By Manu Pérez
For the 2021-2022 campaign, Santiago Torres placeholder image, second baseman for the Avispas de Santiago de Cuba, signed by the current champions of the Panamanian league, the Federales de Chiriquí. This constitutes the first hiring of the young Cuban in a baseball outside the National Series.
The manager of the Federals is also Cuban, nothing more and nothing less than the great Alfonso Urquiola, a man who undoubtedly must have influenced the management of the club to close the arrival of Santiaguito.
Regarding his contract, the man from Santiago declared: “It is a great challenge, as it means an important step in my sports career. Without a doubt, it will be a perfect opportunity to grow as a player, since I will be able to face another type of baseball, new pitchers, in short, everything that entails a different tournament to the Cuban National Series “(Statements taken from the website of the provincial media Sierra Maestra)
The gaze was then focused on the day marked for the start of the baseball season in Panama, as Torres had commented: the opening day. I have trained hard and I feel in perfect sports form ”, but it did not happen.
Finally Santiago Torres did not appear in the ninth headline of the Chiriquí Federals in the match that started the tournament and they ended up winning 7 × 4 against the Metropolitan Eagles. The reason for his absence attracted attention, but at the same time he raised the expectation of when the talented Cuban could debut.
In the last National Series, the Santiago player averaged .363 AVG with 13 homers, 56 RBIs and 81 runs scored, numbers that marked his best season among the 7 he has played in the top Cuban baseball circuit.
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Urquiola DID NOT let Santiago Torres, his star hiring, debut