Esta sera una final netamente jugada en la gran Caracas, La Guaira y los Leones tenían 4 décadas sin verse las caras en una final, la última sé jugo hace 37 años y el título se lo llevaron los Leones del Caracas, con juego sin hits, ni carreras por parte de una leyenda del picheo en Venezuela, les hablo de Urbano Lugo, desde esa final hasta la fecha, se ha creado una racha adversa para los escualos, en donde no han podido levantar el trofeo, pese a tener en sus filas a grandiosos peloteros en los últimos años, esta pudiera ser el final de dicha racha y convertirse en campeones de la liga después de 4 largas décadas.

En el papel los melenudos saltan a esta final como los favoritos, pero recordemos que en series cortas cualquier cosa puede pasar, y aún más cuando los capitalinos no han pasado por ninguna racha adversa en lo que va de campaña, los salados han recibido la buena noticia de la reincorporación de su gran estrella y líder, les hablo de Ronal Acuña Jr., que junto a Maikel Garcia, Alcides Escobar, Franklin Barreto, Balbino Fuenmayor, Ángel Reyes entre otros serán un verdadero dolor de cabeza para los lanzadores de los Leones, hay que ver como será estructurado el line up por parte del manager Henry Blanco.

It is now official, the finalists of the professional baseball season in Venezuela are known, the entire Round Robin had to be played in order to know the brand new teams that will face each other in a seven-game series, from there will come the representative of the country in the Caribbean Series, it was so hard-fought all against all, that almost had to play an extra game, If the Tiburones de La Guaira had lost last night, today, Sunday, there would have been a game between the Cardenales de Lara and the Escualos in the capital city, but the Tigres de Aragua won against the Tigres de Aragua with a score of 7 runs by 5, as a curious fact the former player of the Tiburones, Jose Martinez (El Cafecito), delivered the last out for the Bengalis.

This will be a final played in the great Caracas, La Guaira and the Leones had 4 decades without facing each other in a final, the last one was played 37 years ago and the title was won by the Leones del Caracas, with a no-hit, no-run game by a pitching legend in Venezuela, I am talking about Urbano Lugo, since that final to date, an adverse streak has been created for the escualos, where they have not been able to lift the trophy, despite having in their ranks great players in recent years, this could be the end of that streak and become champions of the league after 4 long decades.

On paper the Melenudos jump to this final as the favorites, but let's remember that in short series anything can happen, and even more so when the capital have not gone through any adverse streak so far this season, the Salados have received the good news of the reinstatement of their great star and leader, I am talking about Ronal Acuña Jr, who together with Maikel Garcia, Alcides Escobar, Franklin Barreto, Balbino Fuenmayor, Angel Reyes among others will be a real headache for the pitchers of the Leones, it remains to be seen how the line up will be structured by manager Henry Blanco.

In the morning hours of today, Sunday, January 22, the Draft of additions for the finalist teams was held, as it was already known by the great majority that Caracas would choose first and then the Tiburones, it was also known that both teams would take the best available starters, The Melenudos got the services of the right-handed pitcher who belongs to Zulia, Mario Sanchez, current pitcher of the year and who confirmed his great moment as a reinforcement of the Cardinals in this recently completed Round Robin, while the "escualos" took the second in the voting for best pitcher, Erick Leal, from the "Navegantes del Magallanes".

Both additions strengthen the starting pitching that has had so many failures, especially that of the capital, now they will have two arms of great quality, probably Mario Sanchez who will open the first of the final series and the big league secondary Jhoulys Chacin, is a 1 and 2 really strong, this gives a small advantage to Caracas in this aspect of the game, while Leal is probably opening the third of the final, because there he would have the necessary days of rest to be able to climb the mound without problems.

On offense, these teams look even, although the balance could tilt a little to the side of the Sharks, if Acuña arrives in good condition and with a good swing to hit the ball, for the capital it is expected that the offensive trio of Harold Castro, Ali Castillo and Wilfredo Tovar make theirs and stay on base, so that the Arcia brothers can bring them to the plate and thus in this way make the necessary runs in order to obtain the victories that will lead them to the title of the current season.

Everything points to the fact that this final will be quite hard fought, some say that 6 to 7 games could be played, in my personal opinion, I think the first two games will mark this series and the future winner of it, if the Tiburones want to break the long drought, they must win at least 1 game of the first two, having a series tied at one game in the third game and with Erick Leal on the mound, The real strength of the escualos is their offense, the pitching is an unknown, especially the long reliever, the Melenudos have a balance between pitching and offense, hence they start as the favorites, but nothing is decided on paper, only on the field will the champion of the 2022-2023 season of the LVBP be known.

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