“The hardest job is getting permission from the players.”

The Dominican national team manager for the World Baseball Classic spoke about the tremendous challenge of compiling the roster of players who would become part of the national team.

The World Baseball Classic 2023 There is less than four months left until the start, and at the moment, the 20 teams that will participate in the tournament are in the pre-steps of preparing and presenting the teams that will represent them as soon as they sing.”Playing footballIn March. Between the announcements of managers and captains, it’s still early days for teams to introduce all their players, but the work of each country’s baseball operations offices, especially during this phase, will determine who the players selected will be.

dominican republic At this point, after he has presented the preliminary list of players and each of the team’s general manager, the player Nelson CruzHow Rodney Linareswho had been appointed months earlier as captain of the Caribbean team, spoke to him Enrique Rojas about the formation process.

LinaresIn particular, he talked about the challenge of assembling a team when it depends directly on major league teams granting passes so players can participate in the tournament.

“Once the major league season was over, we called Nelson (cross)with the (Dominican Baseball) Federation and we’re trying to put together a business plan, let’s meet continually (…) And try to start looking for player permissions. Like I said, hard work (is directed) Player passes, because as you know there are many restrictions on players who have been injured during the seasonHe began saying Linares a Enrique Rojas.

“We have a lot to choose from, but at the same time, we still have to wait for permitsThe commander pointed out.

The amount of potential talent in the Dominican team for World Classic Baseball Very high, which is why the country is among the favorites in the tournament, so much so that the country itself Linares Note that in conversations with one of those expected to be part of the team, the short starting point for champions big leaguesAnd the Houston AstrosAnd the Jeremy PenaHowever, this did not guarantee him a position within the Tri-colored Division one hundred percent.

“I think the group of players and the group of players who’ve made themselves available, I think it’s the largest we’ve had in recent classics. Whatever I’ve talked to Nelson and the federation there’s always been issues for the boys to say yes but I think the boys (Currently) They’ve done itHe finished Linares.