Adeiny Hechavarría Barrera (born April 15, 1989) is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played in MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays, Miami Marlins, Tampa Bay Rays, Pittsburgh Pirates, and New York Yankees.\n', '

Hechavarria was born in Santiago de Cuba to Diosmede and Mirta Hechavarria. He has an older brother, Alien.\n', '

He participated in a Pan Am tournament in Mexico in 2006, and played shortstop for the Cuban Junior National team in 2008. In 2009, he defected to Mexico on a boat with 11 others. Agents and other representatives of the Toronto Blue Jays watched him play in workouts in the Dominican Republic, and signed him after his visa paperwork went through in 2010.\n', '

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