Cuban Luis Danys Morales is very close to fulfilling his greatest dream as a baseball player, because this Thursday he was promoted to the team of athletics in the Major Leagues (MLB).
The only 22 -year -old leaflet, born in the province of Holguín, received the desired call after two years linked to the team, and must be activated this Friday in the Roster, according to the information published in his social media profiles by the journalist Francys Romero.
Morales has traveled this season through the double and triple A levels, with a balance of 7-3 and leaving an effectiveness of 3.73 clean races per game (89.1 IP; 37 er), according to statistics reflected For the Cuban Ball Specialized Website.
In 23 presentations -14 as a starter- Add 107 strikeouts and the rivals barely beat him for .207, in addition to exhibiting an excellent 1.14 whip.
Upon completing its activation in MLB, Luis Danys will become the Cuban number 25 that defends the colors of athletics, and sixth in the last 25 years.
At that time they have paraded by Oakland Yoenis Céspedes, Yander Alonso, Kendrys Morales, Norge Luis Ruiz and surmys Díaz.
In turn, he will become the player born in Cuba number 31 in see action during the current campaign of the main professional circuit of the world, and the fifth debutant, along with Edgar Quero, Victor Mesa Jr, Lázaro Estrada and Yanquiel Fernández.
The wait ends
Luis Dannys signed a contract with the then Athletics of Oakland – the franchise was recently moved to California – on January 15, 2023 for three million dollars.
In this way, his bonus became a reference among the pitchers after establishing the restrictions in international periods, exceeding the 2.61 million received by the Matancero Sandy Gastón in 2018.
Prior to that agreement, the young man had demonstrated his talent in Cuba during his stage as youth, which led him to debut in the 60 National Series with the Sancti Spíritus team.
The pitcher was the first of the 12 players who left the Cuban team in 2021, before and after the World Cup of the Sub-23 category, held in Mexico.
Thanks to its growth, which has led him to reach 100 miles per hour of speed in his releases, he was selected to participate in the game of future MLB stars, held last year.
