#81

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Full Name:
 

Gleyber David Torres Castro​

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Nicknames:

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None​

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Born:  
   

December 13, 1996

Caracas, Venezuela

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Family:  

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Mother: Ibelise Castro (@castro_ibelise)

Father: Eusebio Torres (@usebeisbol)

Spouse: Elizabeth

 

His wife, Elizabeth was his childhood sweetheart.

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Friends:  

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Agent: Wil Polidor

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School:  

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Not available​

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Started baseball at 5 years old on the team Aguiluchos in La Carlota.

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Baseball Related:

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2013 - Signed with the Chicago Cubs as an international free agent ($1.7 million).

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2016 - Traded from the Cubs (with Adam Warren, Billy McKinney, and Rashad Crawford) to the Yankees for Aroldis Chapman.

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Extra:

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Not available

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Sample Heckles:

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Favorite baseball players: Omar Vizquel and Miguel Cabrera.

 

Favorite all-time athlete: LeBron James

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@TorresGleyber