Antonio José Silva Puesán, 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. In February 1977, he became a Dominican citizen. 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 and served with José Antonio Mena as a commentator at the 1991 Little League World Series qualifier between the Dominican Republic and Taiwan. 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.
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 Liceyinternational broadcasts. He participated in several TV sports shows as a baseball analyst for the winter league baseball draft in 2014. He served as commentator with Hansel Coste at the Dominican Summer LeagueAll Star Game in 2014. In 2018 created a Podcast named .
Radio journalism
Puesán's first opportunity in radio was in 2006 while working on an interactive sports talk show. In 2011, he joined the "Out 37 Radio" team on 92.5 FM at CDN La Radio on weekdays. He joined ESPN Deportes Radio Dominican Republic 104.5 FM as a sports analyst at "Desayuno Deportivo", an early sports talk show with Melvin Bejarán, Orlando Méndez and José Luis Mendoza. In 2012, Puesán produced "Sobre el Diamante Radio" with Carmen Sarah Mota at digital online radio station UniK Radio in 2012, but it failed to attract sponsors and stopped after six months. With Yohanna Nuñez and Alexander Gómez, he is a current member of "Ligas Menores en Acción" Saturdays on Licey TV. In 2015, Puesán became a baseball analyst for "El Locker Room 1050" with Rafael Bello on ESPN Deportes Radio 1050 AM New York.
Online career
Puesán has very active social media accounts, writing about sports and digital marketing. In 2012, he was nominated as a Deportista Tuitero in the Dominican Republic TwitAwards. In 2013, he was nominated for Cronista Tuitero. Puesan is currently a social media coordinator for Toros del Este, a professional winter league baseball team in the Dominican Republic. Started in 2017 as at Magnus Media working first 6 months in the Sports Division and then stated to work with famous salsa singer and grammy awarded artist Marc Anthony handling all his social media platform, ending his contract in December 2019. In 2018 worked as Social Media Coordinator for Vladimir Guerrero and contributed with his social media presence obtaining 92.9% in the 2nd ballot, he received 71.1% in his first opportunity. He finished his contract after Hall of Fame induction. In 2020 during the Pandemic created with Shantal Disla to develop opportunities to train people interested in learning about Digital Marketing in the sports area, creating online seminars on various topics.
