Cuba cuts preliminary Olympic baseball qualifier roster to 32

Three-time Olympic baseball gold medal winner Cuba is training at Victoria de Girón Stadium in Matanzas ahead of the upcoming WBSC Baseball Americas Qualifier in Florida which is less 20 days days away.

Cuban National Team manager Armando Ferrer has cut the preliminary roster down to 32 players. Qualifier roster sizes are 26. The players considered by Ferrer and his staff include the stars of the top domestic league (Serie Nacional), including the core of the WBSC Premier12 2019 team and those under contract with Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) organizations.

PITCHERS (13) Lazaro Blanco, Carlos Juan Viera, Yoenni Yera, Yariel Rodriguez, Andy Rodriguez, Bryan Chi, Livan Moinelo, Raidel Martinez, Frank Abel Alvarez, Yudiel Rodriguez, Pablo Luis Guillen, Naikel Cruz and Renner Rivero
CATCHERS (5) Ariel Martínez, Yosvani Alarcon, Ivan Prieto, Rafael Viñales and Andrys Perez
INFIELDERS (9) Lisban Correa, Yordanis Samon, Guillermo Aviles, Cesar Prieto, Erisbel Arruebarrena, Yordan Manduley, Yurisbel Gracial, Yadil Mujica and Dayán García
OUTFIELDERS (5) Frederich Cepeda, Roel Santos, Alfredo Despaigne, Yadir Drake and Raico Santos

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World No. 7 Cuba will start the qualifier in Florida in Group B, along with World no. 9 Venezuela, No. 13 Canada and No. 14 Colombia.

The WBSC Baseball Americas Qualifier to the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 is scheduled in The Palm Beaches & St. Lucie County, Florida, from 31 May to 5 June.