Dany Miranda, mentor of the Avilanian Tigers who will take part in the III Elite League of Cuban Baseball, announced the 22 players who, together with the 10 reinforcements who will be selected on Friday the 7th, will make up the official roster of the team.
The catchers are Fernando de la Paz, Alfredo Ramos and Nelixán González, while the infielders are Jonathán Bridón, Jorge Luis Contreras, Osmani Linares, Lázaro Ramos, Ronaldo Castillo and Adrián Betancourt.
The outfielders are Yuney Calzada, Héctor Labrada, Josiel Mojena, Asniel Jiménez and Reimy Cos, and the pitchers are Luis Alberto Marrero, Kevin Soto, Liomil González, Yankiel Tamayo, Leonardo Reyes, Yunier Batista, Yan Carlos Días and Reinaldo Rodríguez.
As can be seen, with respect to the team that took sixth place in the 63rd Series, the absences of Rubén Valdés, Osvaldo Vázquez, Liosvany Pérez, Alexander Jiménez, Gustavo Brito, Michel Arteaga, Maikel Caballero, Juan Gabriel Jova, and Jasier Gayón, Raúl González, Ediel Ponce and Dachel Duquesne are notable.
Speaking to Invasor, the Ciego de Avila manager said that he plans to select three outfielders and an equal number of infielders, and that his main priority is to try to order a pinpoint starter.