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Lázaro Robersy Armenteros Arango (born May 22, 1999), nicknamed Lazarito, is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Oakland Athletics minor league organization.
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Career
Armenteros played in the 2014 15U Baseball World Cup, held in Mexico, and made the All-Tournament Team after batting .462 in nine games.
In 2015, Armenteros was sanctioned by the Cuban government, and disallowed from playing for the 15-and-under team. Armenteros defected from Cuba in an attempt to play in Major League Baseball. He reached Haiti, and established residency there in May 2015. A team in Nippon Professional Baseball reportedly offered Armenteros a contract worth $15 million. In January 2016, Armenteros was declared a free agent.
On July 2, 2016, he signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics.
Personal life
Armenteros was born and raised in the San Miguel del Padrón section of Havana. He has three brothers and three sisters. His father, Lazaro Sr., played for the Cuban national basketball team.
