AREQUIPA, Peru – Cuban pitchers Yusniel Padrón and Raymond Figueredo were selected in the first two preparation games agreed upon in Ulsan, South Korea, as part of Cuba’s participation in the Premier 12 baseball tournament.
A report of sports medium Hit indicates that Padrón, one of those returned from other circuits, will debut on October 22 with the senior national team against LG Twins, champion of 2023 and third in the most recent season of the professional league in this country.
“I am enjoying this new experience, and I have felt good in the several bullpen sessions held, settling in and making adjustments to start games,” said the Cuban player.
For his part, Figueredo, star right-hander of the Industriales team and starter in the Italian Serie A with Parma Clima, will face NC Dinos on Wednesday, starter in 2020 and relegated to ninth and penultimate place in the 2024 South Korean campaign.
Likewise, coach Pedro Luis Lazo assured that the initiators of the matches are equally defined. scheduled for upcoming Friday, Saturday and Monday: Yoenni Yera, Darío Sarduy and Pavel Hernández.
“This means that of the six matches scheduled for the stay in Ulsan, only the designation is pending for the one on Tuesday, October 29, the closing of a segment to which those agreed against the home national team will be added, to be played first and two of November in Seoul,” highlights Hit.
Three more will follow in Taichung, Chinese Taipei: one against Aloong Industrial and two against Brothers Elephants. And two of them against the national team, in Taipei, home of group B of the Premier 12, which in addition to Cubans and locals will cheer on the current champion Japan, the Dominican Republic, Australia and South Korea.
The Premier 12, a tournament which replaced the Baseball World Cups of the old IBAF and which includes the 12 best in the ranking of the World Baseball and Softball Confederation (WBSC), will be played from November 10 to 24 in Japan , Taiwan and Mexico.
Cuba is included in group B, which is played in Japan and Taiwan, and also includes South Korea, Australia and the Dominican Republic.
It is the third participation of the Cubans in these tournaments where they have never managed to place themselves in the top four.
