The Dominican team confirmed on Tuesday afternoon the lineup it will lead for its third game in the World Baseball Classic against Israel, confirming that Juan Soto will be in that lineup, again as leadoff hitter.
The Dominican bomber of the San Diego Padres once again leads the offensive bet of the quisqueyanos. Just as he did against the Nicaraguan team in the match in which they won 6-1.
Between Monday and Tuesday there were conflicting positions on the participation of Juan Soto in the clash against Israel. Initially, the manager of the Dominican team, Rodney Linares, explained during a press conference prior to the game that Soto could not be in the game due to restrictions from the San Diego Padres. An affirmation even confirmed by Soto himself after the victory against Nicaragua.
However, on the morning of this Tuesday, the manager of the San Diego Padres, Bob Melvin, declared than the Californian team did not put restrictions the Dominican player Juan Soto to participate. He even confirmed that Soto can participate “in all matches” scheduled for the Dominican team.
Soto has been developing a stellar performance with the Dominican team in the World Classic. In the two games played by the Quisqueyan squad, two doubles against Venezuela on Saturday and this Monday he had two hits and a huge home run. Amen walked and scored three runs against Nicaragua. Thus totaling an average so far of .500 in the world joust.
