This Sunday it was confirmed that Yan Carlos Valle, Alex Santiago Acosta and Jonathan Echavarría left the island for the Dominican Republic. So far in 2022, “more than 100 baseball players from different categories have emigrated through various routes,” recalled journalist Francys Romero.
“The Cuban baseball player continues to trust that there is a better future outside his country than inside it,” warned the specialist a FR Baseball! “Apparently they will continue to emigrate as a large part of Cuban society continues to do.”
Valle is a native of Villa Clara and was part of the Cuban squad in the U-15 Pre-World Cup in Venezuela. In seven at bats he got a hit and a race. Analysts rank him as one of the defensive receivers with the most future. He was on the delegation list for the U-15 World Cup, but the covid-19 cut short this opportunity.
Acosta is a left-handed pitcher who in the 15-year-old category recorded an average of 21.2 innings with a 2.49 ERA and 32 strikeouts. “He has in his repertoire a fastball between 84 and 86 miles and also has a splitter outstanding,” Romero said.
The results of the last six years do not exist. The last international competition that Cuba won was in 2016 the U-15 World Cup,” Romero said.
Echavarría integrated Cuban teams in the lower categories. He looks to the Dominican Republic to perfect his game, although he already has experience in tournaments in the Bahamas, Curaçao and Mexico. “He has power in his hands, as well as above-average speed and can play multiple positions,” the analyst said.
At the beginning of November, the communicator questioned the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) for the lack of results in the last six years. Facing the formation of the national team for the World Classic, the president of the FCB, Juan Reinaldo Pérez, said that he would join the team “according to technical-tactical needs.”
“Right now everything needs to be reformed,” said the journalist in a video that he uploaded to his Facebook account. “The results of the last six years do not exist. The last international competition that Cuba won was the U-15 World Cup in 2016.”
The regime was forced to resort to players who play abroad, some of them members of the Association of Professionals for the event. Andy Ibanez and Yoan Lopezmembers of the US Major League Baseball, were separated after confirming their acceptance to play with Cuba in the World Classic.
The cause of this rapprochement with Cuban baseball players abroad is the exodus of athletes, said pitcher Raisel Iglesias, one of the members of the association. “They know that with the baseball players who are on the Island they don’t count for having a competitive team.”
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