CAMAGÜEY.- The pitcher Frank Madan is the only Camagüey's player called to the preselection from which the Cuba team will participate in the 3rd Caribbean Baseball Cup, to be played in Willemstad, capital of Curaçao, from April 17 to 24.
At a press conference at the Latin American Stadium in Havana, the National Baseball Commissioner, Ernesto Reinoso, reported the appointment of Armando Ferrer from Matanzas as manager of the national team to replace Miguel Borroto from Camagüey, and although he did not clarify if he would remain for the pre-Olympic , it is an open secret.
The exclusion of players and coaches from the Toros continued, as the names of Alexander Ayala, Yordanis Samón, Leslie Anderson, Yosimar Cousín and Pedro Luis Lazo are also missing compared to the last list from a year ago. Nor do players from this province appear with good results in the present 60 National Baseball Series, such as Humberto Bravo or Luis González Azcuy.
However, Reinoso explained to the press that this is not the final list with a view to the qualifying tournament of the Americas, which will be 60 players and will include athletes who play in professional leagues without contracts managed by the National Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation. · This "is a shortened list from the wide range of others such as Cepeda, Samón and Ayala," he told Prensa Latina.
At the meeting it was also announced that the final of the current campaign will begin on March 28 in Sancti Spíritus and six days before the players who do not belong to Matanzas and Granma will begin to train in the Latin American. Of the 36 summoned, 24 will make the trip to the small Caribbean island.
Cuba will begin its performance in the elite group of the Caribbean Cup facing the Dominican Republic on March 17 and then against Curaçao (18), Panama (19) and Puerto Rico (21) and then they will meet first against fourth and second against third to determine the finalists.
Here the preselection of 36
Catchers (4): Iván Prieto González (GRA), Rafael Viñales Álvarez (LTU), Andrys Pérez García (MTZ) and Yosvani Alarcón Tardío (LTU).
Infielders (11): Lisbán Correa Sánchez (IND), Guillermo Avilés Difurnó (GRA), César Prieto Echevarría (CFG), Santiago Torres Baena (SCU), Yordan Manduley Escalona (HOL), Luis Vicente Mateo Terry (CFG), Dayán García Ortega (ART), Pavel Quesada Pedroso (CFG), Yadil Mujica Díaz (MTZ), Daniel Pérez Pérez (CFG) and Andrés Hernández Díaz (IND).
Gardeners (7): Dennis Laza Spencer (MAY), Yasniel González Vega (MAY), Yoelkis Guibert Stevens (SCU), Roel Santos Martínez (GRA), Raico Santos Almeida (GRA), Yadir Drake Domínguez (MTZ) and Geyser Cepeda Lima (SSP).
Pitchers (14): Lázaro Blanco Matos (GRA), Carlos Juan Viera Álvarez (LTU), Yoanni Yera Montalvo (MTZ), Frank Madan Montejo (CMG), Pablo Luis Guillén Díaz (VCL), Bryan Chi Montoya (IND), Carlos Font Mustelier (SCU), Yunior Tur Pozo (SCU), Renner Rivero Estrada (MTZ), Marlon Vega Travieso (MAY), Dariel Fernández Baz (PRI), Frank Abel Álvarez Díaz (PRI), Naykel Cruz Saldívar (MTZ) and Yankiel Mauri Gutiérrez (SSP).
Translated by Linet Acuña Quilez