Pedro G. Briceño
Los Gigantes del Cibao selected pitcher César Valdez as the first player drawn in the draw organized on Tuesday organized by the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic.
Valdez, who in the 2019-20 campaign was the pitcher of the year in the winter tournament, will strengthen the starting rotation or the relief in the northeast, as used by manager Luis Urueta in the semifinal series of the tournament, which will start the next two in January.
Together with the experienced pitcher, the players belonging to the two disqualified teams, Licey and Escogido, David Kubiak, pitcher for Aguila, were chosen in the first round. Yermín Mercedes, catcher, for Bulls and Enny Romero, pitcher, for Stars.
In the second round, Las Aguilas took first and took the services of Luis Liberato, outfield; Then the Bulls took Steve Wilson, the liberator; Paquidermos chose veteran Ervin Santana, and the Giants took José Rafael Díaz (Jumbo).
In the next election, the Romans chose the first and grabbed Jairo Asencio, the leader of rescues in the history of the Dominican ball; the green team selected Hansel Robles, reliever; The giants bought Gabriel Arias, a pitcher, and Aguila signed David Paulino.
Other rounds
In the fourth round, it was up to Paquidermos to take the first and they seized Michael De la Cruz, the catcher; the second pick was Bulls veteran Fernando Rodney; the third selected was Edward Paredes for Aguila and the Nordestans finished the round taking Ulises Joaquín.
In the penultimate selection, the Giants did it from the first and grabbed Jonathan Ceshire, pitcher; While Rhiner Cruz, the pitcher was chosen by the Eagles, Austin Bibens Dirk, also a mound, will return to the ranks of Toros and Stars signed first baseman Adderlin Rodriguez.
This year’s draw ended with the election of Lisalberto Bonilla, pitcher for Aguila; Melky Mesa, outfielder was chosen by the Giants; Frank Garcés, pitcher, was signed by Estrellas, and veteran ulcer Alfredo Simón will perform with Toros.
Jesus Mejia, (Giants); Angel Ovalles (Aguilas), Raymond Abreu (Bulls), as well as Manny Acta and Félix Peguero (Stars) each represented their team in the draw.
Ildefonso Ureña was the driver, while Jorge Torres, technical director of the Professional Baseball League, was the coordinator. The project was televised on CDN SportsMax.
48 available
A total of 48 players were available and teams had to sign at least three native players each.
This year’s project was carried out in a different format from the previous one, as this time there was only one draw.
The semifinals start this Saturday, January 2 and will face the Bulls against the Eagles, while the Stars will compete against the Giants, both will be agreed at 7-4.
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The Giants teams
Pos. Player
Cesar Valdez P
Jumbo Diaz P
Gabriel Arías P
Ulises Joaquin P
Jonathan Ceshire P
Melky Mesa OF
eagle
David Kubiak P
Luis Liberato OF
David Paulino P
Edward Paredes P
Rhiner Cruz P
Lisalberto Bonilla P
bulls
Yermin Mercedes C
Steve Wilson P
Jairo Asencio P
Fernando Rodney P
Austin Drinking Dirk P
Alfredo Simon P
Stars
Enny Romero P
Ervin Santana P
Hanser Robles P
Michael De la Cruz C
Adderlin Rodriguez 1B
Frank Garcés P