Luis Felipe Juárez (born February 6, 1990), nicknamed "El Pepón" is a Mexican professional

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for the

Leones de Yucatán The Leones de Yucatán (English: Yucatán Lions) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League. The team plays its home games at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán. The Leones have won the Mexican League title five times in 1957 ...

of the

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. He was selected

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, and 2019 exhibition games against

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Career

Sultanes de Monterrey

On April 3, 2009, Juárez signed with the

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of the

. After 8 seasons with the club, he became a free agent, but re-signed with the team on March 30, 2017.

Leones de Yucatán

On December 21, 2017, Juárez was traded alongside

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to the

in exchange for Francisco Lugo and Ricky Alvarez. Juárez did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the Mexican League season because of the

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. In 2022, he played in 43 games for Yucatán, hitting .297/.420/.573 with 10 home runs and 35 RBI. Juárez won the Mexican League Championship with the Leones in 2022.

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* 1990 births Living people Águilas de Mexicali players Leones de Yucatán players Mexican League baseball catchers Mexican League baseball first basemen Mexican League baseball left fielders Baseball players from Culiacán Sultanes de Monterrey players 2017 World Baseball Classic players World Baseball Classic players of Mexico {{Mexico-baseball-bio-stub