![]() The trains rumble by at a snail’s pace, the engines’ dolorous whistles sounding so that everyone in La Romana knows when they’re coming through. They load the crop onto ox carts, and then it’s transported to the rail line that runs between the fields and the mill in the centre of the city. It’s a pittance, even by Dominican standards, and they can spend it only in company stores. There, the cutters, Haitian émigrés from the other half of this culturally complicated island, live in squalid bateyes and spend their days in stifling heat hacking down the thick stalks by hand with machetes, earning two dollars a tonne. The tentacles of the Central Romana Corporation and its owners, the controversial Cuban-American Fanjul brothers, reach into nearly every aspect of life, beginning with the cane fields that surround the city. This is a company town, the home of Big Sugar. Retrieved July 17, 2023.BY STEPHEN BRUNT IN LA ROMANA, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC PHOTOGRAPHY BY SIAN RICHARDS ^ "Christian Encarnacion-Strand, Elly De La Cruz star in Chattanooga win"."Twins add Mahle to rotation in deal with Reds". ^ "Twins' Christian Encarnacion-Strand: Promoted to Double-A".^ "Christian Encarnacion-Strand's 9-RBI game has Cedar Rapids Kernels fans chanting 'MVP! MVP! MVP!' "."Twins 4th-round pick Encarnacion-Strand starts pro career with a bang". ^ Dierberger, Tom (September 2, 2021).^ "OSU's Encarnacion-Strand drafted by Twins in fourth round".^ "MLB Draft: A look at where players with Oklahoma connections are headed".^ " 'He's a fit here': How Oklahoma State's Christian Encarnacion-Strand rose to feared hitter"."Yavapai guy: Encarnacion-Strand making a name for himself as a Cowboy". ^ "Roughrider Encarnacion-Strand named ACCAC Player of the Year".^ "All-Bay Area News Group baseball: Meet the team".^ "MLB draft: Which Bay Area prospects will hear their names called?".On July 17, 2023, he was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time. Įncarnacion-Strand was assigned to the Triple–A Louisville Bats to begin the 2023 season, where he played in 67 games and hit. 304/.368/.587 in 484 at bats, and was tied for second-most in the minor leagues in RBIs with 114, behind Matt Mervis. The Reds assigned him to the Double-A Chattanooga Lookouts. On August 2, 2022, the Twins traded Encarnacion-Strand, Spencer Steer, and Steve Hajjar, to the Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Tyler Mahle. 296/.370/.599 with 20 home runs and 68 RBIs in 74 games with Cedar Rapids before being promoted to the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge. Encarnacion-Strand began the 2022 season with the Cedar Rapids Kernels of the High-A Midwest League. He was assigned to the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels of Low-A Southeast after signing with the team. Professional career Minnesota Twins Įncarnacion-Strand was selected in the fourth round of the 2021 Major League Baseball draft by the Minnesota Twins. 361 with 15 home runs and 66 RBIs and was named the Big 12 Conference Newcomer of the Year. In his only season with the Oklahoma State Cowboys, he batted. ![]() Encarnacion-Strand transferred to Oklahoma State University for his remaining collegiate eligibility. 430 with 11 home runs and 33 RBIs in 25 games as a sophomore before the season was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Encarnacion-Strand was selected in the 34th round of the 2019 Major League Baseball draft by the Seattle Mariners, but did not sign with the team. 402 and led the conference with 22 home runs and 70 RBIs. As a freshman, he was named the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference Player of the Year after he batted. Įncarnacion-Strand began his college baseball career at Yavapai College. As a senior, he was named the Diablo Athletic League Foothill Division most valuable player after batting. ![]() He has the longest last name in Major League Baseball history with 17 letters moving him above the previous leader, Simeon Woods Richardson.Įncarnacion-Strand grew up in Pleasant Hill, California, and attended College Park High School. Christian Lee Encarnacion-Strand (born December 1, 1999) is an American professional baseball first baseman and third baseman for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). ![]()
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