Alfredo Despaigne & Yurisbel Gracial Will Not Be At The Start Of Baseball In Japan

Cubans Alfredo Despaigne and Yurisbel Gracial will not be at the start of the 2020 season of the Japanese Professional Baseball League because they remain in Cuba due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will not have time to travel to that country and meet the mandatory quarantine period before the tournament begins.  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba

Cuba Releases Names Of 34 Players Available For MLB

The Cuban Baseball Federation revealed its list today for the baseball world. It's a very interesting list, the list has several high-level prospects and also several surprising absences.  (Translated)

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 2-8-19: Audry Perez Drives In One Run; Rangel Ravelo On Playing In LVBP

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Chunichi Re-Signed Raidel Martinez & Ariel Martinez For The 2019 Season

Cubans Raidel Martinez (pitcher) and Ariel Martinez (catcher) renewed their contracts with the Chunichi Dragons, team of the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).

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Yorber Zulueta Wants To Play In Japan

Under the tutelage of Eduardo Paret, Villa Clara dreams of winning this National Series. The good performance of the orange players until now relies, fundamentally, on the performance of his pitching staff from the mound.  (Translated)

Pelota Cuban Blog

Chunichi Added Raidel Martinez To 75-Man Roster

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Cuba Deepening Ties With Japan Through Baseball

Cuban sport's top leader Antonio Becali (54), visiting Japan as a part of his trip to Asian countries, met Masatake Yamanaka, Vice President for the Baseball Federation of Japan. Becali became President of INDER (The National Institute of Sport, Physical Education, and Recreation) in 2014, after serving as coach of Womens National Judo Team of Cuba and Chancellor of Cuban National Physical Sports University.

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Chunichi Expects Intense Future Fire By Signing Ariel Martinez

The future bet of the Chunichi Dragons could throw fire of talent in a short time. What was already known became official with the signature of the receiver Ariel Martínez, one of the youngsters with the greatest projection in the Cuban ball.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Softbank Signed Yurisbel Gracial For 2018 Season

With the presence of the president of the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB), Mr. Higinio Velez, the third base from Matanzas, Yurisbel Gracial, signed on Monday the contract with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, current champion of the Japanese Baseball League, the well-known NPB, for its acronym in English.  (Translated)

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Cardinals Winter League Notebook 2-4-18: Rafael Ortega Singles Twice & Hits A Two-Run Homer; Cesar Valera Singles Twice & Drives In One Run; Nestor Molina Looks To Use Experience In Start

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NPB Teams Comb Cuba In Search Of Talent

It is not the gun of the Major League scouts, but that of the Japanese ball which is aimed at Cuba's talent with great intensity. The professional baseball teams of the Asian archipelago have combed the stadiums of the largest of the Antilles and soon the results could be seen.  (Translated)

El Nuevo Herald

Chiba Lotte Signed Roel Santos For 2017 Season

Cuban baseball player Roel Santos became the sixth player on the island linked this season to the Japanese Professional Baseball League, after signing his contract with the Mariners team of Chiba Lotte of that circuit.  (Translated)

Cuban Play

Softbank Signed Livan Moinelo For 2017 Season

After being officially known that Pinar del Rio´s pitcher Livan Moinelo will be hired by the Japanese baseball team Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, he said that he will try to demonstrate on Asian soil the quality of Cuba´s national pastime.

Cuban News Agency

Yoelkis Cespedes Demonstrates His Quality In The First Game Of The World Baseball Classic

Yoelkis Céspedes Maceo, 19, today connected three hits, including a tubey, and scored a run in Cuba's first game in the IV World Baseball Classic and confirmed that he is one of the most talented athletes in that sport in the country.  (Translated)

Cuban Play

Seibu Beat Cuba World Baseball Classic Team 5-0

The Seibu Lions, of the Professional League of Japan, the NPB by means of its acronym in English, prevailed by marker of 5-0 to the national list of Cuba, in friendly match played this Sunday in the Osaka Dome, as part of the preparation of The Cubans for their participation in the fourth edition of the World Baseball Classic to begin this Monday.  (Translated)

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China Beat Cuba 3-1 In World Baseball Classic Warm-Up

The national team of Cuba fell 3-1 before the cast of the Professional League of Chinese Taipei (CPBL) the Brothers Elephants, in clash played this Thursday night in the Intercontinental stadium of Taichung, as part of the Preparation of the Cuban team for the IV World Baseball Classic, to begin the coming March 6 in several cities around the world.  (Translated)

Baseball de Cuba

Who Are Raidel Martinez & Leonardo Urgelles?

From Omar Linares to José Adolis García, the Japanese franchises have invested to insert Cuban players in their professional leagues with results so far questionable.  (Translated)

Diario de Cuba

Chunichi Set To Sign Cubans Raidel Martinez & Leonardo Urgelles

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Cuban League 1-21-17

A single entry needed the Alazanes de Granma, to practically place themselves on the verge of their first national title of their history, when this Saturday afternoon 10-1 Ciego de Avila, during Game 3 of the Final of Cuba'2017, Which was played in the Martyrs of Barbados park of the winners, before fans of 13,000 spectators who never tired of supporting their cast throughout the evening / night.  (Translated)

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Cuban League 1-18-17

Alfredo Despaigne pulled out his class in good time, and with a three-run lead in the top of the 10th episode, he set a definite lead for his squad with a solo homer in the right field against reliever Raidel Martinez (7-4) so that Granma claiming a major victory 4-3, in Game 1 of the Finals of Cuba '2017, before a packed park Jose R. Cepero that meeting or 10,000 spectators.  (Translated)

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