Former Major League Baseball player Erisbel Arruebarruena chosen as the best player in Cuba in 2023

The Cienfuegos torpedo boat andFormer Major League player Erisbel Arruebarruena was chosenbest player in Cuba during 2023, as announced by theNational Baseball Commission (CNB).

Arruebarruena, who since his return to baseball on the island defends the colors of theMatanzas Crocodiles, had outstanding guarisms in his participations as a member of thenational team to the V World Classic, in which Cuba finished in fourth place, noted a note from the sports portalJIT.

During this event, “El Grillo”, the nickname by which he is known, participated in six games and had 22 at-bats. He scored four runs, had eight hits, including a home run, and drove in three runs, for a .364 average, according to the league's website.World Baseball Classic.

For the election, Cuban baseball officials also observed the shortstop's performance in thetitle achieved by Cuba in the Caribbean Cup held in Puerto Rico and second place in theCentral American and Caribbean Games of San Salvador.

His participation in thePanamerican Games She was unable to perform due to an injury to her right arm due to the diabetes mellitus she suffers from. This issue led the delegation's medical team to decide that it was not fit to face the event.

In the domestic classic, the62 National Series, Arruebarruena was part of the Matanzas Crocodiles, which occupied fourth position in the general table.

Arruevarru's is hefirst player to rejoin Team Cuba after playing in the MLB, after returning to the domestic event in 2019 and in 2020 winning the island title with the representative team from Matanzas.

His time in the Major Leagues, withthe Los Angeles Dodgers from 2014 to 2018, it was not rosy. Since signing a contract worth $25 million, the most he has done is get into trouble.

Other names that came to light among the designations that highlight the best of Cuban baseball include:Yoelkis Guibert, Dayan Garcia, Yadil Mujica, Yoennis Yera, Carlos Juan Viera andRoel Santos.

Meanwhile, as the best player under contract, the closer from Pinar del Río captainedRaidel Martinez, of outstanding performance with the Chunichi Dragons in theJapanese Professional Baseball League. Accompanied by the left-handedLiván Moinelo, of the Softbank Falcons, and the receiverAriel Martinez, Nippon-Ham Fighters player.