Yangervis Solarte

ABOUT YANGERVIS SOLARTE

Infielder who joined the Toronto Blue Jays in 2018. He hit his first career grand slam with the team in May 2018. He has over 90,000 followers on his yangervissolarte26 Instagram account.

He signed with the Minnesota Twins in 2005 when he was just 17. He was playing Double-A by 2009.

He made his major league debut with the New York Yankees in April 2014. He was then traded to the San Diego Padres in July of that year.

He was married to Yuliette Solarte until 2016 when she passed away to cancer.

He and Henderson Alvarez are both Venezuelan baseball players who have played for the Toronto Blue Jays.