By José Alejandro Rodríguez Zas
In the early hours of this Wednesday, October 20, the baseball authorities in the province of Pinar del Río officially announced the latest update to the preselection of the Vegueros, which is trained in their premises of Captain San Luis with a view to the forthcoming 61st edition of the National Series.
According reported the journalist Ernesto Amaya Esquivel on the website of the Radio Guamá station, a total of 56 players, divided into seven receivers, 15 infielders, nine outfielders and 25 pitchers make up the group from which the team from the westernmost of the Cuban provinces to the next domestic classic, again directed by Alexander Urquiola.
The most interesting thing about the group is the return of the stellar right-hand pitcher from Pinar del Río Yosvani Torres to the National Series, who works with the Astros de Valencia club in the Spanish Baseball Honor Division, who will be helping the green-footed cast at least in the The first two months of the contest, as he recently told the journalist himself.
OFFICIAL: Yosvani Torres is already in Pinar del Río (+ STATEMENTS) https://t.co/Opg5ketgBo
– Ernesto Amaya Esquivel (@ ernestoamaya15) October 17, 2021
Los Vegueros finished in fourth place in the last season of Cuban baseball, after a qualifying stage in which they accumulated 42 wins and 33 failures, six complete games behind the leaders Gallos de Sancti Spíritus, qualifying as the eighth and last passenger to the playoffs . Then, they beat the spirits themselves in the quarterfinals with a 3-0 sweep, before falling in the semifinal against the Alazanes de Granma 4-2, ultimately national champions.
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Without further ado, here I leave you with the preselection of Pinar del Rio to Series 61, whose training sessions should begin in the first week of November.
Receivers (7): Olber Peña, Irandi Hernández, Jorge Yoan Rojas, Yasiel Ajete, Randy Muñoz, Daniel Martínez and Yoel Frontela
Infielders (15): William Saavedra, Frank Raúl González, Pedro Luis Dueñas, Luis Enrique García, Pedro Luis Rodríguez, Esteban Terry, Juan Carlos Arencibia, Tony Guerra, Jeifer Rodríguez, Mario Lázaro Sánchez, Erik Vento, Lanier Azcuy, Brian Gálvez, Fidel Linares and Emilio Lion
Gardeners (9): Reinier León, Lázaro Emilio Blanco, Yasser Julio González, Luis Pablo Acosta, Roidel Martínez, Frank Amado Milián, Geovanny Hernández, Yoannys Moreno and Reidel Álvarez
Launchers (25): Yosvani Torres, Bladimir Baños, Erly Casanova, Frank Luis Medina, Yaifredo Domínguez, Yoandy Cruz, Isbel Hernández, Reilandy González, Frank Abel Álvarez, Andrés Camilo Castro, Luis Alberto Silva, Noel Reina, Branlis Rodríguez, Jorge Montano, Leodán Reyes, Yan Carlos García, Rancel de los Santos, Manuel Icerne, Yoniel Torres, Randy Martínez, Yasiel Zambrana, Juan Luis Hernández, Frank Denis Blanco, Gabriel Cantero, Yosvani Martínez
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