Venezuelans who will play the Major League Baseball World Series

• On Tuesday, October 26, the MLB final between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves begins

Houston Astros vs. Atlanta Braves. The World Series of the Major League Baseball season 2021 is already defined and it will be the first time that these teams meet in the final of the Major League Baseball. On Tuesday, October 26, at 8:00 pm at the Minute Maid Park in Houston, the first confrontation will be played in which the best of seven games will seek a new championship.

Five Venezuelan players, two with the Astros and three with the Braves, will be on the roster and will be part of the unprecedented final this year. In addition there will be coaches Omar López for Houston, and for the Braves Tómas Pérez and Eduardo Pérez.

Although it will be the two teams’ first meeting in the World Series, it is not the only time they have been rivals in the postseason. These teams have met five times between the Championship Series and Division Series, before the Houston franchise was traded to the American League.

The Braves defeated the Astros in the 1997, 1999 and 2001 seasons; Houston for its part eliminated Atlanta in the 2004 and 2005 seasons, which were their last meetings in this part of the league.

Venezuelans in Houston

Jose Altuve

Second baseman José Altuve has been one of the most important players this year and in the postseason for the Houston Astros. It will be a key piece if the American League team wants to be champion.

In these playoffs, Altuve has eight hits, three home runs, and three doubles; While in the Division Series against the Chicago White Sox he averaged .313 with five hits and three RBIs in four games.

José Altuve’s numbers in the playoffs
Altuve in 73 games has hit 86 hits, 21 home runs (the third-highest number in this phase in MLB history, and 47 RBIs.

Against the Boston Red Sox their offense dropped a bit. He posted a .125 average and only had three hits, but two of them were home runs, in the six games of the series against the Boston team.

This will be the third World Series in the career of the Venezuelan second baseman. In 2017 they were champions against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a series that reached a maximum of seven games.

In 2019 they lost the World Series to the Washington Nationals in seven games so this year the team will seek revenge to win the trophy.

Luis Garcia

Pitcher Luis García has been one of the revelations for the body of pitchers of the Houston Astros and that this postseason has gone from less to more.

In his only Division Series start against the Chicago White Sox, the Venezuelan pitcher allowed five runs, a home run and walked three in two. innings and a third, although the team got the victory.

Against the Boston Red Sox in his first outing, they traded him in the first inning after receiving a base-loaded homer and allowing five runs. But the Venezuelan would have a chance to redeem himself in his next start.

Before Houston fans, Garcia pitched 5 2/3 innings, allowing only one hit and a no-run walk. His best postseason start in his short career.

Venezuelans in Atlanta

Ehire Adrianza

Utility Ehire Adrianza will be in the first World Series of his career at the age of 31. The Venezuelan has become a multipurpose player for the Atlanta Braves team. Adrianza in these playoffs he has had the role of pinch hitter so he has not had much participation.

In eight at-bats he has a double and has struck out twice. For this final against Houston manager Brian Snitker will likely use him in the same role to hit for pitchers, as he does in the National League.

Orlando arcia

Infielder Orlando Arcía is in his fourth major league postseason, and his first World Series. Arcía, who came through a trade to Atlanta, has been able to take three at-bats as a pinch-hitter in both series.

William Contreras

Wide receiver William Contreras will also be in his first major league final in his sophomore career. Contreras will be as the third catcher of the Atlanta Braves. The Venezuelan has had a turn at bat and in the Championship Series against the Dodgers he did not play.

One of the great absences that this World Series will have will be that of Venezuelan Ronald Acuña Jr., after breaking his right anterior cruciate ligament in the middle of the season and leaving him out of the entire season. Despite that, the Venezuelan player will accompany the Atlanta Braves team and will be supporting the team in the dugout.

Atlanta hadn’t reached the final since 1999 when they lost in four games to the New York Yankees. 22 years later they seek to obtain their fourth championship of the majors.

This year the final will be an unprecedented edition in which five Venezuelan players will be part of the teams that seek to make history and become champions of the Las Mayores.

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