While a large part of the attention within the baseball environment is focused on what happens with the future of the MLB in 2022, the professional league in Japan started its engines since the end of January to get ready for what will be the new season and a group of Venezuelan players are conditioning to the fullest to show their talent that allows them to shine in every game.
The first baseman of the current monarchs of the most popular sport in that country, the Yakult Swallows, José Osuna, has been working hard with the rest of his teammates and they all want to revalidate the title of the previous season in which they won the Japan Series to the Orix Buffaloes, who incorporated Breyvic Valera and will make his debut in this tournament, also being a new experience in his professional career.
Osuna was a fundamental piece to achieve the crown after six years.
Yakult will hold some intersquad games from this February 17 and his first preseason duel will be on the 23rd against the Yomiuri Giants. For his part, the Yokohama DeNa Stars pitcher, Edwin Escobar, is also getting ready with the rest of the pitchers. Along with them, Freddy Galvis (SoftBank Falcons) and Renato Núñez (Nippon Ham Fighters) will also see action.
Next March 25 will officially start the 2022 campaign in Japanese baseball.