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Didi Gregorius Signs With Mexican League’s Algodoneros de Unión Laguna

By Darragh McDonald | May 2, 2023 at 12:39pm CDT

The Algodoneros de Unión Laguna of the Mexican League announced that they have signed infielder Didi Gregorius for the 2023 season.

Gregorius, 33, has been a regular in the majors for the past decade. He debuted with the Reds back in 2012, getting into eight games late in that season, then was dealt to the Diamondbacks that winter in a three-team deal that involved Shin-Soo Choo and many others. He spent the next two seasons in Arizona, hitting a combined 13 homers and proving difficult to strike out, though his overall offensive contributions were modest.

Going into the 2015 season, the Yankees needed a shortstop for the first time in many years, as Derek Jeter had just retired. In yet another three-team deal, Gregorius wound up in the Bronx as Shane Greene went to the Tigers and Robbie Ray and Domingo Leyba became Diamondbacks.

It was with the Yankees that Gregorius would have his best seasons. He found a bit more power, hitting 16 or more home runs in four straight seasons starting in 2016, while keeping his strikeout rate around half of league average. In the five-year stretch with the Yanks from 2015 to 2019, he launched 97 homers and hit .269/.313/.446. That offensive production was a hair above league average, as shown by his 101 wRC+ in that time. But his strong defense and 27 stolen bases helped him earn 10.8 wins above replacement over that stretch, per the calculations of FanGraphs.

Gregorius reached free agency prior to 2020, signing with the Phillies and having a solid campaign. He hit 10 home runs in that 60-game season while batting .284/.339/.488 overall. The Phils re-signed him to a two-year deal after that, but that’s when things went south for Gregorius. He hit .209/.270/.370 in 2021 and then just .210/.263/.304 in 2022. He lost his playing time in that latter season to Bryson Stott and was released in August. He remained unsigned throughout the remainder of last season and through the winter, but will now join the Algodoneros for 2023 and see if he can get back in a good groove.

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  1. CravenMoorehead

    2 years ago

    muy interesante

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    • This one belongs to the Reds

      2 years ago

      Muchos tacos.

      3
      Reply
      • CravenMoorehead

        2 years ago

        SI

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        • Badfinger

          2 years ago

          Who, me?

          1
          Reply
        • CravenMoorehead

          2 years ago

          Haha badfinger you a G homie

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      • Jonny5

        2 years ago

        Necesito panocha ahora

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  2. websoulsurfer

    2 years ago

    Ouch. When they don’t want you in MLB and they don’t even want you in Japan or Korea …

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    • kma

      2 years ago

      This is how Addison Russell made it back to Korea though.

      Reply
  3. DCartrow

    2 years ago

    Most players have got to clear wavers at this stage, not the Border Patrol.

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    Reply
  4. Old York

    2 years ago

    Looks like the team needs his help to push them up the standings.

    Reply
  5. hiflew

    2 years ago

    Hard to believe that the Red Sox didn’t have interest in signing him. Especially after watching Hernandez’s adventures at short last night.

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    • Rsox

      2 years ago

      Hernandez made a great play at SS last night. He may not be a great option at SS but at this point neither is Didi

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      • hiflew

        2 years ago

        Yeah I saw. But making two bad plays after one great one is not an ideal option for a big league shortstop.

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        • Rsox

          2 years ago

          Hernandez is not a SS, he is a 2B (or a better CF) that is capable of playing SS if necessary. If necessary is not supposed to be everyday but Bloom put us here when he passed over the likes of Elvis Andrus and Jose Iglesias to acquire Adalberto Mondesi, who may never actually play for the Sox

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  6. cpdpoet

    2 years ago

    One
    hit
    from
    1k
    I hope he gets there…..Sad how his career catered in Philly.

    Reply
  7. baseballandbrews

    2 years ago

    $71 M in career earnings and a 17 WAR…. I’d go chill in Mexico as well.

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    • ham77

      2 years ago

      If that’s not enough money for him he can get a side hustle working for the cartels.

      Reply
  8. BlueSkies_LA

    2 years ago

    I first read that team name as Albondigas. Now that’s a team I’d sit down to watch.

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    • Raysasineppswasplanted

      2 years ago

      It’s Algodoneros which means Cotton Pickers. You couldn’t have a team under that name in the US, cancel culture immediately would call for a name change, immediately!!!

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      • BlueSkies_LA

        2 years ago

        Snore. 🙁

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