This weekend begins Playoff of the highest category of Spanish baseball. After a regular season of 15 days, with two matches each and with the 10 participating teams divided into 2 groups, this past weekend, the end of the first phase has been reached, with 4 teams classified for the next round.
groups
In the Group Alos Tenerife Marlins they took first place, after achieving 25 wins in 26 games. In second position, the San Ignatius of Bilbaothird the Navarre Baseballfourth CBS Sant Boi and lastly the Miralbueno de Zaragoza. In the Group Bthe first place has been occupied by the Valencia Astrosfollowed by CB Viladecansthird the CBS Barcelonafourth the CBS Valencia Torch and in last position Bulls of Pamplona.
Playoffs
Once the regular season of the championship, we reached the first round of the playoff in a best-of-three series and in a matchday to be played on the field of play of the best classified. This will act as local in the first and third match (if necessary), and the second classified will act as local in the second match of that day. East playoff It will end when one of the two teams has won two games.
Spanish Series
The two winners of the first round of the playoff will play the Spanish Series the best of five games, in two days. The first day (matches 1 and 2) on the pitch of the team with the lowest average in the qualifying phase, on Saturday and Sunday. The second day, on the field of play of the team with the best average, playing game 3 on Saturday afternoon. Game 4, if necessary, following Game 3. Game 5, if necessary, on Sunday morning. The Spanish Series They will end when one of the teams has won three games. In case of a tie in the average to decide the local teams of each day, the direct confrontations between the 2 teams will be used.
2022 season
Therefore, this weekend they will meet in Valencia, the San Ignatius of Bilbaoas the second ranked Group Ain front of the Valencia Astrosas first of Group B. And in the other semifinal, they will meet, in Tenerife, the CB Viladecans as second of Group B and the current champions, the Tenerife Marlinsas the first of Group A.
Schedules
The playoffs will open with the match between CB Viladencasand the Tenerife Marlins, on Saturday, July 30, at 2:00 p.m. in the Néstor Pérez Suárez Municipal Baseball Field and then the second game of the series will be played, leaving the third game, if necessary, for Sunday, July 31, at 11 am. Meanwhile, the other series will begin on the same Saturday, July 30, at 5:45 p.m., at the Valencia Municipal Baseball and Softball Fieldwith the match between San Ignatius and the Astros, and will continue the series on Sunday, July 31, at 11 a.m. leaving the third game, if necessary, for 1:30 p.m.
Forecasts
With all this, the favorites for the first semi-final are the Valencia Astroswho have finished the season in top form, with the title of the Federation Cup, with a Robert Ten plethoric, leading the SBL with 37 RBIs and a Emmanuel Feebles who finishes as the top scorer of the Regular Season with 36 Races. But in front they will have one of the best pairs of starters in the entire Spanish Baseball League, Elio Silva y Royd Hernandezplayers of San Ignatius of Bilbao, who have accumulated 10 and 9 wins each respectively, so it will not be easy to beat the Basque team just like that. It is clear that it will be a very interesting series to watch.
In the other semifinal, the favorites are the local team and current champion, the Tenerife Marlins. The best offensive team in the entire SBLcon 46 HR y 255 runs accumulated in the 26 games played, with only one loss and led by the MVP of the SBL for Spanish Baseball and Softball, Wander Encarnacion. And they will have to face a historical figure in the league, the CB Viladecansteam with the most titles Liga (18) y Copa (19) and that it is fighting to return to being a benchmark, with a lot of work from the academy, which is gradually bearing fruit and for which a great future is predicted ahead. Stand out from their ranks right-handed Jorge Balboaleader in Strikeouts, with 93 prescribed strikeouts in 79 innings pitched or Miguel Catalanwhich ends the Regular Season with 24 RBIs and 28 RBIs.
