Five more Cuban baseball players joined the long list of dropouts in recent weeks. The experienced Héctor Miguel Ponce, Javier Camero and Edwin Vassell are already in the United States, revealed the journalist Francys Romerowhile Ernest Machado and Erik Matos settled in the Dominican Republic.
Ponce is a reference pitcher for the Industriales team and between 2021 and 2022 he also participated in the Italian circuit, where he played for Cagliari and Brescia. He left a mark with a pitching average of 127.2 innings Y poncho to 138 batters.
This is the second outing for this habanero, since in 2016 he already sought his fortune abroad. However, after a few months and due to the disinterest of foreign teams in hiring him, he decided to return to Cuba. The director Guillermo Carmona included him in January of this year in his list of pitchers, proclaiming that his staff “it had nine exponents capable of working over 90 miles” and had what was necessary to “minimize the impacts of some absences”, published by the official media Hit.
Camero was key in the Matanzas national title two years ago. The commentator of the extinct Metropolitan team, Iván Alonso, called this outfielder “the elegant man with the wood”, because he said that he “emerged as a star from the youth world championships”. according to Full Swing. Specialists refer to this athlete as an “explosive and punchy” man on the playing field.
“Most likely, and with the prevailing economic situation in Cuba, half of the members of this U-15 team will end up leaving the country,” Romero stressed.
“Camero was involved in two matches in the current Elite League with Centrales. After that he set out on his way to the United States. He is 32 years old and in his last three National Series he hit more than .300 with Matanzas,” said Francys Romero.
For his part, Vassell had a place within the Cienfuegos team. Like Ponce, this player had already tried his luck in the Venezuelan Professional League in 2015, but as it was not expected, he returned to the Island. Today he is in the United States, where he is looking for a better future.
This Tuesday, the stay in the Dominican Republic of U-15 baseball players, Ernest Machado and Erik Matos, was also confirmed. With these outings “there are already five members of the last World Cup” in the youth category who are looking for better opportunities for sports development abroad, according to FR Baseball!
“Most likely, and with the prevailing economic situation in Cuba, half of the members of this team will end up leaving the country,” Romero stressed.
In the U-15 World Cup held in Mexico, Machado threw 3.1 innings without allowing runs or extra-base hits. This right-hander from the province of Artemisa has qualities and hopes to perfect his game in the Dominican Republic.
Matos, meanwhile, at 15 years old, has a privileged forehand and has set casts of between 88 and 90 miles.
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