Harold Capote Fernández | @batesbeisbol
Being able to count on the most powerful and productive offense so far supports the very good season of the Navegantes del Magallanes, a cast that when the eighth week of the 2021-2022 tournament is about to start, occupies the first place in the table.
With even hits the Turks support their record of 23-12, which allows them to get 2.5 games over second place in the hands of Cardenales de Lara, 4 against Bravos de Margarita, 4.5 ahead of Leones del Caracas and Tigres de Aragua , 7.5 over Caribes de Anzoátegui, as well as 10.5 against Águilas del Zulia and Tiburones de La Guaira.
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Their offense has been so productive, that to date they rank first (alongside the Tribe) in runs scored with 226, RBIs 216, doubles 77, home runs 42, total bases 593, on-base percentage .384, slugging .483, OPS .867.
In addition, they are second in batting average with .303, 372 hits, 9 triples and 148 walks.
That constant has allowed them to alleviate the deficiencies of their pitching staff, which is third in ERA with 5.21.
Navegantes del Magallanes and the rest of your calendar:
The shipping companies have commitments with six of the seven rivals in the League and in only one of those series they are down, 2-3 against the Cardinals. The rest are dominated by: Lions 4-1, Sharks 3-2, Tigres 4-1, Eagles 3-2 and Caribs 3-1; against Bravos they already closed winning the confrontation 4-3.
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Considering the number of commitments left with 14, it seems that playing for .500 is enough to ensure their presence in the round robin. If he played for that brand, the ship would add 30 lauros, a figure that would force Lara (his closest supporter), to achieve 9 wins in 13 of the games still pending.
Let’s look at it from another angle, Navegantes has a 2.5 advantage over the Cardinals when in that particular series there are only 2 more games left.
There we find two completely favorable points for Wilfredo Romero’s boys to play in January. Only a catastrophe, as is rarely seen in this discipline, would prevent them from registering their name among the top five in this championship.
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Navegantes del Magallanes: a fix for the round robin