Miami Marlins to sign popular former Houston Astros star Yuli Gurriel, sources tell MLB.com

Yuli Gurriel’s run with the Houston Astros is ending, in response to stories on Thursday.

A supply instructed MLB.com’s Mark Feisand that the 38-year-old Cuban first baseman will signal with the Miami Marlins underneath a non-roster deal, which does not assure Gurriel a spot on the on a regular basis squad.

Gurriel’s baseball future appeared unsure whereas as a first-time free agent this offseason.

The video above is from a profile on Gurriel in 2017.

The Astros reportedly have been contemplating a few choices that will have saved the veteran with the crew, though his position at first base would have enormously diminished.

With the shortage of readability on the place the 2 sides stood, the ‘Stros pressed ahead, upgrading the place with the signing of former MVP Jose Abreu.

Gurriel was each little bit of the phenom that caught the eyes of scouts earlier than his signing with Houston in 2016.

Apart from turning into a key piece in each of the membership’s World Sequence titles in 2017 and 2022, Gurriel clinched the American League batting championship in 2021, turning into the oldest participant to earn the title since Barry Bonds about 19 years prior. He was additionally the AL Gold Glove winner at first base in that very same yr.

The seven-year veteran’s final sport with the Astros was in Recreation 5 of the 2022 World Sequence, which noticed him hit the bottom throughout a rundown late within the sport. He was scratched from the title-clinching Recreation 6 with knee discomfort.

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