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Yuli Gurriel
Yulieski Gourriel Castillo (born June 9, 1984), commonly known as Yuli Gurriel and nicknamed "La Piña", is a Cuban professional baseball first baseman for the Houston Astros of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for Sancti Spiritus in the Cuban league and the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Gurriel is a former member of Cuba's national team. Always a versatile infielder, he has played shortstop, second base, and third base, but has played mostly first base with the Astros. The son of former Cuban player Lourdes Gurriel, Yulieski was regarded as the best player in Cuba in 2006. At the World Baseball Classic in 2006, Major League Baseball scouts projected that Gurriel would be a first-round draft pick if he were eligible for the draft. He defected from Cuba in 2016. Gurriel made his big league debut that year.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Gets breather Thursday

Gurriel isn't starting Thursday against the Rangers. Gurriel has logged multi-hit performances in four of the lsat six games, and he's hit .435 with three homers, two doubles, seven RBI, six runs and a stolen base during that time. Aledmys Diaz will take his place at first base and bat cleanup Thursday.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Power surge continues

Gurriel went 2-for-5 with a two-run home run and three runs scored Tuesday against Boston. Gurriel closed a nine-run second inning for the Astros with his third homer of the season. Though his power output has been modest to begin the campaign, Gurriel has hit all three of his home runs in his last five starts, also chipping in seven RBI and six runs scored while hitting .500. That has improved his line to .248/.287/.430 across 129 plate appearances.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Goes yard again

Gurriel went 3-for-4 with a solo home run Sunday against the Nationals. Gurriel took Patrick Corbin yard in the sixth inning to record his second home run of the season. After failing to go deep across his first 26 starts, Gurriel has homered twice in his last three games while also recording two doubles. He's hitting .248/.292/.416 across 120 plate appearances on the season, and his recent surge has raised his ISO to .168.
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Astros: What’s wrong with Yuli Gurriel?

Make no mistake, regression was coming for the Astros Yuli Gurriel in 2022. I was confident enough to write about Yuli Gurriel’s possible regression back in January. “Gurriel appears ageless, but expecting a 38 year old (in June) who hit 20 points higher than he ever has in his Major League career to duplicate that feat is not a wise bet in my opinion. That said, the right-hander could regress and still hit .300.”
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Hits first homer

Gurriel went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer in Friday's 6-1 win over the Nationals. Gurriel hit a two-run shot off Josiah Gray to cap the Astros' five-run first-inning explosion. The homer was just the first of the season for Gurriel in his 28th game of the year. It hasn't been a good year thus far for the 37-year-old first baseman, who's hitting just .210/.252/.343 on the season.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Not starting Thursday

Gurriel isn't starting Thursday's regularly scheduled game against the Twins, Chandler Rome of the Houston Chronicle reports. Gurriel finished Wednesday's suspended game by going 1-for-5 with a run, but he'll get a breather for the regularly scheduled matchup. Niko Goodrum will start at first base and bat seventh.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Resting Sunday

Gurriel is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Tigers, Danielle Lerner of the Houston Chronicle reports. Gurriel is presumably sitting as a result of a planned rest day, as he had started in each of the Astros' last 10 games. Niko Goodrum will get the nod at first base in place of Gurriel, who went 6-for-37 during that 10-game stretch to drop his season average to .196.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Not starting Wednesday

Gurriel isn't starting Wednesday's game against the Rangers. Gurriel hit .333 with three doubles, four runs, three RBI and a stolen base over his last five appearances, and he'll get his first day off since April 10. J.J. Matijevic will make his first career start at first base.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Tallies rare stolen base

Gurriel went 2-for-4 with a double, a stolen base and a run scored Monday against the Rangers. Gurriel helped manufacture offense for Houston in the sixth inning. He reached base with a two-out single and proceeded to steal second base before coming around to score on a Kyle Tucker single. Though Gurriel shouldn't be counted on to provide stolen bases throughout the season, he has started to heat up at the plate, collecting three doubles and three runs scored combined across his last two games.
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Astros' Yuli Gurriel: Pair of extra-base hits

Gurriel went 2-for-5 with two doubles and two runs scored Sunday against Toronto. Gurriel was hitless through his first three at-bats, but he led off both the fifth and seventh innings with a double. He also came around to score on each occasion. Though he's hitting only .213 across 48 plate appearances on the season, Gurriel has now collected at least one hit in four of his last five games.
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