Soothsaying for Sixteen: Yoenis Cespedes

[Guest cooby]

Well, since his name came up, can somebody tell me how it's pronounced? Every game I watched, they just called him Cespedes.

Familia's first name too, please

[Benjamin Grimm]

Yo-ennis.

Familia's first name is another story entirely. Nobody knows for sure. Gary Cohen calls him Jay-or-reese, but that can't be correct. I've heard other pronunciations as well, too many to try to list here. During the 2015 postseason, while being interviewed, Daniel Murphy referred to Familia as "Yoris", which is probably more correct. I'm surprised that nobody has asked him, "Hey, Dude! How do you pronounce your name?"

If there are any Twitter users among us (and I know there are) maybe we can contact Familia directly and get him to tell us how to pronounce his name?

[Frayed Knot]

BB-Ref lists it as: Jer-ISS

[Guest cooby]

lol thanks. Not sure I'll remember though. I'll be sure to never talk about either of them

[Vic Sage]

cooby wrote: Well, since his name came up, can somebody tell me how it's pronounced? Every game I watched, they just called him Cespedes.

How i pronounce his name largely depends on whether I'm angry at him at the moment. If I am, then i call him "Yo! Anus!"

[Guest cooby]

I'm sure he gets a lot of that