Yasiel Puig Has the sports world a buzz with his debut in a Dodgers uniform. This is the type of guy MLB has been dying for, a real athlete. He has been so good that in just a week people are already discussing him as MLB rookie of the year. I have heard arguments that he should not be considered as he was a pro-baseball player in Cuba for four years before defecting. Not a real argument. There have been others who have played in Japan, Cuba and the Negro League (What? You don't want to count Jackie Robinson??) and were named ROY (rookie of the year).
Having said that, we agree that Puig should not be ROY. Not because of his age, not because of his previous affiliations in baseball. Puig is playing in the wrong sport. He is a football player playing baseball. You have seen the comparisons to Bo Jackson. Bo was a football player playing baseball. If Puig was born in south Florida he would have gone to the U and be playing middle linebacker for Baltimore.
It just is not fair to all the other players in MLB who are not athletes to hold them to the standard of a football player.
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