Cuban player Leonardo Urgellés, who was contracted in Japan, escapes to Mexico

The Cuban gardenerLeonardo Urgellés, who washired with the Chunichi Dragons in 2017, escaped from the Island towards Mexico, with the aim of entering baseball in that country.

This was confirmed by sports journalist Francys Romero in his profile.Facebook, where he also added that in the last four seasons with the Isla de la Juventud team, the 31-year-old player “hit above .300.”

Urgellés was released from his contract with the Japanese in 2018, and returned to the Island injured and unable to travel with the national team to the Central American Games that year, held in Barranquilla, Colombia.

In Japan's farm system (Farm Leagues), his performance was considered discreet to mediocre, because he only averaged .204/.229/.290 in 39 games. The pinero hit five doubles, a home run and drove in seven runs.

In the National Series in Cuba he performed with the basement Isla de la Juventud.Official data They show that he participated in 11 baseball seasons, with a lifetime average of 307, with 38 home runs, 68 doubles and 218 RBIs.

The departure of this player joins that of many otherswho look for opportunities in other leagues that they cannot find in Cuban baseball.