NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A lot has been said about homegrown talent and “true” Yankees. One player who is the former and has the talent to become the latter is Rob Refsnyder, the 24-year-old second baseman coming off his MLB debut Saturday and first big-league home run Sunday.
So … who is he?
Here are five facts to get you started:
He was adopted at five months old: Kim Jung-tae was born in Seoul, South Korea, in March 1991. He was renamed Rob after being adopted by Clint and Jane Refsnyder, whose daughter was also from South Korea, and was raised in Laguna Hills, California.