[ESP/ENG]Un todos contra todos, lleno de emociones y muy cerrado./A very close all vs. all, full of emotions and very close
Es tan variante la tabla de clasificación, que el equipo del Caracas que hasta ayer estaba en el sótano, pudiera tomar por asalto el primer lugar de esta etapa del torneo, si logra derrotar a los bengalíes, y los pájaros rojos si ganan su partido ante los litoralenses, pasarían del últimos a estar empatados con Tigres y Navegantes en el segundo puesto, enviando al último lugar a los Tiburones, si el clima lo permite el día de hoy tendremos una jornada de gran interés para los que seguimos este apasionante deporte, luce más cerrado que nunca este Round Robin, y ahora más que los melenudos perdieron de manera definitiva a Freddy Fermín por petición de los Reales de Kansas y a Jose Rondón por problemas físicos.
La presencia o no de algunos peloteros pueden cambiar el rumbo de un equipo, el Caracas de hace dos semanas sería el favorito sin discusión, pero con la falta de los jugadores antes mencionados, más el fracaso de su picheo abridor en lo que va de esta semifinal, nos hacen ver que es un equipo que se puede derrotar, mientras que tras un comienzo algo flojo, los Tiburones de La Guaira, han mostrado una química formidable y una defensa excelsa, comandada por los jugadores de la Sabana, Maikel Garcia y de su primo Alcides Escobar, todo esto unido a una ofensiva oportuna y haciendo las jugadas en el momento justo, por eso los doy a estas alturas como uno de los equipos a vencer.
Professional baseball in Venezuela is red hot, in each day of the Round Robin the emotions reach their highest level, teams that one day are in the first places, can pass in hours to the last, and vice versa, the 5 teams that dispute this stage of the championship at some point in the round robin have been at the top, currently the Tigres de Aragua occupy the first place, with a record of 3 wins and 2 losses, but only half a game ahead of Leones del Caracas, Tiburones de La Guaira and Navegantes del Magallanes, who as of today have 3 wins and the same number of losses, at the bottom of the table, but one game behind are Cardenales de Lara, playing below 500 average, 2 wins for 3 games lost.
The standings are so varied that the Caracas team, which until yesterday was in the basement, could take by assault the first place of this stage of the tournament, if it manages to defeat the Bengalíes, and if the red birds win their game against the littoralenses, they would move from last to be tied with Tigres and Navegantes in second place, If the weather permits today we will have a day of great interest for those who follow this exciting sport, this Round Robin looks closer than ever, and now that the Melenudos have definitively lost Freddy Fermin at the request of the Kansas Royals and Jose Rondon due to physical problems.
The presence or not of some players can change the course of a team, the Caracas of two weeks ago would be the favorite without discussion, but with the lack of the aforementioned players, plus the failure of their starting pitching so far in this semifinal, make us see that it is a team that can be defeated, while after a somewhat weak start, the Tiburones de La Guaira, have shown a formidable chemistry and an excellent defense, commanded by the players of La Sabana, Maikel Garcia and his cousin Alcides Escobar, all this together with a timely offense and making the plays at the right time, that's why I give them at this point as one of the teams to beat.
Caso contrario viene ocurriendo con los Cardenales de Lara, están viviendo un bajón ofensivo de forma colectivo, bates como el de Rangel Ravelo, que es un pelotero probado en nuestra liga, Cesar Hernández que en diferentes apariciones en la pelota criolla no ha podido mostrar lo que tanto ha hecho en las grandes ligas, se suponía que el gran problema de los crepusculares sería el picheo abridor y de relevo, pero podemos decir que han respondido y el porcentaje de carreras permitidas está en la media de lo que permiten los demás equipos por juego, aunque aún quedan muchos encuentros por disputar, las alarmas están encendidas en las oficinas larenses.
Hay quienes piden reforzar la ofensiva y otros que desean que el cuerpo de abridores sea renovado por lo menos con un brazo, quien menos ha demostrado en funciones de iniciador, es el derecho Néstor Molina, que ante el Caracas no pudo ir más allá de 3 episodios, y cabe destacar que en cada uno de esos inin trabajados termino con tres hombres en bases, pero por suerte pudo salir de los problemas, con un tercio de juego de trabaja termino con 80 picheos, muchos para tan corto trecho laborado, ya los pájaros Rojos han anunciado a un viejo conocido, se trata del Cubano Negrin, un picher derecho que pude cumplir como abridor o relevista largo, tras las malas presentaciones del dominicano Ogando pareciera que el derecho será su sustituto en el cupo de importados del pelotero en cuestion.
Another team that despite not having big names in their line up or in their roster, come with a great inspiration, the Tigres de Aragua have been playing ball with a great level, they have been inspired since the end of the elimination round, in the Play-In they swept the Bravos de Margarita, pitching and offense have been able to combine to achieve the results that have them at the time of this publication with serious aspirations to reach a great final, and would be the first wild card to do such a feat. But there is still more than half of this mini-league called Round Robin and thus know the pair of teams that will fight for the title of the LVBP.
On the contrary, the Cardenales de Lara are experiencing a collective offensive slump, bats like Rangel Ravelo, who is a proven player in our league, Cesar Hernandez, who in different appearances in the Venezuelan baseball has not been able to show what he has done so much in the big leagues, The big problem for the Crepusculares was supposed to be the starting and relief pitching, but we can say that they have responded and the percentage of runs allowed is in the average of what the other teams allow per game, although there are still many games left to play, the alarms are on in the offices.
There are those who ask to reinforce the offense and others who want the starting lineup to be renewed with at least one arm, the one who has shown the least in starting duties is the right-hander Néstor Molina, who against Caracas could not go beyond 3 episodes, and it is worth mentioning that in each of those inning he ended up with three men on bases, but luckily he was able to get out of trouble, The Red Birds have already announced an old acquaintance, Cuban Negrin, a right fielder who could serve as a starter or long reliever, after the bad performances of Dominican Ogando, it seems that the right will be his replacement in the import quota of the player in question.
Yesterday the different awards to the most outstanding players began to be given officially, producer of the year Jose Rondon, most outstanding closer of the tournament Anthony Castros and best pitcher of the eighth inning Yapson Gomez, awards that were expected, especially the first two, perhaps with Gomez there was a little surprise, since with the arrival of Dawison Hernandez the work of this good pitcher went to the intermediate episodes, Today was announced the winner of the rookie of the year, without surprises and unanimously won by the catcher of the Leones del Caracas Freddy Fermin, in the course of the week will be unveiled the remaining awards, in my opinion there should be no news in the winners, for now we will continue to enjoy the good ball and who will achieve the long-awaited pass the final of the LVBP of the season 2022-2023.
La pelota siempre llenando al aficionado de emociones, en estos momentos algo triste por la eliminación de mi equipo Tabacaleros, pero era de esperarse pues les tocó la semifinal con el líder Agricultores. No sé tú pero ya tengo deseos de que llegue la Serie del Caribe y todos esos torneos de pelota que este 2023 promete regalarnos.
Yo también pero deseando que mi equipo quedé campeón
y ahí vienen los tigres que llegan a esta fase como la cenicienta de todos, Saludos amigo, gracias por la información.
@nerdvana pues tienes razón. Ahora mi equipo si va en caída libre. Saludos mi pana