Lord de Vera

De Vera is born on September 13, 2003 in Tanauan, Batangas to a family of athletes. 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. ==Collegiate career==

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. He was scouted by a De La Salle coach during the Asia-Pacific baseball tournament in Clark as an eight-grader. ==Professional career==

De Vera received an invite to participate in a workout with the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball in 2024. In September 2025, de Vera signed a contract with Mumbai Cobras of the Baseball United league. 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. He made his Baseball United debut on November 14, 2025 during the game against the Karachi Monarchs. ==National team==

De Vera has played for the Philippines national baseball team as a shortstop. He debuted for the national team at the 2023 East Asian Baseball Cup. He was the main shortstop of the team in the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China. ==Personal life==

Lord de Vera has a younger brother named Liam, who also played for De La Salle. De Vera's second given name was derived from Aragorn, a character from The Lord of the Rings. ==References==