The Bbc Grosseto hires the community pitcher Tony Noguera

Grosseto: The Bbc Grosseto announces that it has hired the community pitcher Antonio Noguera. Born in Caracas on February 26, 1988, the new red and white acquired a Spanish passport and played in a world championship (2009), six Europeans and the 2013 World Baseball Classic with the Iberian national team.

Trained from the age of 17 under the aegis of the Houston Astros franchise. In 2005 and 2006 he defended the colors of the Astros as a rookie in the Summer League in Venezuela, closing with a positive balance (7 won, 4 lost and a PGL average close to 3.0), for a total of 23 appearances, about half as a starter. In 2007 he arrived at the Appalachian Rookie League with Greeneville, where he played 12 races as a starter, with a budget of 2-5, a complete one to his credit and an average of 4.15. In the last two seasons with Houston he plays in the single A short season with Try City, where he closes with a budget of 4-8 in 29 overall matches, however appearing better in the second year, used as a relief, then concluding the season in Lexington (single A ).

In 2010 he crossed the Atlantic to land in Tenerife, where he proved to be among the best reliefs in the Spanish championship (1.85mpgl). In 2011 he signed for Novara, where he played two seasons in the starting IBL. Passed to Serie A, he played in Bollate, in 2013 and 2014 and in Cus Brescia for three other championships. He wins the pitchers ranking in 2014 with a pgl average of 0.59 and 10 wins. In 2018 and 2019 Fortitudo Bologna calls him, with which he wins two championships. After two championships with the Tiburones de la Guaira and one in Tenerife with the Marlins, the director of Grosseto Filippo Olivelli brings him back to Italy to help the red and white to hit the scudetto poule.

“From the beginning of my career in Italy – these are Noguera’s first words – Grosseto has always been a strong team in Ibl or Serie A. In recent months it has been the club that has been most interested in me and so I decided to wear a prestigious jacket. The target? try to do the best possible to help the team win every match ».

From 2 April Noguera will play the tenth Italian season: «I made many friends and I met many beautiful people. I have a thousand memories, starting with the two championships with Fortitudo Bologna ».

Noguera then talks about his career: «The professional interlude first with the Houston Astros in the United States and then in the Venezuelan winter league with the Tiburones de la Guaira was fundamental. In my album of memories, however, also the matches with the Spanish national team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic have an important place: it was extraordinary and exciting to challenge so many champions who played in the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico and Venezuela ».