As the current season of the Major Leagues (MLB) Several Cuban players begin to leave their mark assuming important roles within their respective teams.
One of them has been the pitcher Yennier Cano, who on Saturday pointed his room Hold In the contest, after launching an entrance without shocks to the reds of Cincinnati, decisive in the triumph of the Baltimore Orioles with 9-5 slate.
Beautiful Day for a Dub. pic.twitter.com/s8dmCGQBMP
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The Avileño right -hander barely tolerated a hit in the eighth chapter, which sealed with a punch in front of the Dominican Elly de la Cruz, and kept the racing locker allowed intact so far as campaign.
Cuban’s domain over rival batters is reflected in the numbers, because in 8.1 action inputs exhibits a 0.72 whip, in addition to registering eight strikeouts and just a ticket.
During the last two Cano campaigns it has become a benchmark for the second -line pitching of the Orioles, signing 31 and 34 Holds, respectively, with participation in more than 70 games of the team.
In both courses he struck 65 rivals, who registered an offensive average below .250, according to the Official statistics.
Chapman, the fastest with Boston
The arrival of Aroldis Chapman To Boston’s red socks, expectations are fulfilling, as Cuban’s ability to close matches has not accused symptoms of loss.
Another virtue of the holguinero who remains intact is his impressive speed, because in the day he signed the fastest launch of a serpentinero with that franchise since in 2008 the compilation of that data began.
Aroldis Chapman became the pitcher with the fastest pitching of the Boston Red Sox franchise since 2008 (Pitch Tracking Era).
“The missile” reached 102.3 MPH surpassing Joe Kelly who held 102.2 mph in 2017. pic.twitter.com/04yhmnham0
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It happened in the ninth episode of the duel won by Boston to the Chicago White Sox (4-3) when the Cuban sent a four seam line to Chase Meidroth that arrived at 102.3 miles per hour.
The shot erased from the books the previous brand of 102.2 that remained in the hands of Joe Kelly since April 2017, and certifies the excellent start of El Missile in the current course, as evidenced by their numbers.
Two victories and four bailouts appear in their line, next to an average effectiveness of 1.08. For more luster, he has seven consecutive presentations stipping at least one batter, and goes for 13 in just 8.1 entries.
Another Cuban, the debutante Edgar Quero, connected a double without consequences, and in the duel the gardener Luis Robert Jr. connected a winding.
José Adolis Silencia to the Dodgers
The consolidation of the Cuban José Adolis García as one of the key figures in the Roster of the Texas Rangers had a new sample when the Avileño dispatched a two -run homer on the ninth act that left the Los Angeles Dodgers on the ground on Saturday.
For the gardener, he meant the fourth full turn of the entire season, but also the entrance to a select group within the Californian franchise.
Review the journalist Francys Romero on his social networks that was the fifth Walk off HR of El Bombi with that flannel, something that only two players of recognized experience had previously achieved: the Dominican Nelson Cruz and the Puerto Rican Juan González.
Only Don Lock surpasses them with six batches with those characteristics.
Other lights of the day
Part of the spotlights on the new MLB date were on the Camagüeyan launcher Yarel Rodríguez, apparently recovered from an uncertain start to the season with the Toronto tiles.
The right-hander raffled without setbacks two acting entries in the defeat of his team with a 4-8 board against the Seattle sailors, who served to reduce his average clean races per game up to 4.82.
Another good performance from the box was pointed out by Raisel Iglesias adding his fourth rescue of the course, this time to ensure the 4-3 victory of the Atlanta Braves over the Minnesota twins.
In this way, the Pinero right reached 228 salvages in the best baseball in the world, and continues to improve its position among the best 50 in history in that department.
At the non -negligible figure of 800 hits in the MLB, Yandy Díaz arrived in the day, to become the Cuban number 26 that achieves that mark in the demanding circuit.
