[1] Prior to the start of the 2014 season, Gurriel represented Cuba at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games, earning the gold medal.

[1] After the Cuban League season, Gurriel agreed to a contract with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), but did not appear in any games for the team and was placed on the restricted list.

[4] In August 2016, Gurriel was declared a free agent by Major League Baseball (MLB), and ranked as the sixth best international prospect available.

[10] On July 12, Gurriel was promoted to the New Hampshire Fisher Cats of the Double-A Eastern League after appearing in 18 games for Dunedin.

[19] After starting the 2019 season hitting .175 in 13 games and struggling with throws from second base, the Blue Jays optioned Gurriel to the Buffalo Bisons of the Triple-A International League.

[23] Overall with the 2020 Blue Jays, Gurriel batted .308 with 11 home runs and 33 RBIs in 57 games, and was named one of three finalists for the Gold Glove.

[citation needed] On July 22, 2022, in a game in which the Blue Jays defeated the Boston Red Sox 28–5, Gurriel recorded six hits with five RBIs.

[25] On December 23, 2022, the Blue Jays traded Gurriel and Gabriel Moreno to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Daulton Varsho.

[28] Gurriel was announced as part of FEPCUBE's "Patria y Vida" team of expatriate Cuban ballplayers participating in the inaugural Intercontinental Series in Barranquilla, Colombia.

[29] Gurriel's older brother, Yuli, also played in Cuba before defecting, and they are sons of former Cuban National Series player Lourdes Gourriel.

[citation needed] Lourdes and Yuli made baseball history on September 21, 2018, when each hit two home runs, becoming the first brothers to have multi-homer performances on the same day.