Latinos dominate the 2022 World Series: 20 players who will break an MLB record

This Friday, Game 1 of the 2022 Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series kicked off with a matchup between the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies. The globalization of sports has allowed figures of different nationalities to find life in the Big Top.

As is often the case in MLB, the Hispanic presence is prevalent. The Astros and Phillies will break the record set in 2012 when the San Francisco Giants and Detroit Tigers played in the World Series. although then it happened again in 2021 in the final between the Texas Rangers and the Atlanta Braves: the most number of Hispanics in the dispute for the championship.

Representatives of seven countries with a large presence of the Dominican Republic, They will become the main characters in the finale. In total, 20 Latin Americans will take part in the World Series. 15 belong to Dusty Baker’s team and the other five belong to the Phillies. There are also figures of Mexican, Panamanian, Cuban, Venezuelan, Honduran and Puerto Rican ethnicity.

Houston Astros Latinos

Jose Urquidi – relief pitcher – Mexico

José Altuve – Second Base – Venezuela

Luis Garcia – relief pitcher – Venezuela

Jeremy Peña – Shortstop – Dominican Republic

Hector Neris – relief pitcher – Dominican Republic

Framber Valdes – starting pitcher – Dominican Republic

Brian Abreu – relief pitcher – Dominican Republic

Christian Javier – starting pitcher – Dominican Republic

Rafael Montero – relief pitcher – Dominican Republic

Martin Maldonado – catcher – Puerto Rico

Christian Vazquez – catcher – Puerto Rico

Yuri Gurriel – First Base – Cuba

Aledmis Diaz – First Base – Cuba

Jordan Alvarez – Designated Forward – Cuba

Mauricio Dubon – shortstop – Honduras

Hispanic Philadelphia Phillies

Edmundo Sosa – Shortstop – Panama

Ranger Suarez – starting pitcher – Venezuela

José Alvado – relief pitcher – Venezuela

Serantoni Dominguez – relief pitcher – Dominican Republic

Jean Segura – Shortstop – Dominican Republic

The series will be determined as the best of the seven games. Those led by Dusty Baker have competed in four of the last six World Series (2017, 2019, 2021, 2022). While the Philadelphia Phillies are returning to the Finals for the first time since 2009 when they lost to the New York Yankees.

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