Former Cincinnati Reds outfielder Yasiel Puig is drawing interest from multiple Major League Baseball teams, including the New York Yankees, the Boston Red Sox, the Houston Astros, the Baltimore Orioles and the Miami Marlins, according to a report via Twitter on Monday from MLB.com's Mark Feinsand.
Puig announced via Twitter last July that he tested positive for COVID-19, and his deal with the Atlanta Braves that had been reported earlier that week was off after the two sides never reached a formal agreement.
Puig, who turned 30 last month, became a free agent after the 2019 season. He did not play in MLB last season.
Free agent Trevor Bauer, who won the National League Cy Young Award for the Reds last season, has feuded with MLB Network's Jon Heyman on Twitter recently, and replied Monday night to a Heyman tweet about Feinsand's Puig report. (Bauer's agent, Rachel Luba, also represents Puig.)
In 100 games for the Reds during the 2019 season, Puig hit .252 with 22 home runs and 61 RBIs. In 207 plate appearances for the Indians after the Reds sent Puig to Cleveland as part of a three-team trade that brought Bauer to Cincinnati, Puig hit .297 with two homers and 23 RBIs.
Puig played for the Los Angeles Dodgers for six seasons before the Reds acquired him in Dec. 2018 with Kyle Farmer, Matt Kemp, Alex Wood and cash for Jeter Downs, Josiah Gray and Homer Bailey.
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