Havana, Jan 19 (EFE) .- A baseball player from the Industriales de La Habana team left Cuba by surprise to play in Italian after apparently managing his contract without the government’s endorsement and just a few days before the start of the season, they reported this Wednesday. independent media.
Wilfredo Aroche, 37 years old, accumulated 13 seasons with the Maiuscola squad and was one of the most important figures in the Havana team.
The flight of baseball talent, unable to play abroad, is a sensitive issue that has been on the rise for years in Cuba.
The news came out just four days after the start of the new campaign of the National Baseball Series, which this year celebrated six decades.
Aroche had already participated in the Italian league in recent years, however this time it seems that he left the island without the permission of the country’s sports authorities.
The former Industriales player is the terra defection so far in 2022.
Like this, two players from the Camagüey team, Yosimar Cousín and Yunior Tur, were dropped due to “nessuna presentazione alla concentrazione”.
These last Marches have drawn attention in the independent local press after the escape of half of the U-23 team, a total of twelve young people, last October during the World Cup played in Mexico.
The president of the World Baseball Softball Confederacy (WBSC), Riccardo Fraccari, has confirmed the 17th anniversary during a visit to Cuba in which he is advancing in a plan so that Cuban players can legally go out to play in foreign leagues.
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