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Sent / Merida / 09/30/2023 13:16:37
Veteran pitcher César Valdez will report to the Tigres del Licey training camp as soon as he finishes his commitment to the Leones de Yucatán in the 2023 Baseball Champions League being played at the Kukulcán Álamo Park in Mérida, Mexico.
For Valdez, this will be his 12th season with Licey in the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic (LIDOM), a club with which he won the most recent crown in winter ball and the Caribbean Series in its Gran Caracas 2023 edition. being named the Most Valuable Player after an outstanding performance in the final against host Venezuela.
There goes the Man of the Five Letters ????️
César Valdez, MVP of the Caribbean Series, is about to report to the Tigres del Licey for the next LIDOM tournament ???? pic.twitter.com/3u2ceBwTBo— Seventh Entry (@septimaentrada_) September 30, 2023
“Next week, when I leave here, I will be reporting (with Licey),” Valdez said for Séptima Entrada. “Always grateful that God gives me the opportunity to continue throwing ball up to this point.”
Valdez returns to the Tigers after alternating as a starter and reliever in the Triple-A Los Angeles Angels, a level at which he left a 4-7 record and a 6.95 ERA pitching multi-inning games.
“The Man of the Five Letters” was part of an important nucleus of players like Emilio Bonifacio and Jairo Asencio who were signed in the first free agency in the history of winter ball.
The future of César Valdez
Although he is still tied to the Angels organization in the Major Leagues, César will become a free agent next month, once the World Series ends. As soon as this pact ends, the veteran pitcher will seek accommodation again, either in a Major League organization, as he has done for the last three years, or in some other circuit such as the Mexican Baseball League, where he also has extensive experience. having pitched in five seasons.
2023-09-30 19:30:17
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