\n\n”,”providerName”:”Twitter”,”providerUrl”:”https://twitter.com”,”thumbnail_url”:null,”type”:”oembed”,”width”:550,”contentType”:”rich”},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”Chourio’s parents flew to New York from Venezuela to see him play. Chourio’s younger brother Jaison, a prospect for the Guardians, was there, too, with other members of the Chourio family. Chourio shared a moment with them on the field after the game.\n\n\”It’s a dream come true,\” Chourio said. \”My mom stopped working to give us the chance to play baseball. Just being able to have them here in the stands is a dream come true.\”\n\nThe moment he stepped into the batter’s box, Chourio became the fifth-youngest player to start on Opening Day at any position in MLB’s divisional era (since 1969). The company he joined? All Hall of Famers.”,”type”:”text”},{“__typename”:”Video”,”contentDate”:”2024-03-29T17:49:24.29Z”,”preferredPlaybackScenarioURL({\”preferredPlaybacks\”:\”mp4AvcPlayback\”})”:”https://mlb-cuts-diamond.mlb.com/FORGE/2024/2024-03/29/e7b55af2-be49ae9d-7a13f530-csvm-diamondx64-asset_1280x720_59_4000K.mp4″,”type”:”video”,”description”:”Jackson Chourio draws a four-pitch walk in his first career at-bat in the top of the 1st inning”,”displayAsVideoGif”:false,”duration”:”00:01:32″,”slug”:”jackson-chourio-walks-d7skv5″,”tags”:[{“__typename”:”InternalTag”,”slug”:”season-2024″,”title”:”Season 2024″,”type”:”season”},{“__typename”:”GameTag”},{“__typename”:”PersonTag”,”slug”:”playerid-694192″,”title”:”Jackson Chourio”,”person”:{“__ref”:”Person:694192″},”type”:”player”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”career-first”,”title”:”career-first”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlb-debut”,”title”:”MLB debut”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”in-game-highlight”,”title”:”in-game highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”highlight”,”title”:”highlight”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”hitting”,”title”:”hitting”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”game-action-tracking”,”title”:”game action tracking”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TeamTag”,”slug”:”teamid-158″,”title”:”Milwaukee Brewers”,”team”:{“__ref”:”Team:158″},”type”:”team”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”mlb-top-prospects”,”title”:”MLB Top Prospects”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”international-feed”,”title”:”International Partner feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”eclat-feed”,”title”:”Eclat feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”fan-duel”,”title”:”Fan Duel”,”type”:”taxonomy”},{“__typename”:”TaxonomyTag”,”slug”:”imagen-feed”,”title”:”Imagen feed”,”type”:”taxonomy”}],”thumbnail”:{“__typename”:”Thumbnail”,”templateUrl”:”https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/upload/{formatInstructions}/mlb/kcvlbpwciwsxcm9nqcwv”},”title”:”Jackson Chourio walks in his first at-bat”,”relativeSiteUrl”:”/video/jackson-chourio-walks-d7skv5″},{“__typename”:”Markdown”,”content”:”The only younger players than Chourio with an Opening Day start in the past 55 years: Robin Yount in 1974 (18 years, 201 days old) and ’75 (19 years, 204 days), Ken Griffey Jr. in 1989 (19 years, 133 days) and Adrián Beltré in 1999 (19 years, 363 days).\n\nYount is the only Brewer to take the field on Opening Day at a younger age than Chourio. Like Chourio, Yount’s first Opening Day start was also his Major League debut.\n\nFor Chourio, a power-speed phenom built in the mold of Ronald Acuña Jr. and Julio Rodríguez, everything has been building toward this moment since he signed an eight-year, $82 million contract in December, a record for a player with no Major League…
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