Yadier Pedroso, Cuban baseball player (d. 2013)
Yadier Pedroso González (June 9, 1986 – March 16, 2013), born in Guanajay, Havana Province, Cuba, was a right-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and La Habana of the Cuban National Series. Pedroso was part of the Cuban team at the 2006 and 2013 World Baseball Classics.
Pedroso, then 19 years old, went 8-5 with a 3.58 ERA for La Habana during the 2005-06 Cuban National Series, as part of a strong staff featuring two other members of the national team, Jonder Martínez and Yulieski González.
He died in a traffic accident at age 26.
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