Antonio José Silva Puesán (born 19 March 1974 in Caracas, Venezuela), professionally known as Antonio Puesán, is a baseball analyst, writer, television and radio personality based in Miami, Florida and a native of the Dominican Republic. He is a baseball analyst for "El Locker Room 1050" on ESPN Deportes Radio's WEPN 1050 AM. He also works as a digital creative strategist in marketing, focused on sports brands and events in social media. Earlier in his career, Puesán was a creative art director. He was a Kansas City Royals minor league pitcher from 1993 to 1995. Early life and education Puesán was born in Caracas, Venezuela, three years after which he was raised in the Dominican Republic by his grandparents Rafael Puesán Ramirez and Ana Méndez de Puesán in February 1977, he became a Dominican citizen in 1992 by a Dominican Republic resolution made by former President Joaquín Balaguer as a requirement to be available to sign as a free agent with the Kansas City Royals in 1993, Puesán started to play baseball in March 1983, and at age 10 developed a heart condition caused by rheumatic fever. Puesán finished high school at 17 at Centro de Educación Integral CEDI were he spend the last two years, after that he served with José Antonio Mena as a commentator at the 1991 Little League World Series Latinamerica qualifier in Dominican Republic. In 1992, he began studying advertising at the Universidad Católica Santo Domingo. Baseball career Puesán was signed as an amateur free agent by the Kansas City Royals in May 1993 by Diómedes Castellanos and regional scout Luis Silverio. He pitched in the Dominican Summer League at the rookie level in Salcedo. After dealing with many injuries he was granted an unconditional release in 1995. Creative art director In 1997, Puesán went to La Escuela de Diseño (the school of design), an affiliate of the Parsons School of Design in Altos de Chavón at La Romana, Dominican Republic. Television journalism In 2005, Puesán began as a sports analyst with Alberto Rodríguez for "Antesala Capitaleña" on Telecentro Canal 13. In 2010, he joined the "Out 37 TV" crew at CDN 37, a nationwide Dominican TV station. After that he became a commentator with Radhamés González for the Tigres del Licey international broadcasts. He participated in several TV sports shows as a baseball analyst for the winter league baseball draft in 2014. He served