News about Yadier Molina

Puerto Ricans dye their hair blond for baseball team and it's a world record

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 14, 2023
Puerto Rican baseball fans have lost their hair to help their team win the World Baseball Classic. With 192 men going blond for the nation, the supporters tied for the most hair dyed in Guinness World Records. The baseball team's first dyed their hair blond ahead of the 2017 World Baseball Classic as a joke, unexpectedly launching a dyeing craze in Puerto Rico that left pharmacies and beauty supply stores bared of hair dye.

On an $87.5 million contract, the Cardinals made a $67.5 million trade for Yadier Molina replacing Willson Contreras

www.dailymail.co.uk, December 7, 2022
Contreras, 30, had been playing in Chicago since 2016 and was the first free agent catcher with draft pick compensation linked to his name after the Cubs had given him a waiver previously. As he can play left field and first place, the Venezuelan will be a huge asset for the Cardinals. When he isn't catching pitches behind batters, he can also play as the team's designated hitter.

MLB's greatest postseason ever? The wild best-of-three first-round series is offered in a new playoff format

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 7, 2022
The bracket has been drafted and the new expanded MLB playoffs are set for their first appearance, with 12 teams competing to win the Commissioner's Trophy in what might be the best postseason in baseball history. The reformed playoffs did not only reward the top two teams in each league with first-round byes, but also the Houston Astros and New York Yankees, which all happened to be popular with fans at the end of the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The World Series picture, as well as an 111-win team, the Dodgers, and three other 100-win clubs: the Astros, Braves, and the New York Mets. So even if an underdog makes it to the Divisional round, several of the best regular-season clubs in recent memory will all be around to compete for the pennant.