Holguín has its baseball team for National Championship
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The baseball team of Holguín for the next National Championship was formed today at a meeting held at the Pernik Hotel in this city, with the presence of Ernesto Santiesteban, first secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba in this territory.
The team's roster is made up of 40 players, with an average age of 27.3 years old, and it is the first team to be formed in the country within the integration calendar for the 61st edition of the National Baseball Championship, to begin January 23.
Hector Hernandez, director of the team, emphasized that in spite of the limitations due to the COVID-19, the scheduled practice sessions in the field and the confrontation in training games with several provinces were developed.
This allowed to specify technical and tactical details to be implemented in order to achieve the first qualification to the final stage of the tournament, he said.
For his part, Ernesto Santiesteban insisted that discipline on the playing field must be the main distinctive feature for the team, known in the country's baseball scene as Los Cachorros de Holguín, to achieve its objectives of qualifying as a first step towards the end of the competition.
List of players
Catchers: Franklin Aballe Sánchez, Henry Benítez Ruiz and Luis A Laffita Manresa.
Infielder: Yordan Manduley Escalona, Máikel Cáceres Dorsinet, Edilse Silva La O, Yéison Pacheco Massó, Ernesto Torres Velázquez, Adriel Hechavarría Sánchez, Ihuner Anache Charchaval, Marnolkis Aguiar Hernández and Michel Gorgüet Martínez.
Outfielders: Jorge Luis Peña Centray, Laindel Leyva Basulto, Yasiel González García, Leandro Aguilera Portilla, Edward Magaña Eyis and Dional Carballo Mora.
Pitchers: Starters: Urbirleydis Estévez Rodríguez (left-handed), Luis Ángel Gómez Gámez (z), Rubén Rodríguez Fonseca, Enmanuel Chapman Ayón and José Sánchez Arcia. Intermediate: Norge Luis Cobas Gámez (z), Michel A. Cabrera Rodríguez, Ramiro Rodríguez Rondón (rookie) and Jesús Pérez Riverón. Setters: Yunier Suárez Aguilar, Carlos E. Vera Herrera and Yadian Cambell Ravelo (left-handed, rookie). Closers: Yusmel Velázquez Aguilar and Wilson Paredes Céspedes.
Reserve: Catcher: Víctor Paz Pérez (n); infielders: Luis Raúl Domínguez Roble and Darío Pérez Redondo; outfielder: Luis M. Santiesteban Hernández (n); pitchers: Juan Luis Matos Matos (n); José A. Rodríguez Pozo, Luis Santos Cásica (n) and José M. Rodríguez Hernández (n).
Managers: Héctor Hernández Martín (director), Alfredo Martínez Laffita (physical trainer), Roinel Varona Miranda (third-place coach), Felicio García Sánchez (first-class coach), Eduardo Henry González Ramírez (bench coach), Orelvis Ávila Marrero and Oscar Gil Rey (pitching coaches).
Guido Hernández Montero (delegate), Fernando Hechavarría (batterer), Ramiro Pichardo Torres (doctor), Rubén D. González Valdés (physiotherapist), Jorge Luis Ramírez Almanza (psychologist), Kárel Sánchez Escalona (sabermetrician) and Leonardo A. París Johnson ( commissioner).
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