(ESP-ENG) Una triste temporada. [Opinión]
Hello friends, good vibes to all.
In this space beyond soccer and Formula 1, sometimes and only sometimes, I decide to talk about Venezuelan baseball with its winter league. For those who do not know I am an extremely baseball person, I go to the stadiums, I went to the Caribbean Series that took place last year and I had the opportunity to see the Leones del Caracas in the 22-23 season in the final against the Tiburones de la Guaira, live at the University Stadium of the UCV. But there are many things that have changed since that title, although it is true that the base of the team is still almost intact there is something that is not working since last season and especially in this one that has been for me: a sad season.
Saying this today, December 5, may be risky because there is certainly still at least 20 days left in the season, but seeing how the team has been performing in this month and a half of baseball, it leads us to believe that the trend, unfortunately, is going to continue unless there is a radical change behind closed doors. These problems, according to me, have been going on since December of last year when the team fell apart due to poor pitching. The situation as of today is no different, we have the worst collective pitching in the league with an effectiveness of 5.80 while on offense we are fourth with an AVG .284, we are the team with more HR, 54, of the eight. The lineup is not bad but what we see on the field is worrisome.
I thought that with the arrival of some players from the big leagues, such as Eugenio Suarez, winner of the Home Run Derby on Monday, the team could enter a more optimistic phase and perhaps in a better state of mind but the truth is that it has not been so. Evidently the main problem has been the pitching along with a bad importation of players, I don't know if it is that there is no planning previously planned or that the players in question do not adapt but almost no pitcher has worked as I imagine it was expected. Erick Leal is a pitcher who for several years belonged to the Navegantes del Magallanes, this season he arrived in Caracas with very high expectations, the result? - Regrettable. Personally I never liked him, he is not a bad pitcher but he is a very uncontrolled one who was brought in on a whim.
In that season of 2022 the atmosphere in the dogout was unmatched, there was a synergistic energy that made everything go perfectly. The way they took turns at bat, how they ran the bases, how they celebrated the victories; today that disappeared. I see apathy, listlessness and perhaps even poor preparation. The TC (technical staff) was changed, part of it, but the head is still in charge, José Alguacil. Many are asking for his departure, I don't know if I am in that position, but I do believe that we cannot continue living on past glories or rents, but there is definitely something to be done at the managerial level.
Are we eliminated? - No. We are one game away from fifth place, which is occupied by the Tiburones de la Guaira. But to change the turnaround we have to start playing in a more solid way. It is frustrating because there is plenty of team but something in the performance does not allow us to move forward. It is true that in baseball there is something called “slump” which is nothing more than the offensive slump of a player or a team. We have the most home runs but our timely hitting is failing us, yesterday we lost 7-0 with only 3 hits, this cannot be allowed. How do you get out of that place? - With confidence and a change of mentality because they have plenty of quality. Let's hope that my beloved team will change course and we can be in January in the Round Robin or semifinals for those who do not know the term and thus improve a little the image we have shown so far.
¡Un abrazo a todos, nos leemos en la próxima!
Well my people that's all for today, I hope you liked it.
¡Hugs to all, see you next time!
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