Talk rookie in the 3rd. Cuban baseball elite league is practically utopian. If the “rookie of the year” had to get today, as is done in the national Series, we would almost be forced to give up that Lauro for lack of candidates.
Just four players arrived carrying the debutant poster at the beginning of this season and, from them, none has managed to transcend beyond a few shifts to the bat.
About that the regular stage is concluded (not counting the pending matches in the calendar) only the industrialist Brandon Pérez, if we can call it rookie, accumulate with difference the greatest amount of appearances to the bat in the season among the debutants: 95.
However, the numbers of the boy who returned to our baseball after his transit through the US minor league circuit, deflating themselves after compiling a good tournament start.
In a sense, the shortage of young talent to premiere during the elite league is understandable. This selective championship format, we have already commented, does not seek to develop new players, but to raise the competitive and quality ceiling of our ball, although in practice that goal is still well distant from becoming a reality.
However, no matter how scarce the rookies are, in every season there are always young players who teach their potentialities, even though their guarantees already reflect some campaign at the national serial level (SNB).
-In the current version of the elite tournament, for example, several players with less than five seasons disputed in SNB have exploited that natural talent and implanted meritorious statistics between what is better and shines from the championship.
Perhaps the case of greater notoriety is that of industrialist Ángel Hechevarría (24 years and two SNB), who has spontaneted as a versatile and complete player in this 3rd. Elite League
The offensive numbers place it on the cusp among the most indisputable (52) and home runs (5) connect, while towing 25 companions for the rubber. Of course, its low point, like almost all players, has been in the defense of the hot corner with anemic figures.
Yulieski Remón (23 years and two snb), since he set his Right foot on the land of the national series, has not tired of distributable. Right now, while the Granmenses play the classification practically in “sudden death” duels, he contributes to the cause and maintains numbers of high carats. To have a clear idea of its performance, today Remón dawned as leader of the hitters with an average astronomical of 431.
Perhaps among the little media players is the name of the Avileño Ronaldo Castillo, but the boy is part of the pleasant revelations of this campaign. It is a player with enough skills to impose itself on our land: it makes good contacts, it has occasional power and moves the ball for any area of the field.
The left -hander of the Tigers and usual second man in the hierarchy to bat, not only impresses by his offensive line (AVE 345, HR 3, 2b 8 and Ci 19), but also for his strong defense around the second and third cushion that, in 179 sets, averages 978.
