Mexico announced their 24-player roster for the Central American and Caribbean Games. Manager Enrique El Che Reyes, who led the U-18 and U-23 National Teams and helped Mexico win an historic U-23 Baseball World Cup in 2018, selected the players from among the Mexican Baseball League (LMB, a WBSC Associate Member) teams.
Catcher Alexis Wilson (Toros de Tijuana) participated in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. Infielder Hector Mora (El Aguila de Veracruz) was on the U-23 World Cup 2022 roster. Outfielder Fernando Villegas (Saraperos de Saltillo) participated in the U-23 World Cup 2021.
Che Reyes' staff includes bench coach Hector Estrada, who served in the same position at the WBSC Premier12 2019, pitching coach Luis Fernando Mendez, third-base coach Leo Arauz, and first-base coach Carlos Reyes, who was on the U-23 national team staff in 2021 and 2022.
World No. 3 Mexico will compete from 24 June to 1 July with No. 6 Venezuela, No. 7 Cuba, No. 10 Dominican Republic, No. 11 Puerto Rico, No. 17 Nicaragua, No. 32 Curaçao, the host and No. 59 El Salvador in the baseball tournament of the Central American and Caribbean Games at the Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa in San Salvador.
GameTime subscribers will be able to watch every baseball and softball game, as well as the 36 other sports at the 2023 Central American and Carribean Games between 23 June and 8 July.
The top four finishers will qualify for the XIX Pan American Games baseball tournament, scheduled in October in Santiago, Chile.
The host nation Chile, No. 14 Panama (winners of the Buenos Aires, Argentina, qualifying tournament), No. 15 Colombia (winners of the Junior Pan American Games) and No. 24 Brazil, also winners of the South American Games, are already qualified.
