S. Archived 2014-08-27 at the Wayback Machine


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