Yadier Pedroso
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| Yadier Pedroso | |
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.jpg) Pedroso pitching for the Cuba national team in 2010 World University Baseball Championship | |
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| Born: 9 April 1986 Guanajay, La Habana Province, Cuba | |
| Died: 16 March 2013 (aged 26) Artemisa Province, Cuba | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
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Yadier Pedroso González (9 April 1986 – 16 March 2013),[1] was a right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Cuban national baseball team and La Habana of the Cuban National Series.[2] Pedroso was part of the Cuban team at the 2006 and 2013 World Baseball Classics.
Pedroso was born on 9 April 1986 in Guanajay, then part of La Habana Province (now Artemisa Province).[3][4] His father, José Manuel, also played in the Cuban National Series and later worked as a pitching coach in both Cuba and Italy.[5]
Career
Pedroso, then 19 years old, went 8–5 with a 3.58 ERA for La Habana during the 2005–06 Cuban National Series[6] as part of a strong staff featuring two other members of the national team, Jonder Martínez and Yulieski González.
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