Norberto Obeso
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| Leones de Yucatán – No. 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born: 9 July 1995 Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Norberto Obeso González (born 9 July 1995) is a Mexican professional baseball outfielder for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League. Obeso played in the minor leagues for the Toronto Blue Jays organization and has represented Mexico at the 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup, 2023 Central American and Caribbean Games and 2023 Pan American Games.
Early career
Obeso was born on 9 July 1995 in Hermosillo, Sonora and made his professional debut in the Mexican Pacific League during the 2014–15 season, for his hometown team, the Naranjeros de Hermosillo, playing only one game for the Naranjeros.[1]
Toronto Blue Jays
On September 12, 2013, Obeso signed with the Toronto Blue Jays as an international free agent. He was assigned to the Dominican Summer League Blue Jays to make his professional debut in 2015, where he finished the season with a .351 batting average and 47 RBI and won the Webster Award, a recognition for the best Blue Jays minor league players and made it to the DSL All-Star team.[2] The next season, Obeso played for the rookie–level Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, finishing the year with a .316 batting average, one home run and 18 RBI.[3]
In 2017, Obeso was promoted to the Low–A Vancouver Canadians of the Northwest League.[4] He finished the season with a .252 average, two home runs and 23 RBI. In 2018, he played for the Lansing Lugnuts of the Single–A Midwest League, recording a .227 average, three home runs and 37 RBI. In 2019, Obeso played for the Dunedin Blue Jays of the High–A Florida State League, finishing the season with a .262 batting average, one home run and 32 RBI in 82 games.[3]
On 19 November 2019, Obeso was assigned to the Triple–A Buffalo Bisons and on 9 March 2020 he was assigned to the Double–A New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[5] On 2 November 2020, Obeso elected free agency.[6]
Leones de Yucatán
On 3 February 2021, Obeso joined the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican League, ahead of the 2021 season.[7][8] He finished the 2021 season with a .243 batting average, two home runs and 20 RBI. Obeso won the 2022 Mexican League championship, recording a .316 batting average, one home run and 23 RBI in 68 games.[9]
Mexican Pacific League
Obeso has played for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and Águilas de Mexicali of the Mexican Pacific League. He debuted and played for the Naranjeros from 2014 to 2022, when he was traded to the Águilas de Mexicali in exchange for Isaac Paredes. Obeso officially joined the Águilas on 13 November 2022 and has since played for the Mexicali squad.[10][11]