Havana/The players Dennys Laza, Frederich Cepeda and Yordanis Samón have been excluded from the first list for the national team that will participate in the Central American and Caribbean Games Santo Domingo 2026, the specialized media reported. Full Swing. “They are just three of the hundreds of people affected.”
The same medium recalled that there is “constant marginalization” about Laza when it comes to the integration of national teams. The outfielder’s followers trusted that the event in Santo Domingo would serve as a kind of “apology” from the Cuban baseball high command and would be included in the multiple event. But, “nothing could be further from the truth.” He regretted that the sports authorities did not take into account the veteran’s batting average, which was .323, nor his five home runs and 30 RBIs. “The veto was relentless.”
Frederich Cepeda is weighed, perhaps, by “one of the crudest decisions. It is known that the Cuban Baseball Federation removed the Sancti Spiritus native from its plans a few years ago, in a routine that kept the extra-class hitter from the V World Classic,” he recalled.
Full Swing He recalled that Cepeda “viciously overwhelmed the rival pitching in the IV Elite League.” An offensive average of .386, together with 10 home runs and 32 RBIs, were more than solid calling cards. However, “once again it was invisible to those who chart destinies on the Island.”
Yordanis Samón, according to the publication, is an “unpleasant character for the National Commission and there is no longer even the slightest modesty in showing it.”
Yordanis Samón, according to the publication, is an “unpleasant character for the National Commission and there is no longer even the slightest modesty in showing it” and recalled that “the criticism on more than one occasion of the guidelines of the bureaucratic entity was a kind of punishment.” The figures for average (.371), home runs (5) and runs batted in (31) could have been even better, but the answer would have been the same. “Samón is one of those who make up the black list, which plunged them into a constant refusal to represent Cuba in international events.”
The absence of the players is based on the athletes announced by the collaborator of the Cuban News Agency, Boris Luis Cabrera. “The outfielders Yoelkis Guibert Steven (Santiago de Cuba), Leonel Moas Acevedo (Camagüey) and Yasier Andy González García (Holguín), along with the catcher Harold Vázquez Rizo (Santiago de Cuba)”, must appear this Monday at the Latin American Stadium.
The initial list is complemented by Yulieski Miguel Remón Tejada (Granma), Luis Vicente Mateo Terry (Cienfuegos) and Jeison Martínez Rodríguez (Mayabeque), in addition to pitchers Frank Abel Álvarez Díaz (Pinar del Río), Yunieski García Viera (Artemisa) and Armando Abdiel Dueñas Moré (Matanzas).
