At the beginning of the 2021-2022 season Lara’s Cardinals, not by chance, emerged as one of the main candidates to be in the postseason, even with great chances of reaching the final.
The reasons? The twilight team had played the last five finals, qualifying in two of them (2018-2019 and 2019-2020), in addition to maintaining a core of players who in recent years have shown good performance on the field and an excellent “team work ”.
Additionally, Lara hired Carlos Mendoza to direct them, which gave an additional ingredient to the ninth by having one of the coaches who has had a rising career in organized baseball in the United States, especially with the New York Yankees.
Cardinals did not disappoint during the knockout round and met expectations by rounding out a balanced team both on offense and pitching, especially in the last section, where he ranks first in ERA with 3.85, well below that of his immediate follower. , Leones del Caracas, which registers a collective of 5.01.
Larense pitchers also hold first place in the lowest average and hits allowed, in addition to WHIP (.254, 364 and 1.30, respectively), and they have also stood out for their excellent control, to the point of having conceded the fewest number of tickets ( 125).
In addition to this, the batting has been at the height to appear second in homers with 48, two less than Magellan; third in RBIs (247, behind the Caribes 263) and third in slugging with .453, led by Magellan (.470), all at the time of qualifying.
