This week, the starting third baseman for the American League will have the Cleveland Guardians’ fingerprints all over him.
Cleveland signed him as a teenager out of the Dominican Republic, and he’s quickly morphed into one of the best third baseman in all of baseball.
That’s right, we’re talking about… Junior Caminero?
While current Guardians third baseman José Ramírez was initially set to start the All-Star Game, he announced last week that he was skipping the All-Star Game to focus on injury recovery.
That decision meant that Caminero, who is now with the Tampa Bay Rays, will start at the hot corner for the American League, which is another reminder of how painful Cleveland’s trade of Caminero is.