The pitcher from Camagüey Juan Sebastián Contreras unanimously won today the most valuable player of the week vote (Feb. 19-24) in the 61 National Baseball Series.
In his second consecutive attempt to win this distinction, the 22-year-old obtained a record number of votes from the population (41,409), but was also favored in the votes of the specialized press (17) and the national commission (13). ).
Last week Contreras had also been favored by the population -the only point-, but he lost 1-2 against Rafael Viñales, a slugger from Las Tunas.
I’ve been preparing since the last series ended and Professor Cortina (José Manuel) told me to throw every day, that it didn’t hurt the arm and it did improve control a lot. I have followed his advice and there has been my improvement from one year to the next, said Contreras, present at the traditional Monday meeting between journalists and the CNB.
The glory of the sport invited to this exchange was the once-star pitcher Pedro Luis Lazo, owner of the record for victories in national series (257) and Contreras’ coach in the Toros de Camagüey team.
Among the information provided by the CNB, it was reflected that in the current Series, up to now, 1,774 bases on balls have been awarded (200 more than in the previous one) and 463 errors have been made, which exceeds the 386 a year ago. year in similar cut (end of subseries 10). However, it stands out that fewer home runs have been connected (238) when compared to the 333 of the 60 Series.
The team with the best performance from one year to the next is Isla de la Juventud (+8), while Cienfuegos is the one that works the worst (-8).
It was also known of a readjustment with 28 pitchers who have a high number of shipments between last year and the current one. That is why the technical commission decided to regulate them in order to take care of those arms.
Failure to comply with the provisions in this regard will be confiscated the game in which the infraction is committed. This will be from next Saturday March 5th.
