Juan Yasser Serrano | |
Team: | Petroleros de Minatitlán |
Position: | Pitcher |
Birth Date: | 3 March 1988 |
Birth Place: | Villa Clara Province, Cuba |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Juan Yasser Serrano (born March 3, 1988, in Villa Clara Province, Cuba) is a Cuban right-handed pitcher.
Serrano pitched for Villa Clara in the Cuban National Series, where he had a 4-16 win–loss record and a 4.40 earned run average.[1] He also pitched for the Cuban Junior National Team.[2] Serrano, Yadel Martí, and Yasser Gómez defected from Cuba in December 2008 in an effort to get to the Dominican Republic to seek a Major League Baseball career.[3] In August 2009, they were declared free agents.[4]
Before the 2010 season, Serrano signed a contract worth $250,000 with the Chicago Cubs.[5] He pitched for the Cubs organization through 2011.