Cuban Federation will demand $10 million dollars from pitcher Yariel Rodríguez

TheCuban Baseball Federation will demand 10 million dollars from the pitcherYariel Rodriguez for the "damages and losses" caused by his decision not to join the Japanese franchise Chunichi Dragons, with which he had a contract.

This was made known by the domestic entity in astatement appeared on the official siteJit, where he announced that "we will demand rights and responsibilities" and described the event as "serious failure to comply with what was agreed for the period 2023-2024 between Dragons, the athlete and our Federation, which acts as their representative in the agreement".

Rodríguez served as the leader of the Cuban rotation in the recent World Classic, andyesterday it was news who cut ties with the national federation and the Dragons to try to sign with a Major League organization.

To achieve such purposes, Camagüey lawis already in the Dominican Republic, according to the report of journalist Francys Romero.

Based on this, the domestic federation has considered that this procedure "contradicts the efforts made for Yariel to develop in a high-level league like Japan, and from there support the Cuban national team."

The note addsfragments of the contract signed by the parties where it is established that "the athlete recognizes and accepts that compliance with this contract begins from the moment he leaves Cuba for Japan and that it ends upon his return to Cuba", and that "he accepts that in the event of non-compliance with the contract on his part without cause justified, at the discretion of the Federation, may not be hired by any other club or third parties without the express authorization of the Federation."