Cuban Raidel Martínez let out on Thursday an opportunity to continue consolidating his excellent campaign in the Japan Professional Baseball League (NPB, for its acronym in English), loading with the setback of Yomiuri giants before Chunichi dragons.
In the Valentin Dome, in the city of Nagoya, the Pinareño right was called to preserve the advantage against its former team, but in the tenth episode tolerated a two-run home run that sentenced the victory of the dragons, with a 7-6 blackboard, reports The Specialized Website Japanese baseball.
In this way, the stellar closer, who debuted this year with the giants, saw his an average effectiveness grow up to 1.41, and his balance of triumphs and setbacks was 2-3, according to the official statistics of the tournament.
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Raidel Martínez already has 4 consecutive seasons with at least 30 saved and needs only 4 more bailouts to reach 200 for life in the #NPB. He already occupies the eleventh place of all time in that department in Japanese baseball. pic.twitter.com/c9wymysjy7– Japanese Baseball.com (@beisboljapones) July 30, 2025
The Vueltabajero also files 30 saved games, a figure that confirms him as one of the most reliable closures of the Professional Circuit of the Asian Nation, as he has exceeded that figure in the four most recent seasons.
Despite the stumbling block, Raidel remains as a leader in the setting department of everyone the tournament, with two advantage over his former companion Shinya Matzuyama.
This year the Cuban equaled the historical ceiling of consecutive presentations without allowing notes, corresponding to the Central League, reaching 31.
That total domain was broken in early July, when he loaded with the reverse against Hanshin’s tigers, allowing two hits and giving a ticket, combined with a high sacrifice.
In this way, the possibility of taking over the absolute record of that section, which is 39 presentations held by Kaima Taira (Lions of Seibú) since 2021.
His performance in the current year allowed him to be chosen to participate for the fourth time in the series of the stars, and became surprisingly the second Cuban designated to open in that type of matches.
Raidel landed in Japanese professional baseball in 2018, and in his first seven campaigns he defended the colors of dragons with excellent result.
In its service sheet, it exhibits a historical effectiveness of 1.63 clean races per game, and accumulates the impressive figure of 196 bailouts, a figure that places it among the best in history in the role of relief.
His salvado record was set last year, when he signed 43.
