[ESP/ENG] El campeon, totalmente renovado. — OPINIÓN.

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Greetings, my respected and admired friends at Hive, especially my colleagues in the @fulldeportes community. This is @karlex77, happy to return to content creation, especially to talk to you about something I am so passionate about, which is sport. but it's no secret that baseball is one of the sports I follow most closely and have also played. I'm back after almost two months away, not only from this community, but also from the Hive platform. There were many reasons that kept me away, but that's all in the past now, and the reality is that I'm back. There are many topics to cover: the MLB World Series, the NBA season, which is just around the corner, and the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, which is only in its second week of action. I will be talking about last season's champions, the Cardenales de Lara, the current league champions, did not rest on their laurels during the off-season and made some moves. Today, they have a renewed look, with new players who so far seem fundamental to their aspirations of winning back-to-back championships.

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In the management offices of the Larenses, they did not hesitate when it came to making decisions and letting go of figures who had been instrumental in winning the title that currently belongs to them. The decision not to renew the contract of their manager, Henry Blanco, took more than one person by surprise, especially since he had led them to glory. The role of manager was given to former major leaguer Cesar Izturis, who for many is a true novice in the area of management, but the front office has placed its full confidence in him. Another major blow was the departure via trade of one of the league's best hitters in recent tournaments, Hernán Pérez, who moved to the Caribes de Anzoátegui in exchange for major leaguer Rafael Ortega, better known as Balita. This player arrived at the Cardenales with the aim of strengthening one of the team's weakest areas, the outfield. Weeks later, Lara traded Jesús Valles, who was the best relief pitcher for the team last season, to the Caribes for outfielder Jose Azocar, another outfielder who gave Lara a different look in the spacious outfield of their stadium.

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With the arrival of Ortega and Azócar to the Crepusculares, they were coming on strong. Just imagining these two players forming a trident with Gorkys Hernández showed that Lara would have the best trio of outfielders in the entire league, but a few days before the start of the season, it was announced that Cardenales was making a change, with Gorkys Hernández going to the Tigres de Aragua. In exchange, they received a couple of prospects who will not immediately help the red birds. This change generated more doubts than hopes among Lara fans, as there is talk that this departure is due to internal problems, to be more direct, problems with manager Izturis. The truth is that plans have changed, and now we will see other players filling the void left by Hernández. Damiano Palmegiani, a 25-year-old rookie, has taken over left field, and Juan Yépez has taken over right field, awaiting the addition of Jose Azocar and the debut of Everson Pereira. This means that in the coming weeks, we will see a completely different line-up compared to last season, Hernández, Pérez, Querecuto and Castellanos, who were undisputed starters in last year's tournament, are no longer there.

Sin lugar a dudas, Lara continúa en el tapete, como uno de los favoritos para clasificar a los playoffs, solo que ahora serán otros jugadores los protagonistas, un aspecto que podría ser negativo o jugar en su contra, es el de la poca experiencia en Round Robin de sus nuevas figuras, pero esto apenas comienza y seguramente observaremos algunos correctivos por parte de su cuerpo directivo y también del técnico del equipo.
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The Lara Cardinals have definitely committed to revamping their team. Although they did not announce it, they have done so, as evidenced by the arrival of Rafael Ortega, Jose Azocar, Juan Yepez, Damiano Palmegiani, and the debut of Everson Pereira and Jefferson Quero. It seems that the Cardinals are giving way to a new generation, which appears to be of high quality. However, there is one detail that I can observe: it is a purely offensive renewal. The question remains as to how they will do it or what their plans are for their pitching in the coming years.Without a doubt, Lara remains in contention as one of the favourites to qualify for the playoffs, only now there will be other players in the spotlight. One aspect that could be negative or work against them is the lack of Round Robin experience of their new players, but this is just the beginning and we will surely see some adjustments made by their management and also by the team's coach.
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Excelente trabajo hermano, veremos que sucede con los Larenses este año, son los campeones y son favoritos, pero se debe jugar toda la campaña y los otros equipos también están armados. Saludos.
Así es amigo .. gracias por tu maravilloso comentario
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