SECOND CHANCE: Cuban player signed with the San Luis Cardinals

By Robiel Vega / @ robielcuba87

After a journey of 5 seasons with the Los Angeles Angels, in which he toured various levels of the Minor Leagues without being able to demonstrate his full potential, the Las Tunas Roberto Sullivan Baldoquin returns to a Major League organization after being fired in 2020 and experiencing a rebirth in the prestigious Atlantic League.

A total of 355 challenges played in the Angels system, in which he left a poor offensive line of (.241 / .295 / .317 / .612) (AVE / OBP / SLG / OPS), which is why he was fired and had to try his luck this year with the Lexington Legends of the aforementioned League, the most important of the independent calls in the United States and there he showed all his quality.

The former Lumberjack was third of the hitters with 353 (403-143), behind Michael Russell (360) and Michael Osinski with 359. He held that same position in terms of the OBP with 446; twelfth in slugging with 553 and sixth in OPS with 999.

He was also eighth in runs scored with 90, second in hits with 143 to one of the leader, fourth in doubles with 30 and seventh in triples with 4. He ranked 15th among the top RBIs with 75, 20th place in stolen bases with 13 and 24 on tickets with 49.

These excellent numbers and his tremendous defensive skills have caused the St. Louis Cardinals to sign him and give him a new opportunity to achieve his dream of making his debut in the Big Top.

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For many specialists, defensively speaking, the boy from the Balcón del Oriente, at 27 years old, is ready to take the big leap, but he still has to work hard on his offense, if he is to ascend in the system of the organization of the red birds.

Great news for a player who never gave up and continued to fight for his goal even when many considered it finished. Life does not always give second chances, but for this Cuban there were, it only remains for him to show that all of us who have bet on his talent were right to consider him a future MLB player.