José Bautista and Julio Y. Rodríguez lead the official squad for Tokyo 2020 with the news of Erick Mejía and Cristopher Crisóstomo
The Dominican Baseball Olympic Program (Probeisbol) and the Dominican Baseball Federation (Fedobe) officially presented the roster that will be participating in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Among the main names is Jose Bautista who returns after being absent in the repechage phase. In addition, the Seattle Mariners prospect returns with the team, Julio Y. Rodríguez.
All the members of the group have already been part of the team, except for Erick Mejia (Kansas City Royals AAA) and pitcher Chrisopher Chrysostom (Yomiuri Giants NPB) joining as the pair of fresh faces for the Olympic team.
The other players in the box will be Juan Francisco, Gustavo Núñez, Diego Goris and Jeison Guzmán.
The team’s outfielders are Johan Mieses, Emilio bonifacio, Yefri Pérez and veteran Melky Cabrera.
The pitching staff will be made up of Luis Felipe Castillo, Angel Sánchez, Jairo Asencio, Junior García, Gerson Bautista, Darío Alvarez, Jumbo Díaz, Jhan Maríñez, Raúl Valdés and Denyi Reyes.
The recipients for the commitment will be Charlie valerio Y Roldani Baldwin. The team will also have three reserves in the figures of the pitchers Leuris Gómez and Román Méndez and the receiver Eduardo De Oleo.
At the press conference it was reported that the leader Héctor Borg is now free of Covid-19, but is waiting to carry out additional studies in the United States.
The general manager of the team José Gómez Frías announced that on Tuesday the 13th the players who are on Dominican soil will travel to Tampa until the 22nd when they will leave for Japan. Players from independent leagues, Mexican league and minor leagues will arrive in Miami on July 15.
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