Yuli Gurriel, who will soon turn 40, is extending his active career.

According to Mark Pinesand's sources, the Atlanta Braves have agreed to a Manier League contract with Gurriel, adding, Atlanta has not yet officially announced this, which was first reported by Francis Romero.

Gurriel from Cuba made his big league debut with the Houston Astros in 2016. Since then, he has continued to play for the Houston Astros until the 2022 season. In the 2017 season, he had 139 games with 158 hits, 18 homers, 75 RBIs, 69 runs scored, and a batting average of 0.299 with an OPS of 0.818. In the postseason, he also had 21 hits, two homers, eight RBIs, five runs scored, and a batting average of 0.304 with an OPS of 0.864, leading Houston to win the World Series.

Gurriel marked 169 hits, 15 homers, 81 RBIs, 83 runs batted in and 0.319 OPS 0.845 in 143 games in the 2021 season, becoming the first American League batting champion in his career.

During the 2022 season, Gurriel was sluggish in 146 games with 132 hits, eight homers, 53 RBIs, 53 runs scored, and a batting average of 0.242 OPS of 0.648. However, he showed his revival in 12 games with 17 hits, two homers, four RBIs, four runs scored, and a batting average of 0.347 OPS of 0.850, and wore the ring for the second time in his career.

Gurriel, who came to the free agent FA market after the 2022 season, took on a new challenge by signing a minor contract with the Miami Marlins, with 73 hits, four homers, 27 RBIs, 32 runs scored, and a batting average of 0.245 OPS 0.663 in 108 games.

And he is preparing to burnish the end of his career by signing with Atlanta this season.

Veteran Gurriel was also on the Cuban baseball team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. At the time, it was Gurriel who hit a double play with the bases loaded with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning of the final against South Korea.

Gurriel also has experience in Japanese pro baseball. During the 2014 season, he played for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars and recorded 73 hits, 11 homers, 30 RBIs, 46 runs and a batting average of 0.305 OPS of 0.884 in 62 games. However, he did not join the team due to thigh injury ahead of the 2015 season, and his contract was eventually terminated. He defected to the country ahead of the 2016 season, and joined the Houston Astros in June 2016.    메이저사이트