Havana, June 14 (PL) - Position players Bárbaro Arruebarruena and Yoelkis Guibert lead the Cuban national team announced for the baseball tournament of the Central American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador 2023.IT)
Along with the bullpen Arruebarruena and outfielder Guibert are also included other players who participated in the past V World Classic, in which the so-called Team Asere occupied an outstanding fourth position.
They are infielders Yadir Mujica, Dayán García and Luis Vicente Mateo, outfielders Yurisbel Gracial and Roel Santos, catcher Andrys Pérez and pitchers Carlos Juan Viera, Yoennis Yera, Naikel Cruz, José Ramón Rodríguez and Yeudis Reyes.
The team's director, Armando Johnson, highlighted the versatility of the group, whose selection was marked by the early registration process required by the organizers of the multi-sport event, the main reason why some players with outstanding results in the current national series are not included in the roster.
Juan Reinaldo Pérez, president of the Cuban Baseball Federation, said that at all times the attendance in the current national season was weighted, but the assessment is not only focused on the numerical performance, but on the necessary balance between individual results and the technical-strategic projection of the chosen ninth team.
The baseball tournament of this multi-sport event will be of great quality and high competitive level, assured by the rivals that will dispute the title and the four tickets that will grant the lid for the Pan American Games of Santiago de Chile 2023, scheduled for next October, said Perez Pardo.
Those who try to demerit the baseball tournament in Salvadoran lands are wrong, just check who will play: teams from Mexico, Dominican Republic, Nicaragua, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico, Curacao, Venezuela and Cuba, all among the best on the planet, plus the hosts (El Salvador) only of lesser quality, said the Cuban federation.
The San Salvador 2023 baseball tournament will start on June 24 with the Mexico-Cuba game and will be played on a round-robin basis.
The first two at the end of the round robin phase will play for the title, while third and fourth will play for bronze, both games scheduled for July 1.
List of Cuba's team for San Salvador 2023:
Catchers: Andrys Perez and Yunior Ibarra.
Infielders: Yasniel González, Guillermo Avilés, Yadir Mujica, Yordan Manduley, Barbaro Erisbel Arruebarruena, Luis Vicente Mateo, Dayán García.
Outfielders: Yurisbel Gracial, Raico Santos, Roel Santos and Yoelkis Guibert.
