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The Tigers Andy Ibáñez, Athletics Luis Miguel Romero, Royals Ronald Bolaños and White Sox s Yoán Moncada and Luis Robert will be among the players on Cuba s World Baseball Classic team that begins play in March.
Tokyo, Aug 29 (Prensa Latina) Cuban Alfredo Despaigne raised his average to .267 and pushed his RBIs to 23 in the only game of the day in Japanese baseball, between SoftBank Falcons and Lotte Marinos.
Tokyo, Jul 22 (Prensa Latina) Cuban player Livan Moinelo got his 13th save and confirmed himself as the leader in that section among Latin American pitchers in the Japanese baseball league.
The 58-year-old turned down a request from SoftBank to remain in charge after failing to guide the team to the postseason for the first time in his seven-year tenure.