Erick Leal will debut today against Giantes del Cibao in the Round Robin of the Dominican League
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Published at: 04/01/2024 11:04 AM
Venezuelan pitcher Erick Leal will debut this Thursday, January 4th, with Tigres del Lic ey, who will face Giantes del Cibao, in the Round Robin of the Dominican Baseball League.
“I am proud of my work and of everything I have
been doing. Yesterday I got in a taxi and the person asked me what I'm coming to
do in Santo Domingo. My answer was: we came here to reinforce
the Licey Tigers and he asked me where I'm from, I told him I was from Venezuela and he
told me: you have a resemblance to the boy who launched us in the Caribbean Series,” Leal
said in an exclusive interview with El Emergente.
Regarding his participation with Navegantes del
Magallanes in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), he said that the team was”
“At the beginning of the season we made a lot of mistakes that we paid for at the end of the season,” he said.
He also explained that the pitchers worked a lot with coaches, technicians and masseurs. “They really wanted to do things right, but they didn't work out. The starters didn't make it to the fifth, there was a lot of bullpen work. A lot of times we didn't know why this was happening.”
He also regretted that it was a year where there was a lot of criticism. “Quite strong, especially for me. Because I don't play for money but mostly for what it means to wear the Magallanes shirt.”
Mazo News Team