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A baseball player with the White Sox minor league has come out as gay. Anderson Comas, 23, spent the last season with the White Sox team, the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers in North Carolina. Originally an outfielder, he transitioned to pitcher last year.
Comas posted his announcement on Instagram yesterday.
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“Disclaimer: if you’re homophobic this post is may not for you or maby yes so you can see we all matters and we all are the same…🙌🏽” he began.
“This may be my most personal thing I ever share and it’s that I’m proudly and happily part of the LGTBQ+ community 🏳️🌈 I’m also a human with a great soul, I’m respectful, I’m a lover, I love my family and friends and that’s what really matters, I enjoy my work a lot, being a professional baseball player is the best thing that happened to me so I just wanna say something to those people that says that gay people can not be someone in this life, well look at me I’m Gay and I’m a professional athlete so that didn’t stopped me to make my dreams come true, I’m doing this cause I wanna be an inspiration for those like me out there fitting for their dreams, please don’t listen to those stupid things that people say about us, fight for your dreams, believe in yourself and go for it 🤨❤️”
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White Sox respond with pride
Chris Getz, White Sox assistant general manager/player development, confirmed Comas “first shared his news with us last year.”
“And I was very pleased that he was comfortable sharing with us in player development. I also was happy at the reaction across the organization, which as you would expect was to support, help and congratulate a teammate. With his social media post today, we are so proud of Anderson and that he is comfortable sharing such an important personal part of his life so openly.”
White Sox also posted a message of support on its official Twitter account.
We are all so proud of you, Anderson! ❤️🏳️🌈 pic.twitter.com/8ykBdwZelo
— Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) February 19, 2023
Related: Baseball player Solomon Bates comes out as gay
Comas is the second Minor League Baseball player to come out as gay in recent months. He follows Solomon Bates, who came out last August. Bates did so as he was released by the Richmond Flying Squirrels, members of the San Francisco Giants system.
However, within two days of his announcement, Bates was picked up by the Sioux City Explorers. The squad are members of the American Association of Professional Baseball.
The first Minor League Baseball player to come out as gay was David Denson in 2015.
Check out some more photos of Comas below.
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bachy
I don’t follow baseball but he’s super-hot. Serving athletic nerd energy.
charette8596
Good for him. Hope he makes it to the majors.
thebaddestbabby
very hot but needs to up his thirst trap game… smaller swimsuits, please!!
SDR94103
who is you to talk?
G R
Pay no attention to the Grammar-deficient SDR94103, if he had a brain his comment would’ve been “Who are you to talk?”
My2CentsWorth
It is very likely SDR94103 knows that “who is you …” is incorrect. We do make mistakes. I try to correct mine when I have time if possible.
There is also a possibility that SDR94103’s native language is not English.
Openminded
“he transitioned to pitcher last year.” No questioning that a gay man wrote this article.
still_onthemark
He transitioned to pitcher last year and he is petitioning the Dominican Republic to change his birth certificate to say he’s a pitcher!
Troyfight
@Openminded LOL !!
MSM
ROFLMGAO
Well it is on Queerty
Anderson, you are beautiful. Wishing you all the best. If u make to the big leagues, i might have to switch my support from another team.
Kangol2
I’m rooting for him! Congrats on coming out, Anderson Comas, and I hope you and Solomon Bates make to the Major Leagues!
JeffBaker
Congrats, Anderson!
daddys4u
hopefully see both of them wearing NY pinstripes!