Yasser Gómez

Yasser Richard Gómez Soto (born April 1, 1980) is a Cuban baseball player. Gómez competed for Cuba in international competition, winning an Olympic silver medal. Gómez defected from Cuba, and signed with the Atlanta Braves organization. He most recently played with the Joplin Blasters of the American Association of Professional Baseball.

Cuba Gómez played in the Cuban National Series. In the 1997–98 Cuban National Series, playing for the Metropolitanos, Gómez won the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year Award, Not allowed to play baseball, Gómez and Martí made their plans to defect. Gómez, Martí and Juan Yasser Serrano defected from Cuba in December 2008 in an effort to get to the Dominican Republic to seek a Major League Baseball career. In August 2009, they were declared free agents.

Atlanta Braves On May 26, 2010, Gómez signed with the Atlanta Braves organization. He signed for $20,000 and was assigned to the Double-A Mississippi Braves. He did not play in 2011.

2012 Gómez signed with the McAllen Thunder of the North American League for 2012.