By Arnaldo Fernandez
02 Nov 2023, 00:18 AM EDT
Cuban Aroldis Chapman graduated today with the Texas Rangers and He became the player to be champion with two teams that went through an important and long streak without titles In the MLB, in the case of his current team, he had never won a championship.
“The Missile” won the World Series with the Chicago Cubs in 2016, a team who had not won a title for 108 years and now with the Texas Rangers who had never achieved a championship ring since its founding 62 years ago.
Aroldis Chapman wants to continue with the Rangers
The Cuban pitcher will be a free agent at the end of the season, but He has in his record of being part of teams that shook off a historic bad streak in the Big Top. Before the game, the 35-year-old Cuban expressed his desire to continue being part of the Rangerswhom he described as a winning team and perfect for his ambition to continue obtaining results.
Asked how he experienced this title compared to 2016, the Cuban, practically speechless with emotion, said that he enjoyed both equally and that for him these achievements in Major League baseball are fantastic.
Historical records of Aroldis Chapman in the World Series
Besides Missile is the first pitcher born in Cuba with two World Series rings obtained with teams from different leagues and he is one of four former Yankee pitchers to earn his title today with the Rangers.
In more data, Chapman became the Cuban pitcher with the most games in the World Serieswith a total of seven, above Mike Cuellar with six, José Contreras and Orlando “El Duque” Hernández with five.
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