Spring Training is bringing good emotions for the followers of Cuban baseball players in the Major Leagues, which on Sunday alone saw 11 of those born on the island in action, among whom stood outAroldis Chapman, Andy Ibanez, Andy Pages, Nestor Cortés Jr. andJose Barrero.
This weekend,Chapman approached 100.5 miles per hour (mph), in the match that his team, the Pittsburgh Pirates, held against the Baltimore Orioles.
The one nicknamed “The Missile” decreased his ERA to 4.50 (one clean in two innings), while his splitter reached 90.7 mph.
Another Cuban standout was theinfielder the Detroit TigersAndy Ibanez, which took the ball out of the stadium, demonstrating in the last matches a promising offense for its team.
On his visit to George M. Steinbrenner Field to face the New York Yankees, Ibáñez lined up second in the batting order and played first.
From the first turn he took to the box against Cuban left-hander Néstor Cortés Jr., with aout on the scoreboard and the score was 1-0, he did not forgive a shot insweeper of 76.9 mph that stayed in the middle, to hit a home run through left field and make the score 1-0 in favor of the Detroit Tigers.
With this home run,The Cuban reached three and four RBIs in which he goes fromSpring Training.
For his part, Cortés Jr., despite having an excellent performance during four innings, in which he only got one hit, precisely Ibañez's home run, could not prevent the defeat of the New York Yankees, 7-2, against the Detroit Tigers.
Cortés Jr. struck out three opponents and walked one. He decreased his ERA to 4.05 (3 earned in 6.2 innings), struck out seven and improved his WHIP to 1.35, reflects the digital portalSwing Completo.
Another highlight was the prospectusAndy Pages, who hit his second home run on Saturday and reached eight RBI. In addition to scoring a hit and being important for the runs his Los Angeles Dodgers team made.
At just 23 years old and with 401 games in the Minor Leagues, he has already accumulated 89 full-round hits and 284 RBIs.
His average is .462, the product of six hits in 13 at-bats. Of those six hits, four are extra-base hits, one double, one triple and two home runs. In addition, he has eight RBIs, six runs scored, one walk and five strikeouts, he clarifies.Swing Completo.
However, in a recent announcement of cuts to the Dodgers' roster for the following season, the Cuban was “opted” and for the moment will not be able to join the big team that will fight in the following MLB season.
Finally, the also CubanJose Barrero hit a home run in his fight for a spot on the Cincinnati Reds roster.
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