Puerto Rico Double-A league to cruise at full strength during weekend

Puerto Rico Double-A league to cruise at full strength during weekend
16/02/2023
All 45 clubs will be involved. The programme will include 44 games from Friday, 17 to Sunday, 19 February.

The Puerto Rico Double-A League is ready to cruise at full strength through the season. All 45 clubs will take the field during the weekend. The programme includes 44 games from Friday, 17 to Sunday, 19 February.

The defending champions, Toritos de Cayey, won the season's opener on Sunday, 12 February. They defeated the first-year team Criollos de Caguas, 6-3.

Criollos returned to the Double-A league after 40+ years of absence.

Toritos were the favourite and won, but Criollos out hit them, 11-7, and stayed in the game until the last.

"Nobody hoped we could play this well against a team like Toritos. I believe they are the favourites to win it again, " Criollos' manager Edwards Guzman, commented. "I really appreciated the confidence my players showed on the field. It's not going to be easy, but we want to keep working, playing as hard as we can, game after game."

The Baseball Federation of Puerto Rico presented before the start of the 2023 season the individual awards of the 2022 campaign.