Roenis Elias is 30 years old and has been in organized baseball stateside since 2011, all but two of those with the Seattle Mariners. This is the first time, by my count, he has been the subject of a 40 in 40 profile. At 21 years old, before he was even an established big leaguer in his home country of Cuba, Elías followed the path of many of his countrymen who also dreamed of playing in MLB and boarded a small, crowded craft headed towards Mexico. There he would work to establish himself alongside fellow future Mariner Leonys Martín, waiting for the call that would change his life.
40 in 40: Roenis Elías
