The Cuban Federation has announced their player pool for the upcoming Sub-23 Pan American Baseball Championship scheduled to place sometime in November, the actual date for the tournament have yet to be announced.
The pool will include some interesting young prospects such as WBC and Matanzas catcher Andrys Pérez, who is considered the top catching prospects on the island. Infielder -outfielder Guillermo García who hit .235 in the minor league with the Chunichi Dragons will lead the position for the Cubans.
Christian Leandro Rodríguez ( a Chunichi signee) and Jean Lucas Baldoquín, who worked out for Asian teams in Havana will also be part of the infield pool. Rodríguez is a silky smooth fielder who .368 in the 2022 Sub-23 World Cup. Yasel Pérez, who played independently in Japan will also be part of the pool and could add some pop to the team.
Carlos Monier was part of the Cuba U-23 team that finished tenth in the World Cup in 2022. The Santiago native averaged .235, with a double, triple and an RBI during the competition and is also signee by the Chunichi Dragons. The outfielder is prospect with plenty of power and upside.
The pool of pitchers will be led by Central American and Caribbean Games hurler Miguel Neira and Industriales pitcher Orlando Perdomo, who a key piece for the Havana squad in their playoff run this year in Serie Nacional.
☑️ Según informó el miembro de la Federación Cubana de Béisbol, Yovani Aragón, los atletas Carlos Alberto Monier Torres (SCU) y Christian Leandro Rodríguez García (VCL) tienen un principio de acuerdo con los Dragones de Chunichi 🇯🇵
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— Miguel Rodríguez Hernández (@MiguelRH98) September 11, 2023
Catchers: Andrys Pérez García (MTZ), Daniel Martínez Romero (PRI), Leonardo Montero Alfonso (VCL), Carlos Chávez Sehara (SSP) y Yaidel Darío Guerra Cabello (SSP).
Infielders: Guillermo García García (GRA), Xian Vega Urrutia (CFG), Yasel Pérez Acosta (LTU), Cristian Leandro Rodríguez García (VCL), Adrián Jesús Pérez García (MTZ), Leonardo Casado Altema (CMG), Jean Lucas Baldoquín Martínez (LTU), Yulieski Remón Tejeda (GRA) y Euclides E. Pérez Chiang (SCU).
Outfielders: Daniel de Jesús González Grey (SSP), Carlos Antonio Monier Torres (SCU), Darian Palma Fonseca (GRA), Javier Alejandro Escobar Martínez (SSP), Danger Rafael Casi Cutiño (GTM) y Dairon Blanco Cola (GRA).
Pitchers: Alex Guerra Garcé (SSP), Dorbis Lornet Navarro Queralta (IJV), Randy Cueto Pérez (VCL), José Ignacio Bermúdez García (MAY), Miguel Alejandro Neira Mendoza (SSP), Naikis Piedra González (MTZ), Luis Alejandro Serpa Socarrás (CFG), Orisbel Borges Pérez (PRI), Yan Carlos García Rodríguez (PRI), Rafael Orlando Perdomo Eizmendiz (HAB), Jonathan Cruz Castellano (HAB), Osdany Rodríguez Obregón (VCL), José Grandales Rodríguez (SSP), Reynaldo Ariel Álvarez Domínguez (SCU), Jaime Raúl Pelegrín Jerez (SCU) y Eliander Bravo Velázquez (Z)(LTU).