Deinis Suárez

{{short description|Cuban right-handed pitcher (born 1984)}}

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Deinis Suárez Laguardia (born March 13, 1984) is a Cuban former baseball right-handed pitcher.

Suárez pitched for Industriales of the Cuban National Series and the Cuban national baseball team.{{cite web|url=http://www.trabajadores.cubaweb.cu/clasico-mundial-beisbol/equipos/cuba/deinis.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20110718164155/http://www.trabajadores.cubaweb.cu/clasico-mundial-beisbol/equipos/cuba/deinis.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-07-18|title=Deinis Suárez Laguardia|language=Spanish|accessdate=2006-10-10}} He was part of the Cuban roster for the 2006 World Baseball Classic.

Suárez was 8–3 with a 3.55 ERA for Industriales during the 2005-06 season.{{cite web|url=http://www.inder.co.cu/indernet/competencias/sinfo/SNacional45/beil1al1.htm#IND|title=Regular season pitching statistics|language=Spanish|accessdate=2006-10-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930163649/http://www.inder.co.cu/indernet/competencias/sinfo/SNacional45/beil1al1.htm#IND|archive-date=2007-09-30|url-status=dead}}

Suárez defected from Cuba and signed with the Minnesota Twins in April 2011.{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressherald.com/sports/dogs-last-chance-fizzles_2011-07-17.html|title = Dogs' last chance fizzles|date = 17 July 2011}} He pitched in 2011 for the New Britain Rock Cats of the Class-AA Eastern League and Rochester Red Wings of the Class-AAA International League.

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