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Full Name:
 

José Antonio Iglesias Alemán​

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Nicknames:

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None​

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Born:  
   

January 5, 1990

Havana, Cuba

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Family:  

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Father: Candelario Iglesias

Mother: Barbara

Spouse: Arlene Iglesias

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Friends:  

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Noel Arguelles - defected from Cuba together. Both played with the Industriales and the Cuban National team.

 

Agent: Jaime Torres

 

Nate Spears, his former roommate at Double-A Portland, helped him learn English.

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School:  

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Not available​

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Baseball Related:

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2009 - Signed as an international amateur free agent with the Boston Red Sox.

 

2011 - May 8th - Major League debut with the Boston Red Sox

 

2013 - Traded to the Detroit Tigers in a three-team deal that sent Jake Peavy and Brayan Villarreal to the Boston Red Sox and Avisail García and Francellis Montas to the Chicago White Sox.

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Extra:

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He has a home in Miami, Florida.​

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Sample Heckles:

 

Not available

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Heckle him on twitter:

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@JoseIglesias_SS