Madrid Spain.- Players Javier Carabeo and Yulián Quintana were sanctioned for two years without playing baseball in Cuba for trying to leave the Ramada hotel, where they were staying in Aguascalientes, Mexico, during the U-23 Pan American Baseball Championship last June.
The journalist specialized in this sport, Frances Romeroin announcing the news, criticized the Cuban sports authorities for the excessive sanction, despite the fact that, conveniently, they let them finish the competition after the escape attempt.
“The players were used until the end of the tournament despite having been surprised,” says Romero.
The Mayabeque catcher Javier Carabeo (23 years old) and the pitcher Yulián Quintana (21 years old), also from Mayabeque, “receive a sanction higher than that of Alfredo Fadraga and Yosvani Ávalos, who did leave the hotel and were deported to Cuba,” he points out. also Romero referring to the arbitrariness of the Cuban sports system.
Sources: Javier Carabeo (23) and Yulián Quintana (21) were sanctioned for 2 years without playing baseball in Cuba for an attempt to leave the hotel where they were staying in Aguascalientes, Mexico during the U-23 World Cup last June.
— Francys Romero (@francysromeroFR) July 19, 2022
Fadraga and Ávalos, also members of the Cuba team that participated in the Pan American Championship, were captured by the Public Security Secretariat of Aguas Calientes, at the request of the Cuban regime, after they left the Ramada hotel, to which they were returned a day later.
The Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) subsequently reported on your return to the Island without finishing the tournament and described his decision as a lack “of the commitment made with the delegation and the homeland.”
The note also indicated that the players “incurred in reprehensible acts,” which are condemned by the Cuban authorities “since the decision not to give in to this or other obstacles.”
Alfredo Fadraga and Yosvani Ávalos, both representing the Ciego de Ávila team, were two of the prospects that exhibited the best performance in the last National Baseball Series. The former had 21 home runs and 58 RBIs, with a .315 batting average, while the latter pitched for a 2.56 ERA with 10 saves.
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