A constant scholar, Ricardo Eizmendiz, head coach of Cuban baseball, commented exclusively with ACN on the marked interest that exists in taking care of the arms of those who serve as pitchers in the current LXI National Series.
“The technical commission has a database with all the pitching staffs in the country, in which the daily shipments of each pitcher, both starters and bullpens, are kept.”
We have made a readjustment with 28 athletes that appear in a list in which, from last year to the current series, they have a very high number of throws; That includes pitchers with immediate prospects and others who were injured last season and have just returned, Eizmendiz said.
Undoubtedly, the head coach was referring to pitchers such as Sancti Spiritus Yankiel Mauri, Naykel Cruz from Matanzas, or the young closers Marlon Vega (MAY) and Luis Fonseca (SCU), the latter used in two games on the same day.
The director explained that measures have been taken to try to regulate the launches and thus take better care of the arms, because among them there are figures of great importance for international events, both in the under 23 category and in the senior team.
“In the World Baseball Classic, we verified that the rival pitchers have a delivery regulation stipulated in their respective professional leagues, in which there is a study of the extreme fatigue method.”
If a shooter possesses it, they do not release him to participate, even in a Caribbean Series, as happens with figures from Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, he said.
And in the cases of pitchers who are allowed to attend, they regulate their performance, so that they do not get injured, Eizmendiz sentenced.
In our series there is an advantage, and it is the existence of a pitching regulation, but what was done this year was readjust it a little more, because it is vital to take care of those young arms, warned the head coach of Cuban baseball.
