Player who had been suspended in Cuba for a failed escape attempt escapes the country

The Cuban baseball playerJulian Quintana, who in 2022 was sanctioned by the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) to two years without being able to play on the island after a failed escape attempt, left Cuba in recent days heading toDominican Republic with the intention of signing for some teamBig leagues, as announced in hisweb the sports journalist Francys Romero.

“He is a pitcher with potential and physicality”Romero said about the baseball player, who was a pitcher for the Mayabeque Hurricanes for three seasons in national series.

The aforementioned source specified that Quintana, who in the last National Series won eight games and had 51 strikeouts in 80innings, “He exceeds 90 miles of speed and has an arsenal of excellent breaking pitches.”

Yulián Quitana was part of the U-23 national team at the Aguascalientes Pre-World Cup, in Mexico, in June of last year, where he recorded an ERA of 1.83 during 7.2 innings, with seven strikeouts in three games against Venezuela, Mexico and Nicaragua.

However, everything went wrong whenThe young man carried out a failed escape in the company of his colleague Javier Carabeo.Both were accused of trying to escape from the hotel where they were staying. However, both Quintana and Carabeo continued playing until the end of the tournament.

And the team had already sufferedthe low of Alfredo Fadraga and Yosvani Avalos, who escaped and then wentreturned to Cuba after being captured by Mexican authorities.

After returning to Cuba, both Quitana and Carabeo weresanctioned to two years without being able to take part in any competition in the country.

"Although everything seemed lost, Quintana was able to leave the island. At 23 years old he has the potential for a signature. Now he will have to spend some time training, perfecting his tools, getting his body in shape and then apply for free agency.", says Francys Romero now.

Quintana, who is 6'3 tall and weighs 180 pounds, will be training at Academia Felipense 4:13 and his agent will be Cristian Alcántara.

"In a few months he could be impressing MLB scouts and thinking about a professional career. He needs to make up for lost time and regain confidence [...] he has a whole future ahead of him and, surely, endless opportunities that will open him up." will allow us to reach baseball in the United States in the not so distant future," Romero concluded.

Quintana is one of the many players who have left Cuba in 2023. This same weekend it was in the newsthe departure of three other promising baseball players.

In 2022, more than a hundred Cuban baseball players left the country in search of a professional signature.

Yulián Quintana's partner in last year's failed escape attempt, Cuban catcher Javier Carabeo, also left the country. In your caseHe arrived in the United States in November of last year. after a migratory journey that had begun at the beginning of October.