Christian Yelich is known as an American professional baseball outfielder for the Milwaukee Brewers of Major League Baseball. He is most famous for being the NL MVP in 2018.
Christian Stephen Yelich was born on December 5, 1991 in Thousand Oaks, California. His athletic side grew during junior high school when he played football, basketball, and baseball. He went to Westlake High School and played baseball with the varsity group from his first year to his senior year. In a best 100 players in the country in high school list, Christian Yelich was positioned at 34th spot. In spite of the fact that the University of Miami offered him a university scholarship to play with their Miami Hurricanes baseball crew, Yelich passed on the offer and rather inked a $1.7 million deal with the Miami Marlins who chose him during the 2010 MLB draft.
After playing for the minor league squad, the Gulf Coast League Marlins and the Greensboro Grasshoppers, Yelich was promoted to the major leagues. He recorded a gigantic accomplishment in the 2014 season establishing a record for handling rate in left field, at .996. The Marlins in March 2015 would then sign him to a seven-year deal worth $49.57 million. Yelich participated in the 2017 World Baseball Classic competition and was named to the 2017 All-World Baseball Classic team.
In September 2019, it was announced that the Milwaukee Brewers outfielder and ruling National League Most Valuable Player Christian Yelich will miss the rest of the season subsequent to breaking his right knee. The damage occurred in the first inning of Milwaukee's 4-3 triumph at Miami. He stayed on the ground for a few minutes as the Brewers' medicinal staff watched out for him, however, he eventually strolled off the field under his own capacity before X-ray tests uncovered the extent of the damage. It was very sad news for fans as they were hoping that Yelich could repeat the success he had a year prior.
An explicit video involving Yelich was posted on Twitter by an account named @RealMarlinsFan in July 2016. The poster guaranteed that the man in the video who appeared to take part in oral sex with an unidentified lady was Yelich. Yelich released an announcement through Twitter that his lawyers would investigate it. He said the video was 100% false and slanderous. Situations like this are why Yelich has opted to keep his personal relationships out of the spotlight.
Birth Date: | 5 Dec, 1991 |
Age: | 28 yrs |
Occupations: | Baseball player |
Citizenship: | United States of America |
Birth Place: | Thousand Oaks |
Gender: | Male |
Description: | American baseball player |
Net Worth 2021: | 50 million |