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After going through MLB, the Minor Leagues and the Dominican League, Ronald Guzmán is found for the first time in Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP)an experience that he is enjoying being part of the Lara Cardinals, with whom he can do double duty: as a pitcher or as a hitter.
“It’s a blessing that I couldn’t describe in words,” feels the new Cardinals import for the opportunity to be part of the squad as a left-handed hitter and in relief, if necessary.
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The tall Dominican left-hander had a bullpen session and also in the batter’s box, under the watchful eye of manager Henry Blanco.
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The Dominican born in La Vega, has experience of five seasons in the Big Leagues with the Texas Rangers y New York Yankeesteams with which he was uninterruptedly at the highest level between 2018 and 2022.
“I really feel very motivated and I had a good reception in the team. “I am very happy to be able to help the Cardenales de Lara,” said the player who in the baseball league of his native country belongs to the Gigantes del Cibao.
Guzmán receives this opportunity to be with the Cardinals after the Cibao Giants They only gave him the opportunity to play in one match, so his activity is reduced to 13 games in 2023 and 2024 (in branches of the San Francisco Giants and with the Cibao Giants in LIDOM) as a hitter and eight opportunities as a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles branches.
“I couldn’t play consistently and receiving this opportunity is going to put me in a very good position,” Guzmán continued.
ONE MORE ARM FOR THE RELAY
Although he was signed as a first baseman, Ronald Guzmán knew what it was like to be a pitcher when he began practicing this sport as a child. After 2020, he focused on becoming a player who can perform both functions: batting and pitching. With the Cardinals he is also available to work as a pitcher.
“I can relieve and pitch a maximum inning. The most I’ve pitched at the professional level is one and a third innings. “I am not prepared to be a starter but I feel prepared for the relief role,” he said.
This year, in two minor categories of the Baltimore Orioles He worked seven innings showing great speed to strike out 11, although in that work he allowed 14 runs, 11 of them earned. Seventh Entry
