El picheo abridor, otro dilema que deben afrontar los técnicos, hay especialista en la materia que dicen que esta selección no tendrá el suficiente picheo abridor, pero no comparto esa opinión, estoy seguro de que si hay material, un Carlos Carrasco, Pablo López y Martin Pérez, deben ser los tres primeros en la rotación de abridores, han demostrado mucho dominio con sus diferentes equipos, un cuarto abridor estaría entre, Germán Márquez, Antonio Senzatela, Luis Garcia y Ranger Suárez, yo me inclinaría por Garcia como cuarto abridor, dejando a los demás como relevos largos, ya que en los primeros encuentros, los abridores tendrán límite de episodios lanzados.

Continuando con el tema del picheo, ahora le toca el turno al relevo, tanto largo, intermedio, y de cierre, le darán mucho trabajo a los encargados de escogerlos, lo que más parece claro, sería el cierre, Robert Suárez y Brusdar Graterol, deben pelearse el puesto de cerrador, con un Jose Alvarado como preparador, pero para llegar al octavo y noveno con ventaja, se debe tener buen picheo para esos tramos anteriores, es decir sexto y séptimo, tendríamos que buscar en las ligas del Caribe, por ejemplo México, allí están tres nombres que suenan mucho y que están teniendo una gran temporada, Jackson Gómez, es un zurdo de buena recta, Wilking Rodríguez y Erick Leal, darían mucha profundidad al Bullpen de Venezuela.

One of the most difficult tasks that the manager will have, is to make a line up with enough talent to be able to opt for the title, one of the positions where there could be some debates, is at catcher, not so much for the names to call, but for who would be the starter in that position, the fixed names to occupy the catcher are: Salvador Perez and Wilson Conteras, a third one would be in my opinion Wilson's brother, Williams, there are others who talk about Omar Narvaez or Elias Diaz, if Perez arrives healthy to the Classic, he should be the starter without any discussion, and surely they will rotate between being catchers and designated, 

The starting pitching, another dilemma that the coaches must face, there are specialists in the field who say that this team will not have enough starting pitching, but I do not share that opinion, I am sure that if there is material, a Carlos Carrasco, Pablo Lopez and Martin Perez, should be the first three in the starting rotation, they have shown a lot of dominance with their different teams, a fourth starter would be between, German Marquez, Antonio Senzatela, Luis Garcia and Ranger Suarez, I would lean towards Garcia as the fourth starter, leaving the others as long relievers, since in the first games, the starters will have limit of episodes pitched.

Continuing with the subject of pitching, now it is the turn of the relievers, both long, intermediate and closing, they will give a lot of work to those in charge of choosing them, what seems clearer, would be the closing, Robert Suarez and Brusdar Graterol, should fight for the position of closer, with Jose Alvarado as a preparer, but to reach the eighth and ninth with an advantage, We would have to look to the Caribbean leagues, for example Mexico, there are three names that sound a lot and that are having a great season, Jackson Gomez, is a lefty with a good straight line, Wilking Rodriguez and Erick Leal, they would give a lot of depth to the Venezuelan bullpen.

If the pitching generates a series of debates, imagine the headaches that Omar Lopez and his coaching staff will have to go through to be able to conform a roster with position players, there are players today that are completely safe, of course, as long as they are healthy, Ronald Acuña Jr, Jose Altuve, Luis Arráez, Salvador Pérez and Wilson Contreras, but there are other positions that are still questionable, an example of that would be the short field, Freddy Galvis, Andrés Giménez, Gleyber Torres, are some of the names that rumble in social and sports networks.

Of those three names it seems that Andres Gimenez, is the one who would take the lead, he is living a solid season with his team of the Cleveland Guardians, Galvis plays in Asia and does not have the offense of Gimenez, Torres is pretty good with the bat, but does not guarantee much in the position 6 of the box, Gleyber seems to be destined to be an emergent or designated in a line up, which will seek to be as offensive as possible, since it will have rivals with a lot of power as the Dominicans and Puerto Ricans.

It seems sensible, to think that an ideal lineup, which would be Jose Altuve as second base, Luis Arráez third, Acuña center, Salvador Pérez catcher, Wilson Conteras first base, Antonhy Santander right fielder, Gleyber Torres designated, David Peralta covering left field and Andrés Giménez short field, but the manager is Omar Lopez and he is the one who will make the final decisions, which will surely be the best for the Venezuelan team in the classic of 2023, there is much that can be done between now and the day of that event, that is why there will be more publications on this topic and with much more information.