We are at the end of the ninth week of actions in Venezuelan baseball, teams like Cardenales, Leones and Tiburones are a few days away from mathematically sealing their qualification to the Round Robin, while Zulia, Anzoátegui and Aragua are fighting to maintain their chances of at least reaching the sixth place, In the last days of the current campaign, a battle has emerged in the middle of the standings, with Bravos and Navegantes as protagonists of that fight.

The battle between Bravos and Magallanes is of utmost importance at the time of this publication, since they are fighting for the fourth place, and its value lies in the fact that it is the last direct berth to the playoffs, because as I mentioned before, whoever occupies the fifth and sixth place will go to a series to get the last and definitive berth, The advantage that the fifth would have is that if they win only one game they would go to the Round Robin or all against all, they can even afford to lose the first game of the two games that would take place, while the sixth would have to win both games.

Margarita is one of the teams that has had fewer big-name additions, but has players that make a difference, such as Diego Rincones, David Rodríguez, Ramón Flores, among others. They have one of the best offenses of the championship, together with the Leones del Caracas, they are not in a better position, since their pitching has been unstable.

Después del cuarto lugar que ocupan los Navegantes del Magallanes, la tabla ha sido muy cambiante, con unos Tigres que estuvieron en el fondo por varias semanas, Caribes, Bravos y las Águilas han estado intercambiándose lugares, pero desde hace semana y media los de la Isla, han venido con una fuerte investida y subiendo desde los últimos lugares a puestos en el centro de la tabla, la pregunta seria, ¿le alcanzara a Bravos la gasolina para rematar lo que no pudieron hacer la temporada pasada?, recordemos este equipo estuvo metido en la clasificación hasta la última semana, y fueron los Tigres quienes los dejaron por fuera.

En mi opinión, ofensivamente lo pueden hacer, pero necesitan de manera urgente que su picheo este por lo menos con 5.00 de efectividad por juego, ya que ellos pueden hacer como promedio unas seis carreras por encuentro, un ejemplo del gran problema de su cuerpo montícular, se pudo observar el día jueves, cuando ganaban 10 por 0 ante los Cardenales de Lara, y terminaron con marcador de 10 por 5, es decir, para poder asegurar los juegos deben tener tórridas ofensivas, y de esta manera poder asegurar las victorias, pero esto no ocurre siempre, ya que en el camino se van a encontrar con pichers completamente herméticos.

No parece nada fácil la tarea para los Bravos, pero si quieren acceder a la fiesta de los play-offs, deben aprender a cerrar las temporadas con la misma garra que juegan durante el 90% del torneo, porque esto se ha repetido en varias ocasiones, que se quedan por fuera en los últimos días de torneo, parece un déjà vu, por tal motivo no deben levantar el pie del acelerador y, por el contrario, meter toda la máquina para poder llegar a la meta.

After the fourth place of the Navegantes del Magallanes, the table has been very changeable, with Tigres who were at the bottom for several weeks, Caribes, Bravos and the Águilas have been exchanging places, but for the last week and a half the team from the island has been with a strong investment and climbing from the last places to the center of the table, the question is, will Bravos have enough gas to finish off what they could not do last season? Let's remember that this team was in the standings until the last week, and it was the Tigres who left them out.

In my opinion, offensively they can do it, but they urgently need their pitching to be at least 5. 00 of effectiveness per game, since they can average about six runs per game, an example of the big problem of their pitching staff, could be seen on Thursday, when they were winning 10 - 0 against the Cardenales de Lara, and ended with a score of 10 - 5, that is, to ensure the games they must have torrid offenses, and thus to ensure the victories, but this does not always happen, because on the way they will find completely airtight pitchers.

The task does not seem to be easy for the Bravos, but if they want to reach the playoffs, they must learn to close the season with the same grit they play during 90% of the tournament, because this has been repeated on several occasions, that they are left out in the last days of the tournament, it seems like déjà vu, for this reason they should not lift their foot off the accelerator and, on the contrary, put the whole machine to reach the goal.

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What I am sure of, is that the end of the elimination round will be red hot, not only with the Bravos, but also with those teams that are escorting them, the difference from last to fourth place is small, and much more, because there will be direct confrontations between the teams involved in the battle for the classification, As fans and baseball lovers, these finals fill us with joy and emotions, and it seems that this will not stop and day after day will bring us many surprises, I will be bringing soon new analysis of this final movie that lives the LVBP towards the all against all.