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A lo antes expuesto le podemos agregar el efecto pandemia que está presente desde el año 2020 en Venezuela y que por motivos obvios alejo a los fanáticos de las sedes de los equipos profesionales, y si no hay fanaticada no hay mayores ingresos y eso obliga a las organizaciones a bajar gastos y traer una importación que no les generes mayores gastos y por supuesto que eso incide en el bajón de la liga, por si fuera poco a eso le sumamos la prohibición por parte de sus organizaciones en las grandes ligas a los peloteros criollos para que pudieran jugar aquí, pero al parecer ya la tempestad paso y él sol brillara para la (LVBP).
Solo detalles faltarían para que la liga vuelva a ser lo que fue hace unas décadas, el levantamiento de las sanciones por parte de la OFAC es un de las metas del presidente de la liga, tanto Navegantes como Tigres esperan el visto bueno para que sus peloteros que pertenecen al sistema MLB regresen a Venezuela vistiendo estos uniformes, mientras que la realización del Clásico Mundial de Béisbol, (CMB), ha despertado el interés por las grandes figuras Venezolanas en participar en venidera zafra y así ponerse a tono para el clásico antes mencionado, lo que deja ver desde ya, la gran calidad que se verá en cada encuentro de la temporada, sobre todo en el mes de diciembre.
From the North of the American continent to the South, baseball is really one of the favorite sports of those of us who are part of this part of the world, Venezuela is one of those nations where this sport is the favorite pastime for its inhabitants, but it is no secret that in recent years the level of baseball played here has declined considerably, There are several factors that have affected and collaborated to the low level shown, one of them in the economic crisis that has been hitting this country and has brought sanctions at the beginning to all teams and now only directly affect the Tigres de Aragua and the Navegantes del Magallanes.
To the above we can add the pandemic effect that has been present since 2020 in Venezuela and that for obvious reasons drove away the fans from the venues of the professional teams, and if there are no fans there is no more income and that forces the organizations to lower expenses and bring an import that does not generate higher costs and of course that affects the decline of the league, And if that were not enough, we add the prohibition by their organizations in the major leagues to Creole players so they could play here, but apparently the storm has passed and the sun will shine for the (LVBP).
Only details are missing for the league to return to what it was a few decades ago, the lifting of sanctions by OFAC is one of the goals of the president of the league, both Navegantes and Tigres are waiting for the approval for their players who belong to the MLB system to return to Venezuela wearing these uniforms, While the World Baseball Classic (WBC) has awakened the interest of the great Venezuelan figures to participate in the upcoming season and thus get ready for the aforementioned classic, which already shows the great quality that will be seen in every game of the season, especially in the month of December.
Definitivamente, los Cardenales va a tener una ofensiva temible en la liga, y es candidato a ser campeón, pero ojo tampoco la tendrá tan fácil, los Leones del Caracas están tratando de volver a la senda del triunfo y por tal razón modificaron desde la raíz su line up, por la vía del cambio, además de Peraza han llegado los hermanos Arcia, Orlando y Oswaldo, Gabriel Noriega, por si fuera poco se habla de la posible incorporación de Gleiber Torres, Gerardo Parra, Joulys Chacin, vienen importados de la talla del Colombiano Reinaldo Rodríguez, un jugador probado en esta liga y que posee un gran poder, puede jugar primera base y los jardines, esto hace que los capitalinos dejen atrás la chapa de cenicienta para esta venidera zafra.
Por su parte los Tiburones de La guaira, quienes tienen la sequía más grande sin conseguir título alguno, está trabajando fuertemente para acabar con eso, desde gerencia nueva, hasta manager y cuerpo técnico completamente nuevo, este conjunto es quien más cambios ha hecho hasta el momento, y esperan contar con su mayoría de grandes ligas y de sus principales prospectos, han anunciado que su importación será en su totalidad de lanzadores, todo apunta a que de verdad esta edición va a ser una de las más competitivas, y claro eso nos dará un gran espectáculo y seguramente en los principales estadios volveremos a ver grandes llenos.
