Cuban Baseball to Unite Generations on Route to Tokyo 2020

A mixture of youth and experience will make up the pre-selection baseball team on route to the Olympic Games in Tokyo 2020, said the National Baseball Commissioner Yovani Aragon Rodriguez.

He stressed that they will defend the title of the Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla 2018 with some new players that will make up the future Olympic team.

We are currently training and playing at the same time to limit the inactivity of the important figures during the period prior to the Games in Barranquilla, Colombia, something that has happened in previous events, said Aragon.

Regarding the baseball qualifying baseball tournament correspondent to the 32nd Olympiad, the Baseball leader explained that it will not be easy to defeat the high quality international teams.

Aragon Rodriguez, former pitcher for Sancti Spiritus and Cuba National team informed that they are preparing a friendly match before traveling to Colombia next June to prepare the team to the conditions of the host nation.

The U 23 National Baseball Championship will be held and the new Special Series in addition to the traditional bilateral games against the United States, scheduled for next July, said the Commissioner.