Cuba has announced its team for the Caribbean Baseball Cup in Curaçao and the preselection from which the one who will look for an Olympic ticket at the continental tournament agreed for the United States will come out.
National Commissioner Ernesto Reinoso explained that the rescheduling of the first of these events required variations in the strategy originally conceived, given its coincidence with the time identified to manage, in a third country, the visa for the qualifying tour to Tokyo.
However, he said members of the group who will travel to Willemstad, the capital of Curacao, would be eligible if a specific appeal is required for the one who will be at the continental fair requested for Florida or for the world qualification that will follow in Taipei. Chinese.
According to Jit, the manager said that in both groups, which will focus on Sunday at Matanzas, consecrated, are distributed talents and protagonists of good performances in the 60 national series.
He claimed that the appointment of the director in the pre-Olympic Games will be decided in the middle of next week, after a meeting with the coaching staff, which includes Carlos Martí and Armando Ferrer, although both will remain in the group.
He said that steps are still being taken to ensure that players are employed abroad without the protection of the Cuban federation, always adapting to very specific needs, and preparatory meetings are coordinated in Mexico, during immigration proceedings, and at the venue of the stopped play.
On northern soil, Cuba will be part of group B, along with Canada, Colombia and Venezuela, and A will be made up of the United States, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Nicaragua.
The first two in each series will advance to a super round which, in addition to beating a direct ticket, will reward the occupants of the second and third places with the participation in the last pre-Olympic tournament, in Chinese Taipei, in April. in itself and which will award the last market in Tokyo.
CARIBBEAN CUP TEAM (Curaçao, May 8-15)
Receivers: Iván Prieto González (GRA), Andry Pérez García (MTZ) and Osvaldo Vázquez Torres (CAV).
Infielders: Guillermo García García (GRA), Daniel Pérez Pérez (CFG), Santiago Torres Baena (SCU), Luis Vicente Mateo Terry (CFG), Osvaldo Abreu Sánchez (GRA), Pavel Quesada Pedroso (CFG), Juan Carlos Arencibia Echearría (PRI) .
Garden: Yasniel González Vega (MAI), Geisel Cepeda Lima (SSP), Yoelkis Guibert Stevens (SCU), Dennis Laza Spencer (MAI).
Launchers: Pablo Luis Guillén (VCL), Marlon Vega Travieso (MAI), César Luis García Rondón (GRA), Yankiel Mauri Gutiérrez (SSP), Yander Guevara Morales (CAV), Naykel Yoel Cruz Zaldívar (MTZ), Frank Abel Álvarez Díaz (PRI )), Renner Rivero Estrada (MTZ), Yadián Martínez Pérez (MAI) and Dariel Fernández Bass (PRI).
Coaching staff:
Director: Pablo Alberto Civil Espinosa (LTU). Trainers: Alexis Garro Menéndez (MTZ), Jorge Hierrezuelo Tamayo (LTU), Ciro Silvino Licea González (GRA), Rodolfo Correa Lobaina (LTU), Carlos Martín Álvarez (CNB).
PRE-SELECTION FOR THE AMERICAN PRE-OLYMPICS (United States, May 31 – June 5)
Receivers: Ariel Martínez Marrero (MTZ), Yosvani Alarcón Tardío (LTU), Rafael Viñales Álvarez (LTU) and Luis Gómez Pérez (CMG).
Infielders: Lisbán Correa Sánchez (IND), Yordanis Samón Matamoros (CMG), Guillermo Avilés Difurnó (GRA), César Prieto Echevarría (CFG), Bárbaro Erisbel Arruebarrena Escalante (MTZ), Yordan Manduley Escalona (HOL), Alexander Ayala García (CMG), Yurisbel Gracial García (MTZ), Yadir Orestes Mujica Díaz (MTZ), Dayán García Ortega (ART), Raúl González Isidoria (CAV), Jefferson Delgado Castañeda (MTZ) and Humberto Bravo Riquene (CMG).
Garden: Frederich Cepeda Cruz (SSP), Roel Santos Martínez (GRA), Raico Santos Almeida (GRA), Alfredo Despaigne Rodríguez (GRA), Yadir Drake Domínguez (MTZ), Yosvani Peñalver Darcourt (IND) and Loidel Chapellí Zulueta (CMG).
Launchers: Yunior Tur Pozo (SCU), Andy Amaury Rodríguez Valdés (IND), Yoen Socarrás Suárez (SSP), Yoanni Yera Montalvo (MTZ), Brian Anthony Chi Montoya (IND), Carlos Juan Viera Álvarez (LTU), Frank Madan Montejo (CMG )), Yudiel Rodríguez León (LTU), Carlos Font Mustelier (SCU), Raidel Martínez Pérez (PRI), Lázaro Blanco Matos (GRA), Yariel Rodríguez Yordi (CMG), Liván Moinelo Pita (PRI) and Pavel Hernández Bruces (IND ).
Coaching staff: Armando Jesús Ferrer Ruz (MTZ), Carlos Manuel Martí Santos (GRA), Ricardo Elaín Eizmendiz Domínguez (CNB), José Hernández Lezcano (CAV), Alexander Ramos Rabell (IJV), Raciel Sánchez Echevarría (PRI) and Jesús Salgado Sánchez (MTZ )).