MEXICO CITY.- In his unexpected return to American baseball, Joey Meneses is in his element in the minors, although not in the classification that goes with his personality, in the AA of the Boston Red Sox, who overlooked that In 2018, the Sinaloan was the most valuable in the AAA International League.
You remember that trip at the Philadelphia Phillies affiliate, Lehigh Valley (.311, 23 Jrs., 82 cp) and the frustration at the contempt that in 2019 would take you to Japan, where things did not work out for you, in the ranks of the Oryx Buffaloes (.206, 4, 14).
In the Boston organization, in which Esteban Quiroz and Luis Alfonso García some time ago, the situation of Meneses is uncertain, but who removes and manages to convince them on the threshold of 30 years.
Meneses was hitting before yesterday’s session, .299 with 4 homers and 17 RBIs in 22 games for the Portland Sea Dogs, whose manager is former Yaquis legionnaire from Ciudad Obregón, Corey Wimberly.
THREE out of three: The Yucatan Lions expect more from the rookie in the Mexican League, Norberto Obeso (.214, 0, 2), who has only started four games and in general terms has been seen “tied”, far from the form that is known in winter with the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and in the American ball in branches of the Toronto Blue Jays.
At the KBO, Roberto Ramos (, 231, 7 Jr., 20 cp) fell into another “pothole” (0-13), although he is gradually approaching the form of 2020. A year ago, these days and nights He had 10 homers and 21 RBIs, more or less along the same lines, even though he was hitting .333 at the time.
In the Taiwan League they would go for their third week in “quarantine”, which would imply a missing of 18 dates from the 120 calendar that began on April 12 when the Chinese on the island of Formosa had the pandemic under control.
The Dominican of the Atlanta Braves, Marcell Ozuna, awaits a long stay in ostracism and probably a contract in the Mexican League, if it is confirmed that Major League Baseball no longer wants female hitters in its ranks.
The outfielder, home run leader (18) and producer (56) of the National League in the 2020 short tournament, could free it with the authorities if he convinces his wife to withdraw the charges, but in matters of the ball, he is hopelessly fried.
A minimum suspension awaits him due to the much remaining to the current calendar and economic losses that should make him reflect on his behavior, about 8 million dollars, according to finance experts.
On a day like today, Monday, June 2, 1941, Lou Gehrig died of sclerosis at the age of 37 in New York. From that moment on, the disease would be known as “Lou Gehrigh’s disease.”
On the same date, a Monday in 1992, Don Heinkel pitched a perfect 7-inning game and the Pirates of Campeche defeated the Red Devils of Mexico 7-0 at Venustiano Carranza Stadium.
** “I am the luckiest man on the face of the earth”: Lou Gehrigh.
IN consecutive runs.- After allowing 8 hits and 6 runs in three consecutive relays, over 3 1/3 innings, Yankee Luis Cessa (0-0, 3.15) closed May almost perfectly, retiring 9 of 10 that he faced, giving up a hit … Alejandro Kirk turns one month on the Toronto Blue Jays’ disabled list today. He will be 30 more days in treatment for a damage to his left hip … Julio Urías (7-2, .3.62) and José Urquidy (4-2, 3.02) appear in the projections for the coming weekend. The left-hander for the Dodgers, on Friday, in Atlanta, and the Mazatlan in Toronto.
In his unexpected return to American baseball, Joey Meneses is in his element in the minors, although not in the classification that goes with his personality, in the AA of the Boston Red Sox, who overlooked that in 2018, the Sinaloan. was the most valuable of the AAA International League.
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