El picheo de las Águilas dio un giro de 180 grados al comenzar el mes de diciembre, cuando abridores y relevistas cayeron en la tan conocida racha adversa, por donde todos los equipos pasan en algún momento de una temporada, a eso también le debemos sumar el excesivo uso de los brazos, cuyo cansancio es notorio a estas alturas, es una verdadera lástima que no se hubiese pensado en los primeros juegos de la zafra, y más cuando se sabe el peso que tienen dichos juegos a la hora de buscar un pase a los play-offs, de no suceder el milagro tan deseado por la fanaticada de la tierra del sol amada, esto que les ocurre, les servirá para reflexionar y hacer los ajustes necesarios con miras a la próxima temporada.

Por su parte, los Caribes de Anzoátegui, parece que les pego el exceso de confianza, porque año tras año han comenzado de manera lenta y en las semanas finales encienden motores y terminan clasificando y llegando a instancias finales, pero esta vez ese motor no encendió, y claro esta, peloteros como Víctor Reyes, Rafael Ortega, Asdrúbal Cabrera y Williams Astudillo, no se encuentran con el equipo, es muy difícil tener una recuperación, sin piezas con la experiencia necesaria para guiar esas hazañas a las que nos tenían acostumbrados los Orientales, seguramente, después de esto venga una renovación total de la novena de Anzoátegui.

Analyzing a little, the teams that are virtually eliminated, I can say that the main problem that the Raptors have had, is the improvisation or lack of a plan B, I say this because they put together a team with a view to the end of the season and an eventual Round Robin, and I refer to the samples, A few weeks before the end of the season Salvador Perez and Rougned Odor were incorporated, certainly they give a different face to the line up, but I think it would have been more productive for the team, that their performance would have coincided when the pitching was working like a charm.

The Aguilas' pitching took a 180 degree turn at the beginning of December, when starters and relievers fell into the so well known adverse streak, where all teams go through at some point in a season, to that we must also add the excessive use of the arms, whose fatigue is notorious at this point, It is a real pity that they had not thought about the first games of the season, especially when they know the weight that these games have when looking for a pass to the play-offs, if the miracle so desired by the fans of the land of the beloved sun does not happen, this will help them to reflect and make the necessary adjustments for next season.

For their part, the Caribes de Anzoátegui, it seems that overconfidence hit them, because year after year they have started slowly and in the final weeks they start their engines and end up qualifying and reaching the finals, but this time that engine did not start, and of course, players like Víctor Reyes, Rafael Ortega, Asdrubal Cabrera and Williams Astudillo, are not with the team, it is very difficult to have a recovery, without pieces with the necessary experience to guide those feats to which we were accustomed the Orientales, surely, after this comes a total renovation of the Anzoátegui ninth.

Both teams must begin their restructuring work immediately, after ending the current elimination round, especially the western team, as they come from several seasons without presence in the final instances, and their fans are quite demanding, they are also hungry for victories, triumphs that were very common in the eighties, when they won two Caribbean Series, while the Orientales have been the team of this century, and to be more precise the decade of 2010 to 2020, but it is also true that in order to recover you have to fall first, and both teams have excellent young material and surely the resurgence will be faster than you think.