Cuban baseball outfielder José Adolis García could join the discipline of the Yomiuri Giants, from the Japanese professional baseball league (NPB, acronym in English) organization, said Heriberto Suárez, national director of the discipline in Cuba today.
Cuban baseball outfielder José Adolis García could join the discipline of the Yomiuri Giants, from the Japanese professional baseball league (NPB, acronym in English) organization, said Heriberto Suárez, national director of the discipline in Cuba today.
"After several conversations, the Giants agreed to our proposal," Suarez said.
The Japanese organization and the Cuban baseball authorities just need determine the details for the contract of José Adolis, which must be closed in the coming weeks", Suarez explained to Prensa Latina at the end of a meeting of the leadership of the Cuban sport with the local press.
Garcia, brother of Adonis, a player of the Atlanta Braves in the United States Major League Baseball, participated in the domestic tournament for five seasons and practically since the debut stood out for their defensive skills and their potential at bat.
A 22-year-old (born on March 2, 1993) player, Adolis has already had experience with the national team, to which he joined in 2015, when Cuba participated in bilateral meets with his pair of Nicaragua and a University team from the United States, training for the Pan American Games of Toronto.
Suarez also revealed that a group of technicians and executives of several franchises of the NPB will travel to this capital to witness the play offs of the 55th Edition of the national series games, classic of baseball in Cuba.
According to the Cuban basebell executive, the Japanese want to see the majority of the most talented players on the island, "regardless of age, or whether they are pitchers or position players", although on their agendas "are written with capital letters" the names of some of the youngest players.
"They have shown interest in José Adolis, and also in Yenier Cano, Liván Moinelo and Guillermo Avilés, among others," he said.
Both José Adolis, as Cano and Moinelo, and the outfielder and first baseman Avilés, participated with the reigning champion of Cuba, Ciego de Avila, in the 2016 Santo Domingo Caribbean Series.
"The interest in our baseball reaches out to Australia," Suarez said before adding that "organizations of Canada and Mexico also want to recruit Cuban players", but negotiations have not even come to a happy end.
Suarez also certified Alfredo Despaigne will be incorporated "in the coming days to the pre-season" the Chiba Lotte mariners, in Japan, and noticed the "rise of Héctor Mendoza (pitcher)" to the first payroll of the Yomiuri Giants.
He notified, that also the leader of the rotation of Havana's Industriales, the right-handed Frank Montieth, will sign with Atlético de Bologna, a club of the Group C at the national championships of A Series of Italy.
Finally, Heriberto Suárez announced that from Friday the Cuban Federation will meet with representatives of the Organization of baseball of Korea South (KBO, acronym in English) to set the basis of a bilateral agreement.
"We first met in Santo Domingo during the series in the Caribbean and now comes a group of representatives of the KBO to look at several Cuban ballplayers. We hope that the Exchange is fruitful for both parties,"he said.
Source: PL