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Colpo grosso of Grosseto, which has engaged the community pitcher Antonio Noguera. The diesse Filippo Olivelli has reinforced the mountain for the second game of the first phase with a highly experienced athlete, who knows Italian baseball well: the one that will start on April 2 will be the tenth season. The first was in 2011 in Novara: Noguera took over Jean Toledo in the match against Montepaschi Grosseto. Originally from Caracas, where he was born on February 26, 1988, the left-handed acquired Spanish citizenship and with the Red Furies he played in a world championship, six Europeans, the Olympic qualifying tournament for Tokyo 2020 and the World Baseball Classic 2013. An important curriculum that makes manager Jairo Ramos happy, who can field him as a starter or relief of Luis Gonzales.
His career began at just sixteen, with the signing of the Houston Astros. in 2005 and 2006 he played in the Venezuelan Summer League; in 2007 in the Appalachian Rookie league with Greeneville. In the last two seasons he has arrived in the single A short season with Try City Valley Cats and in Lexington (single A).
From 2010 he moved to Europe, landing in Tenerife with the Marlins Puerto Cruz, before playing nine consecutive championships in Italy: after two years in Ibl with the Piedmontese he became a star of the A2 series: 74 matches, 44 wins-15 defeats, 992 strikeouts and 89 bases balls in 543 shots. Numbers that have opened the doors of UnipolSai Bologna to him, After a few seasons in the Venezuelan league with Tiburones and a tournament in 2021 in Tenerife, Tony Noguera returns to Italy, to try to help the Tuscan team to enter the title: “Dall he beginning of my career in Italy 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 this prestigious jersey. I will try to do the best I can to help the team win every match ».
