Erick Leal ready for his challenge with the Sharks

“My way of playing is sometimes highly criticized by my rivals, but I think that every time I got on the mound I always give my best and I’m focused on what I’m going to do and contribute,” said Erick Leal, who as reinforcement of Sharks of La Guaira

The electric opener will launch this Thursday against Leones del Caracas in the third of the grand finale of the 2022-2023 harvest.

The school troupe selected him precisely because he looked good against the Caraquistas in two of the three games, with the exception of the last one, which he worked in the round robin; while he overall he was 2-1 with a 2.52 ERA.

From that negative clash against Caracas in Valencia, he analyzed: “I came from throwing them a tremendous game before at home, but the ball is round and sometimes we have the day, another them. That day they went out to swing aggressively and things worked out for them. Two or three pitches that I left paying and they returned it to me with a home run. The rest were good pitches, but there were bloopers that we no longer control because of the way we played in the infielder (Magallanes). However, I have always been on top of them. They had their inning… but we’ll see how things turn out on Thursday.”

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“It’s just being aggressive with all my pitches. For me there is no small or big rival but I simply go out to give my best. Thank God for my extra work and with the trainers I improve the small things, which are part of success. I have not perfected pitches, but I execute them in a better way, to be able to beat the hitters,” outlined this 27-year-old.

“There is a very nice rivalry between these two teams (Caracas and La Guaira). I come from being a champion with Magallanes and I know that this year Tiburones has the hope of achieving it and I want to be part of that ”, he added very convinced.

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