MAZATLÁN – Capture of free agent Yadier Molina, who strengthens Creole from Caguas, is 100% focused on the Puerto Rican representative and, for now, does not see beyond winning the title in the Caribbean Series.
Molina, a receiver with a career worthy of being immortal in the Cooperstown Hall of Fame, is a free agent after 17 years in the major leagues and, for now, is not thinking about what could happen in the future.
“I’m focused on winning the Caribbean Series, I’m 100 percent with the team, I’m just thinking about winning this tournament,” Molina told a news conference after Criollos’ 5-1 defeat to Republican Águilas Cibaeñas. . Dominican.
“After the tournament passes, you sit down and think about what is happening,” added the winner of the gold glove as a catcher in the National League with Cardinals St. Louis.
Molina returned to a series in the Caribbean after a 15-year absence since joining the Carolina Giants in 2006 in Venezuela. He was active in six games and hit .188, with three hits in 18 bats,
“(Coming back) it feels really nice to be here, happy to be in Mexico and playing for Puerto Rico, which has so much talent,” Molina said.
“I feel very happy to be here in Mazatlán, Mexico, with the beautiful Mexican fans and to play the baseball one dreamed of,” he added nine times to the Major League All-Star Game.
Molina played in Puerto Rico this year, after not doing so since 2012, when she participated in 14 games with Carolina, hitting 2 rounds at home and leading in 10 rounds.
“I’m very proud to be here, very honored to be here, sharing with this amazing Criollos de Caguas team representing Puerto Rico, it’s really something you always want to play in this kind of childhood event.”
In the game against the Dominican Republic, Molina had to hit Carlos Martínez, “Tsunami”, whom he caught for over 100 games in 2013 with cardinals in the major leagues.
“I’ve played in the World Classic before and it’s really very rare, you spend a lot of time with them, but you have to be professional and try to do everything you can for your team. That’s what you have to do and that’s what we did, “he said.
Against Martinez he hit in the first half, prevented short stops in the fourth and in the eighth he hit a flyout on the warning field on the central field that marks a distance of 400 feet at the Mariscal Teodoro Stadium.