Dayán Viciedo

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This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Viciedo and the second or maternal family name is Pérez.
Dayán Viciedo
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Viciedo with the Chicago White Sox
Chunichi Dragons
Left fielder
Born: (1989-03-10) March 10, 1989 (age 35)
Remedios, Villa Clara Province, Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
June 20, 2010, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
(through 2014 season)
Batting average .254
Hits 425
Home runs 66
Runs batted in 211
Teams

Dayán Viciedo Pérez (born March 10, 1989)[1] is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB). He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox.

Early life

Viciedo entered Cuba's National Series at age 15 for Villa Clara,[2][3] and was often compared to Cuban legend Omar Linares, his idol.[4]

Viciedo struggled in his first season in the national series, hitting only .243 through the season's first 50 games.[5] However, in his second season, at age sixteen, he hit .337 with 14 home runs.[6] Viciedo was selected to Cuba's provisional 60-player roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic,[5] but was not included in the final team.[7] On May 20, 2008, Viciedo defected from Cuba with his family on a boat bound for Mexico. Once in Mexico he crossed the border to the United States and went to Miami where he was reunited with some of his family.[8][9] He was approved as a declared free agent by Major League Baseball on November 10, 2008.

Professional career

Viciedo agreed to a four-year, $10 million contract with the Chicago White Sox on December 12, 2008. The contract included a $4 million signing bonus, and paid $1 million in 2009, $1.25 million in 2010 and 2011, as well as $2.5 million in 2012. Signing with the White Sox reunited him with fellow Cuban countryman, Alexei Ramírez.[10]

Minor leagues

Viciedo began the 2009 season with the Double-A Birmingham Barons of the Southern League. During the season he hit .280 with 12 home runs and 78 RBIs.[1]

Viciedo was batting .290, with 14 home runs and 34 RBI in 238 at bats with Triple-A Charlotte Knights before getting called up by the Chicago White Sox on June 17, 2010. He finished the season batting .274 with 20 home runs and 47 RBI in 343 at-bats.[1]

Viciedo moved to right field at the beginning of the 2011 season in an attempt to get him up to the Major League level faster. He was batting .296, with 20 home runs and 78 RBI in 452 at bats with Triple-A Charlotte Knights[1] before being called up by the White Sox on August 26, 2011 because of an injury to Carlos Quentin.[11]

Chicago White Sox

Viciedo joined the White Sox for their 2009 Spring Training, but did not make the starting roster and was sent to Double-A Birmingham Barons to open the 2009 season. He was invited to Spring Training again in 2010. On June 17, 2010, it was announced that Viciedo would be called up. In his first Major League game against the Washington Nationals he recorded his first hit en route to a White Sox 6–3 win. Viciedo recorded his first Major League home run on July 5, 2010 against Scott Kazmir of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and two days later, on July 7, recorded his first career double against Joe Saunders of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In 2010, he played in 38 games and batted .308 with 5 home runs and 13 RBI.[12] In 2011, Viciedo appeared in 29 games and hit .255 with 1 home run and 6 RBI.[12] He would take on a starting role in 2012, and hit career-highs with games played (147), home runs (25), and RBI (78) while recording a .255 batting average.[12]

In 2013, Viciedo suffered an oblique strain in April that required a stint on the 15-day disabled list.[13] In 124 games be would hit .265 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI.[12] 2014 would see Viciedo play in 145 games, batting a career-low .231 with 21 home runs and 58 RBI.[12] He signed a one-year contract worth $4.4 million with the White Sox on January 12, 2015, to avoid arbitration.[14] However, he was designated for assignment on January 28,[15] and released on February 4.[16]

Toronto Blue Jays

On March 1, 2015, Viciedo signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. He would have earned $2.5 million if he made the 25-man roster,[17][18] however he requested and was granted his release on March 31.[19]

Oakland Athletics

On June 12, 2015, Viciedo signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics.[20] He was released on July 30 after hitting just .221 in 113 at bats for the Athletics minor league club.

Second stint with the White Sox

On August 1, 2015, Viciedo signed a minor league deal to return to the White Sox.[21]

See also

References

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