Los insulares, pese a ser barridos por los crepusculares, lograron amarrar el quinto puesto que le dará la oportunidad de conseguir su pase a los play-offs de enero, con el plus adicional de jugar como home club y tener dos juegos para ganar uno, todo esto lo pudieron conseguir, gracias a que los Tigres de Aragua cayeron ante los Caribes de Anzoátegui en el segundo de la doble tanda del día de ayer, el alto mando de la liga tomo la decisión de suspender la jornada de hoy 28 de diciembre, porque que seria de total trámite, tanto los Bravos, como los Tigres les conviene este día de descanso, para que de esta manera sus jugadores y sobre todo sus lanzadores tengan un día de descanso.

Mañana 29 de diciembre, se dará inicio a la serie de comodines, que ya es una de las etapas de los play-offs, dichos compromisos se jugara en el Estado La Guaira, para ser más preciso en el Fórum, también conocido como el Jorge Luis Garcia Carneiro, que prácticamente es una sede neutral, porque los Bravos están jugando allí de manera temporal, y si alcanzan el pase al todos contra todos, deberán hacerlo en otro estadio, desde ya, se habla de que será Maracay un parque en donde jugara post-temporada ganen o no los bengalíes, para sus fanáticos sería muy extraño ver actividades en su parque sin los Tigres como protagonistas.

With how close the league had been at the beginning of December, it was never thought that with only one game left to officially finish, there would already be teams looking for the title, four with a sure ticket to the Round Robin and two that will be fighting for the fifth and last invitation to the round robin, Yesterday, the Navegantes del Magallanes achieved the long-awaited fourth place in the standings, thanks to the sweep of the Cardenales de Lara, against the Bravos de Margarita in the city of Barquisimeto, and as if to leave no doubt about it, the Turks defeated the "escualos", so they can celebrate with much more desire their entry to the post-season of baseball in Venezuela.

The islanders, despite being swept by the Crepusculares, managed to secure the fifth place that will give them the opportunity to get their pass to the playoffs in January, with the added bonus of playing as a home club and having two games to win one, all this they were able to achieve, thanks to the fact that the Tigres de Aragua fell to the Caribes de Anzoátegui in the second of yesterday's doubleheader, The league's high command made the decision to suspend today's game on December 28, because it would be a total formality, both the Bravos and the Tigres would benefit from this day of rest, so that their players and especially their pitchers would have a day of rest.

Tomorrow, December 29, the wild card series will begin, which is already one of the stages of the play-offs. These games will be played in the State of La Guaira, to be more precise at the Forum, also known as the Jorge Luis Garcia Carneiro, which is practically a neutral venue, The Bravos are playing there on a temporary basis, and if they reach the playoffs, they will have to play in another stadium. There is already talk that Maracay will be a park where they will play post-season whether the Bengals win or not, and for their fans it would be very strange to see activities in their park without the Tigres as protagonists.

Taking a look at the two teams that will be in contention for that last spot, by logic the Bravos have a higher percentage of reaching that position, but let's not forget that the Tigres played a better second half of the championship than any other team, besides that they have the necessary experience to overcome a deficit, and they have demonstrated it in previous years, in my opinion these teams offensively speaking are very even, while in the pitching I see Aragua with a slight advantage, especially for their closer, Margarita is forced to break with qualifying droughts, they have been close in recent years, but they lack to win the beautiful game, and to top it off, they were eliminated last season by the bengalíes.

The teams involved in this series have not yet announced their pitchers for the pair of duels, of course if it is necessary to make the second game, because if the Bravos win the first game, they would pass directly as the fifth classified to the playoffs, if, on the contrary, the Tigres win, they must win the second game, in short, if Aragua wants to move to the next round of the Play-Offs, they can not lose any game of the Play-In.

Tomorrow Thursday 29th could define the 5 protagonists that will seek the title of the 2022-2023 season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, whose acronym is: LVBP, this would give more margin to the teams to contact the players who intend to reinforce their ranks, and surely the Draft would take place on the 30th, but if the series for the wild card is extended, it will be done as usual in the morning hours of December 31 and via online, something that would be more complicated especially for the winner of the wild card spot.

For those of us who love this sport, a day without actions seems like an eternity, but tomorrow we will have good baseball, with the possibility of having the last qualified team, but what we will have for sure, will be information of what happens and the possible reinforcements and substitutions that the 5 qualified teams will make, Most likely all or most of them will opt for pitching in the first round, especially the first three teams to assert their right to choose, Cardenales, Caracas and La Guaira have said it openly, that they will look for pitching, but there could also be some surprises, if there is a great offensive player available, it will dawn and we will see what can happen. 

Before saying goodbye I must thank and above all credit to the pages and applications used to make this publication, in the part of the images, photos, banners and cover, use the app of https://www.canva.com/, with this application I edited and improved the photos used, while for the translation from Spanish to English I used https://www.deepl.com/ and for the spelling corrections, which is extremely important, I used https://www.spellboy.com/, a high quality grammar checker, I hope this article will be useful and contribute to the research, analysis and opinion on the LVBP.