Since the end of last season, the teams that make life in the league began to make the necessary moves to be able to opt for the championship of the 2022-2023, a sample of this has been the Cardenales de Lara, who since February have been doing the managerial work, ratified their coaching staff, They have made three changes of players, two of them of high impact, the first was the one that brought the big league of the Cleveland Rangers Andres Gimenez, for the talented prospect of the New York Yankees Oswald Peraza, the other change that really caused commotion throughout the league, is the one that brought to Lara Hernan Perez for three pitchers.
Definitely, the Cardinals will have a fearsome offense in the league, and is a candidate to be champion, but be careful, they will not have it so easy, the Leones del Caracas are trying to return to the path of victory and for that reason they modified their line up from the root, by way of change, in addition to Peraza have arrived the Arcia brothers, Orlando and Oswaldo, Gabriel Noriega, as if that were not enough, there is talk of the possible incorporation of Gleiber Torres, Gerardo Parra, Joulys Chacin, imported players of the stature of Colombian Reinaldo Rodriguez, a player proven in this league and who has great power, can play first base and the gardens, this makes the capital leave behind the badge of Cinderella for this coming season.
For their part, the Tiburones de La Guaira, who have the longest drought without winning any title, are working hard to put an end to that, from new management, to a completely new manager and coaching staff, this team is the one who has made more changes so far, and they hope to have most of their major leaguers and their main prospects, they have announced that their import will be entirely of pitchers, everything points to the fact that this edition will be one of the most competitive, and of course that will give us a great show and surely in the main stadiums we will see big crowds again.
Lo mismo ocurre con los Tigres que tiene figuras dispuestas a jugar, como es el caso de Anthony Santander, quien está destruyendo el picheo en la liga Americana y acumula al día de hoy 20 cuadrangulares, Odubel Herrera fue dejado en libertad en la MLB y seguramente estará desde el primer día con los felinos y hará un gran dupla con Jose Martínez, mejor conocido como él (Cafecito), equipos como las Águilas del Zulia, Bravos de Margarita deben mover sus mejores piezas para no quedar detrás de los demás equipos que se están armando, y ni hablar de los Caribes que cada año parecen estar mejor estructurados.
Como lo dije al comienzo de esta publicación, la próxima temporada será una de las más parejas y emocionantes, ahora con una nueva serie de comodines, en donde clasificaran 6 y los dos últimos jugaran un mini play-off, de alli se obtendra el quinto miembro que estará presente en los todos contra todos en donde solo dos podrán aspirar a ser los representantes de Venezuela en la Serie del Caribe, cabe recordar que dicho evento se va a realizar en el país, después que años atrás, Lara perdió la sede, ahora será la gran Caracas quien la albergara, así que vamos a prepararnos a falta de dos meses para vivir la pasión por pelota criolla, definitivamente Venezuela y sus habitantes se lo merecen.
Despite being one of the two sanctioned teams, the Navegantes del Magallanes managed to be crowned last season, and was able to do so against one of the strongest teams in recent decades, I speak of the Caribes de Anzoategui, Magallanes managed to create a climate of winners despite not being able to use their main figures of the MLB, Although the champion manager does not repeat with them, and announced Yadier Molina, who is in his retirement campaign in the big leagues, if OFAC decides to withdraw the sanctions to this team, players like Jose Altuve and Luis Arráez have said that they will be of the game of the Turks, that is to say they will play with a view to the world classic.
The same happens with the Tigres, who have figures willing to play, as is the case of Anthony Santander, who is destroying the pitching in the American league and accumulates 20 home runs as of today, Odubel Herrera was released by the MLB and will surely be from the first day with the felines and will make a great duo with Jose Martinez, Teams like Águilas del Zulia, Bravos de Margarita must move their best pieces to not be left behind the other teams that are being assembled, and not to mention the Caribes that every year seem to be better structured.
As I said at the beginning of this publication, the next season will be one of the most even and exciting, now with a new wild card series, where 6 will qualify and the last two will play a mini play-off, from there we will obtain the fifth member that will be present in the round robin where only two can aspire to be the representatives of Venezuela in the Caribbean Series, It is worth remembering that this event will be held in the country, after years ago, Lara lost the venue, now it will be the great Caracas who will host it, so let's get ready with only two months left to live the passion for Venezuelan baseball, Venezuela and its inhabitants definitely deserve it.