Igor González will lead the national baseball team in the Under 23 World Cup

The Puerto Rico Baseball Federation (FBPR) confirmed its participation in the Under 23 World Cup, to be held from October 14 to 23 in Chinese Taipei. The event will feature the participation of the best 12 teams in the world in this category.

Puerto Rico will participate in the event after receiving an invitation from the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC).

In the Preworld tournament, the team played 4-3. The Puerto Rican team will be made up of active Double-A Superior Baseball and Minor League Baseball (MiLB) players.

The roster will have 24 members, with 12 position players and 12 pitchers.

Former major leaguer Juan ‘Igor’ González will repeat at the helm of the team.

The first pre-selection practice will be tomorrow, Wednesday, at the Pedro Montañez Stadium in Cayey, at 6:30 p.m.

Puerto Rico’s participation in the Under 23 World Cup represents the return of Puerto Ricans to this event, after having competed for the first time in 2018, under the direction of Yadier Molina.

Since the reactivation of the FBPR Junior National Teams program in the summer of 2021, Puerto Rico has participated in qualifying tournaments in the Under 12, Under 15 and Under 23 categories. In addition, it obtained fifth place in its debut at the recently held Under 15 World Cup.