Yasiel Puig, who has been traded to the Cincinnati Reds from the LA Dodgers, speaks to members of the media at the P&G MLB Cincinnati Reds Youth Academy on Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. Albert Cesare, acesare@enquirer.com
There is an honest charm to Yasiel Puig. He has been in the U.S. for nearly seven years, a Cuban defector, yet every day still seems like his first day. When you’re making $17 a month one day and sign a $42 million contract the next, an honest sense of wonder has a decent chance of surviving a long time. “I’m happy to play baseball,’’ he said, more than once.