Kendrys Morales Rodriguez is a Major League Baseball first baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He is a switch hitter who throws right-handed. Morales suffered an ankle injury on May 29, 2010, during a celebration of his walk-off grand slam, which kept him out of the Major League for nearly two years. On April 6, 2012, Morales returned to the Angels' line-up for the season opener against the Kansas City Royals. Morales played in Cuba's equivalent of the United States' Triple-A level. With 16- to 17-year-olds in the category, he was the first starter of the pitching staff, and... fourth in the batting order, and had the ability to hit home runs from both sides of the plate. Morales joined the Cuban national baseball team in 2002 and immediately became a star player—despite being the first teenager to make the team in nearly twenty years. He was the cleanup hitter on the team during its dramatic 2003 World Cup championship. His grand slam in the final round against Taiwan secured a 6–3 Cuban victory, one game after hitting a home run that provided the winning runs against Brazil.
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| Birthdate: | June 20, 1983 |
| Birthplace: | Fomento, Cuba |
| Age: | 28 |
| All Positions Played: | First baseman |
| Also known as: | Kendrys Morales |