Astros star Yordan Alvarez's family in Houston to see him play professionally for 1st time

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- There's more than former Astros star Carlos Correa's return to Minute Maid Park happening on Tuesday night.

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Designated hitter Yordan Alvarez, who defected from his native Cuba in order to live out his big league dreams in the United States, is getting to play in front of his family who is seeing him in a professional ballgame for the first time.

Alvarez's family members arrived in Houston last Friday.

The family members in attendance are Yordan's mother Marilyn Cardogan Reyes; his father Auguistin Eduardo Alvarez Salazar; and his brother Yonder Alvarez Cadogan.

The parents of Houston Astros' Yordan Alvarez got to see him play as a professional for the first time Tuesday night after arriving from Cuba Friday.
AP Photo/David J. Phillip

According to the team, Yordan originally defected from Cuba in 2016 and established residence in Haiti. While there, he signed with the Dodgers organization as an international free agent on June 15, 2016.

On Aug. 1 of that year, before playing in a professional game, he was traded to the Astros in exchange for RHP Josh Fields. Alvarez made his MLB debut for the Astros in June of 2019, and went on to earn AL Rookie of the Year honors that season.

Yordan earned his first All-Star selection in 2022 and is among the AL leaders in home runs, runs batted in and on-base plus slugging, or OPS.

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The video in the player above is from a June 2022 report on Alvarez's contract extension.

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