Yoenis also has a sibling and the name of his brother is Yelqui Céspedes. Yoenis’s father is a former baseball player. It is known that Yoenis started playing baseball at an early age. Later in 2011, the family moved to Santiago through illegal means. They had to take a boat ride to the Dominican Republic and the boat ride was 23 hours long. Yoenis’s autograph is really rare.

Yoenis started his career at an early age in Cube and he played his first professional match in Cuban National Series. He made a great score in the match and he was also nominated for Rookie of the Year Award sponsored by Cuban National Series. Unfortunately, he couldn’t win the award. He played several seasons of the game and he was also the part of World Baseball Classic in 2009.

Later in 2011, Yoenis moved to United states of America and that point of time he got a chance to establish his career in the country. He didn’t have to play the draft match in 2012, Yoenis started playing for the team known as Oakland Athletics. The contract was for 4 years and the price of the contract was 36 Million dollars.

At this point of time, his Fangraphs started to climb in the vertical direction. He got this contract because of his career stats. Next year in 2013, Yoenis suffered an injury on his wrist, knee, and hamstring and that restricted his game. He had to take time off from the game to recover. He kept his fans updated about his recovery through posts on twitter.

In 2014, he again had to suffer from an injury and in 2014, Yoenis was traded to Boston Red Sox. He was exchanged for Jon Lester. The same year, he was traded with Detroit Tiger and his started playing for the team. In 2015, Yoenis was traded to New York Mets and in 2016 because of his amazing performance, Yoenis got a chance to sign a contract with New York Mets. The contract was for 3 years and the contract price was 75 Million but later in 2017, the contract was revised to a 4 year contract and the fee was revised to 110 Million Dollars.

At present, Yoenis lives in Manhattan in New York City. Yoenis is married but the name of his wife is not known and as per the information, Yoenis also has a son. The name of his son is Yoenis Céspedes Junior. His son is presently in Cuba and Yoenis didn’t meet him since 2011. He tried many times to get his son to the United States of America but he failed every time.At  present, Yoenis earns the annual salary of 22.5 Million American dollars and his net worth is known to be 30 million American dollars.