#32 Raisel Iglesias - Cincinnati Reds

The Reds are the final team to be represented here from the base set. There's no animosity there, just bad luck of the draw for them. I've been alternating between American League and National League cards since I realized there was a 100/100 card split between the two leagues, but other than that, I've been trying to be random about it.

The Reds did get some blog time a month ago when I showed off one of their 47 mascots though, so I don't feel any guilt. Going forward, I will continue to alternate between the leagues but won't necessarily try to do all the teams again before repeating. If that was the case, some teams would be done pretty early in the course of the blog.

As always, thanks for reading. Any and all feedback would be appreciated.

Player: Raisel Iglesias (Baseball Reference) (Wikipedia)

Card Number: 32 (Trading Card Database)

Team: Cincinnati Reds

Division: National League Central

Position: P

Jersey Number: 26
RC/Future Stars/Topps Rookie Cup: No

WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 23: Raisel Iglesias #26 of the Cincinnati Reds pitches against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on June 23, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images)

Game Date: June 23, 2017

Opponent: Washington Nationals
Stadium: Nationals Park
Home/Away: Away
Game Outcome: Nationals 6, Reds 5 (F/10)
Win/Loss: Win
Player Game Line: 2/3 IP, 3 Hits, 2 Ks, 1 ER. Took the loss.
Photographer: G Fiume (More Getty Images)
New Team/Photoshopped?: No

Birthdate: January 4, 1990

Birthplace: Isla de la Juventud, Cuba

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB Service Years: 3

Social Media Handles: None?

In what might be a boring first for the blog thus far, Iglesias has no previous Opening Day cards and the same photo was used for both Series 1 nd the Reds Factory Team Set.

Something I learned because of this card: Iglesias is one of 20 Cuban born players to have played in MLB so far in 2018.

I've already featured two others, Jose Abreu and Kendrys Morales as you can see by the purple hyperlinks. And based on my knowledge of the set, there are still more from the list above (Aroldis Chapman, Yuli Gurriel, Yoan Moncada & Yasiel Puig).