The 20 teams that will be part of the 2024 season of the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) are eagerly awaiting the start of activities as are their players, who will do everything to be protagonists in their respective teams in search of the crown of the King of Sports in Mexico.
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In this context, Mexican baseball has been characterized in recent years as an important springboard for players from all nations who long to reach the Major Leagues, but it has also become an interesting place for those baseball players who have already been in the elite of this sport.
For this 2024, several names draw attention that are already confirmed in their respective teams to compete at their best in each game, most of them, field and infield players, in addition to a pitcher who is the one who has stolen the spotlight in recent weeks.
Robinson Cannon
Without a doubt, the bombshell signing of the season was made by the Red Devils of Mexico, who hired the services of the baseball player from the Dominican Republic, Robinson Canó, who at 41 years of age arrived on Aztec soil to be a reference in the national ball
The Dominican star will be the second baseman of the Red Devils of Mexico this season, his last participation in the majors was in 2022.
Didi Gregory
Those who were not far behind were the Algodoneros de Unión Laguna, a team from the north of the country that recruited Didi Gregorius, who at 34 years of age and with an important step in the Major Leagues where he wore the jersey of the New York Yankees and Phillies from Philadelphia, this 2024 he will seek to be on fire with the wood.
It should be noted that his foray is not the first with the Laguna team, where in his previous foray he left an average of .359 and 11 home runs in 2023, so now the native of the Netherlands will do everything to take the step he is taking. needs to win the championship that escaped Algodoneros last year.
Trevor Bauer
In recent weeks, Californian Trevor Bauer was the news, after announcing his arrival in Mexico to play with the Red Devils. The 33-year-old right-hander played last year in Japan and this 2024 will be his first campaign on Aztec soil.
Trevor was the 2020 Cy Young winner and has not pitched in the majors since 2021, when he belonged to the Dodgers, the reason being accusations of sexual abuse of which he was acquitted.
Addison Russell
Although he is not a new face in the LMB, Russell has a winning stamp because with the Chicago Cubs he celebrated winning the title in the 2016 World Series and was part of the All-Star Game. After leaving the Major League, the American infielder, now 30 years old, continued his professional career in other leagues, until he settled in Mexico in 2021 and this season he will once again wear the uniform of the Acereros de Monclova.
Jose Rondon
The one born in Villa de Cura, Venezuela and champion of home runs, doubles and runs scored in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), with four years of experience in the Major Leagues, arrived in 2024 as a reinforcement of the Red Devils of Mexico .
The Venezuelan utility player joins to give greater strength and depth to the roster of the capital squad. Rondón played for four teams in four MLB seasons, the last of which was the St. Louis Cardinals.
Yasiel Puig
An old acquaintance of the Mexican fans is Yasiel Puig, an outfielder from Cuba who in 2024 will defend the Águila de Veracruz jersey just as he did in 2021.
Puig was a protagonist in the LVBP and gave a great demonstration of power in the Miami Caribbean Series before getting hurt, so expectations are very high for this burly 33-year-old athlete.
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2024-04-10 20:10:59