Mexico reveals its list of players called up for Tokyo

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The Mexican Baseball Federation (Femebe) and the designated manager of the national team, Benjamin Gil, presented the list of players who will be present at the Mexican representative during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.

In the afternoon of this Thursday, July 8, La Femebe, published through the official accounts of the Mexican Baseball Team, the list of players called by the manager, Benjamin Gil, who will compete in the Olympic tournament of Tokyo 2020, which is by start on Wednesday, July 28.

For this combo of 24 players were selected nineteen players from the Mexican Baseball League (LMB), 4 from Major League Baseball (MLB) and 2 more from Asian teams, from Japan Professional Baseball League (NPB) and the China Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

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The 24 Aztec Players Selected

Catcerhs

Among the catchers, the two Mexican representatives in this position are Ali Solis, belonging to the Sultans of Monterrey, Y Alexis Wilson, player of the Tigres de Quintana Roo.

Infielders

For the part of infielders, highlighted the name of the experienced Adrián González, current player of the Mariachis by Guadalajara; who will be accompanied by Ramiro Peña, from Sultans of Monterrey; Danny Espinosa, of the Monclova Steelers: the two players of the Tijuana de Tijuana bulls, Efrén Navarro and Isaac Rodríguez; and by Brandon Laird, player of the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan Professional Baseball League.

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Outfielders

As for the outfielders, in this area they seemed Jonathan Jones, of the eons of Yucatan; Sebastián Elizalde, of the Sultans of Monterrey; José Cardona; of the Pirates of Campeche; and Joey Meneses, of the Red Sox de Boston de la Major League Baseball (MLB).

Pitchers

Finally, the 12 pitchers were composed of Teddy Stankiewicz and Óliver Pérez, of the Tijuana bulls; Juan Pablo Oramas and Fernando Salas, of the Olmecs of Tabasco; Carlos Bustamante and Samuel Solís, of the Monclova Steelers; César Vargas, of the Sultans Monterrey; Sasagi Sánchez, of the Red Devils of Mexico; Manny Bañuelos, of the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Taipei League); and three MLB players, Manny Barreda, from Baltimore Orioles; Héctor Velázquez, of the Houston Astros; and Daniel Duarte, of the Cincinnati Reds.

Mexico, which is ubifallen into group “A” together with Japan and the Dominican Republic, debuting with this team in the competition on Friday, July 30 at Yokohama Stadium against the Caribbean, while a day later, on Saturday 31, will play against the locals at the same venue.