One day after the start of the 61st National Baseball Series, the escape of Cuban baseball players Yunior Tur and Yosimar Cousín, who had been unaccounted for since the beginning of this year, was confirmed. “They arrived in the Dominican Republic a few hours ago,” Close sources confirmed this Monday to the journalist Francys Romero.
They were two of the best pitchers that remained in Cuba among those who have experience in National Series”, published the sports portal Cuban ball. “In the Dominican they will be among the most sought after scouts“of teams from the Major Leagues of the USA and Canada.
Tur and Cousín did not report to their respective teams the first week of January. The first was dropped from the ninth in Santiago de Cuba, while the second was erased from its squad by the Camagüey team. From the beginning there was speculation of the abandonment of the Island.
These athletes were excluded from the so-called “patriot team” formed by manager Eriel Sánchez for the U-23 World Cup held last September in the northern state of Sonora (Mexico) and that represented the worst bloodletting in Cuban baseball with 12 leaks. Tur y Cousín were questioned for their “discipline.”
In October 2021, the sports director of the Mexican team Charros, Ray Padilla, made known the interest in Cousín, but said that the transfer did not materialize because the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) had him “punished” and could not “go out or be loaned to any team”, despite the fact that months ago he was the FCB which offered them as an option.
“They were two of the best pitchers left in Cuba among those who have experience in National Series,” published the sports portal Pelota Cubana
The news reached the natural player from Camagüey, who asked the directors for an explanation about the refusal and received as a response: “You are blocked” from leaving. “They have me signed,” he explained at that time, in which he came to consider “not continue playing ball.”
Tur went through something similar. After his exclusion from the national teams, he questioned coach Eriel Sánchez for not offering him any explanation. “I have never committed any indiscipline, but they don’t want to take me to the national teams either,” he told SwingFull. Padilla, who had him among the options to reinforce Charros, was notified that the native of Santiago de Cuba “was not available.”
The Mexican director did not rule out the incorporation of the baseball players to his Mexican team now that they left Cuba, but “castling is complicated at the moment, although we will closely follow their development.”
The statistics place Tur with an ERA “2.11 in 38.1 innings with Santiago de Cuba in 2021, in which he struck out 45 batters and saved 14 games,” he highlighted. FR Baseball. “Cousín in six seasons with Camagüey has potential as a starter and experience, as well as an excellent arm.”
On the other hand, this Tuesday the contract of Oscar Luis Colás with the Chicago White Sox team for 2.7 million dollars was made official in the Dominican Republic. The left-handed batter left the Island legally in January 2020 and had played with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Japan Professional League until he got free agency.
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