Finally, the rumors of seeing Yadier Molina as catcher for the Puerto Rico national team have come to an end, after the Baseball Federation announced him as the manager for next year’s World Baseball Classic.
The option of seeing the current catcher of the St. Louis Cardinals in charge of the national team grew when the same player announced the end of his career as an active player at the end of the current Major League campaign.
Without forgetting that the mask also accepted the position of manager of Navegantes del Magallanes for the upcoming season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) although first he will have to face the postseason with the red birds.
In a few words, Molina will be in charge of the Puerto Rican national team for the first time as manager, since in his previous participations he was as an active player. While as a manager, he will be the second after being in charge of the current Venezuelan baseball champion, Navegantes del Magallanes.
After announcing the star catcher of Cardenales de San Luis, the incorporation of José Solá, who arrives to take over the duties as General Manager to replace Eduardo Pérez, who resigned from this position after disagreeing with the hiring of Yadier Molina.
Lastly, Puerto Rico is present in the group of death, since it will have to be measured against Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and Israel; Said games will be played at Loan Depot Park, home of the Miami Marlins.
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