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🇨🇺 🇺🇸 | @astros ⭐️ Beat Writer for @pelotacubanausa ✍🏼 | @officialBBWAA member | Sometimes covering soccer in H-Town 🤘 | Anti- Communist 💯

Houston, TX
Joined February 2017
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Anoche tuve la oportunidad de hablar con Thomas Muller luego del partido entre Houston y Vancouver. Le pregunté sobre el probable regreso de Manuel Neuer a la selección alemana y me dijo que había oído el rumor, pero prefería esperar al jueves que saliera la plantilla oficial.
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Ausmus and his wife, Liz.
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“La atmósfera era increíble (cuando era jugador), y eso solo mejoró una vez que comenzaron a ganar Series Mundiales… así que cuando traes a los fanáticos acá y estás ganando juegos, la energía es palpable. Es una ventaja en casa y es muy divertido”.
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Brad Ausmus will wear No. 12
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Players born in Cuba with a four-digit OPS in a full MLB season: • 1999: Rafael Palmeiro (1.050) • 2022: Yordan Álvarez (1.019) • 2026: Yordan Álvarez (1.033)
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In two hours, a press conference to introduce new manager Brad Ausmus will take place here at Daikin Park. General Manager Randy Flores and Ausmus himself will be available to the media.
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A special message from some special people for the MVP
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Yordan Alvarez's incredible season has resulted in him being named unanimous AL MVP 👏 The @astros superstar shares what this moment means to him and his family and friends in attendance.
Yordan Alvarez is the 2026 AL MVP! 🚀
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All this while posting an offensive slash line of .300/.397/.578/.975. "The contact hitter with the most power in Major League Baseball," as his teammate Mike Burrows described him earlier this year.
In the first eight seasons of his career, Yordan Alvarez has already achieved: 1️⃣x Rookie of the Year 1️⃣x World Series 1️⃣x MVP Postseason (ALCS 2021) 1️⃣x MVP 4️⃣x All Star Games 1️⃣x Batting Title 2️⃣x Silver Sluggers 1️⃣x Hank Aaron Award 1️⃣x Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH Award
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In the first eight seasons of his career, Yordan Alvarez has already achieved: 1️⃣x Rookie of the Year 1️⃣x World Series 1️⃣x MVP Postseason (ALCS 2021) 1️⃣x MVP 4️⃣x All Star Games 1️⃣x Batting Title 2️⃣x Silver Sluggers 1️⃣x Hank Aaron Award 1️⃣x Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH Award
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Que noche la de anoche para Yordan Álvarez . El jugador cubano “pescó” cuatro galardones en la gala de premiación de MLB, mientras se prepara para recibir hoy la guinda del pastel: el MVP de la Liga Americana. Nota completa || 👇pelotacubanausa.com/yordan-a…
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Yordan Alvarez won the Hank Aaron Award as the best offensive player of last season in the American League. This is the fourth award the Cuban player has received tonight. He has been the main star of this gala.
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Yordan Alvarez 🇨🇺: ✅ All-MLB First Team.
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Cuban Yordan Álvarez has been named Edgar Martinez Outstanding DH Award winner.
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Cuban DH Yordan Alvarez has been named the 2026 AL Comeback Player of the Year.
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Louis Varland won the AL Reliever of the Year award, receiving 16 first-place votes. Josh Hader, of Houston, finished 5th with one first-place vote, four fourth-place votes, and seven fifth-place votes. This was my ballot.
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OFFICIAL. He will be introduced on Friday at a press conference at Daikin Park.
Brad Ausmus will become the next manager of the #Astros, according to @johngranato. He has five seasons of experience as an MLB manager (Detroit & Anaheim) and has spent the last three as bench coach for the Yankees.
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Brad Ausmus will become the next manager of the #Astros, according to @johngranato. He has five seasons of experience as an MLB manager (Detroit & Anaheim) and has spent the last three as bench coach for the Yankees.
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