Julio Alberto Mosquera Cervantes (born January 29, 1972) is a

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nian

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player and

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. Mosquera is currently the acting

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of the

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. He played in

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as a

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for the

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(–) and

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().

Playing career

Mosquera signed with the Blue Jays as an amateur free agent in 1991, and in 1993 he made his American debut with the

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. Mosquera spoke no English at the time, making mundane tasks such as ordering food challenging for him. He was called up to the majors on August 17, 1996, after Blue Jays catcher

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suffered a

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in a game against the

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and was placed on the

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. He also appeared in three games with the Blue Jays in April of the following year. Mosquera's final stint in the major leagues came with the Milwaukee Brewers on June 6, 2005, as a temporary replacement for catcher

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, who had suffered a strained groin. Over his 12 games in the major leagues, Mosquera had 31 at bats, 2 runs, 7 hits, 3 doubles, 2 RBI, .226 batting average, .250 on-base percentage, .323 slugging percentage and 10 total bases.

Coaching career

Mosquera worked as a minor league manager for the

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, and then moved up to the Class-A

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of the South Atlantic League. He previously served as a catching coach where he instructed

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and

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. Mosquera served as the manager for the Astronautas de Chiriquí, the team representing Panama, during the 2020 Caribbean Series.Ortiz, Aurelio.
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(in Spanish), Mi Diario, July 1, 2020. The Astronautas finished with a record of 1 – 4, and did not advance to the knockout stage. On January 27, 2020, the Yankees announced that Mosquera would become the manager for the class Double-A

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. However, he never ended up assuming those duties, as the 2020 minor league baseball season was cancelled due to the

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, and the Yankees subsequently ended their affiliation with Trenton in favor of the

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. Instead, Mosquera served under

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as part of the coaching staff of the Yankees during the 2020 season. Mosquera managed the Double-A

in 2021. Mosquera joined the

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organization as a catching instructor before the 2022 season. On May 20, the White Sox put

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, the manager of the Triple-A

, on an indefinite leave of absence and named Mosquera the acting manager of the Knights.

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