| Lord de Vera | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Mumbai Cobras – No. 11 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shortstop | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born:September 13, 2003 Tanauan, Batangas, Philippines | ||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||
| Baseball United debut | ||||||||||||||||||
| November, 2025, for the Mumbai Cobras | ||||||||||||||||||
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Lord Aragorn "Agon" O. de Vera (born September 13, 2003) is a Filipino professional baseball player who is part of the Mumbai Cobras of the Baseball United.
De Vera is born on September 13, 2003 in Tanauan, Batangas to a family of athletes. [1] [2] His father was a basketball player while his mother is a softball player. He was taught baseball by a family friend who is a coach from the same city. He attended the De La Salle University in Manila. [2]
De Vera has played for the De La Salle Green Batters as an infielder in the baseball championships of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. [3] He was scouted by a De La Salle coach during the Asia-Pacific baseball tournament in Clark as an eight-grader. [2]
The team won the Season 85 championship and ended as runners-up in Seasons 86 and Season 87. [2] [4]
De Vera received an invite to participate in a workout with the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball in 2024. [3] [5]
In September 2025, de Vera signed a contract with Mumbai Cobras of the Baseball United league. [6] In doing so, he became the first Filipino-born player to sign a professional contract since Claudio Manela, who debuted in 1921 for the Cincinnati Cuban Stars in the first Negro National League. [7]
De Vera has played for the Philippines national baseball team as a shortstop. [3] [5] He debuted for the national team at the 2023 East Asian Baseball Cup. He was the main shortstop of the team in te 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. [2]
Lord de Vera has a younger brother named Liam, who also played for De La Salle. [8] De Vera's second given name was derived from Aragorn, a character from The Lord of the Rings . [2]
