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The start of the 2024-2025 tournament of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) is approaching. That is why I will begin to make a series of analysis where the 8 teams that make up the league will be involved, we will start this work with the team that represents the State of Zulia, as are the Águilas, a team that has not had it easy in recent years, but this year promises to change things, that is why it is really necessary to analyze the rapaz team and see if indeed it has the elements to compete in this edition, at least in the area of the coaching staff they were reinforced with a duo that already know what it is to start in the local tournament, in 2016 they did it with the Águilas and in 2023 with the Leones de Caracas, they are Lipson Navas and Wilson Álvarez, Navas will be the manager, while Álvarez will be the head of the pitchers, a job he has done very well throughout his career.
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In addition to the change in their leadership team, they also made changes that seek to give the team a new face and recover that grit and desire to win that have characterized them throughout their history, for the tournament that will soon begin. It is expected that the Águilas will be able to count on a good number of their star players, and the best part of the case is that it will be from the beginning of the season, Ali Castillo, José Pirela, Freddy Galvis and Osleivis Basabe have confirmed their participation, this is a quartet of players that have the same characteristics, This is a quartet of players that have the same characteristics, good defense, above average speed on the bases and they are very contact hitters, this would give the following hitters when it comes to bring the runs to the plate and in this way achieve the victories that eluded the rapaz team last season.
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In the middle of the lineup they will have Angel Reyes, Andres Chaparro who just graduated as a big leaguer with the Nationals, this will give the current rookie of the year of the Venezuelan league more experience, Hector Sanchez will also have the responsibility of producing runs, it can be said that the Zulian team will have a lineup with speed and power, This combination can be lethal for the opposing pitching, this without taking into account the performance of the imported players they decide to bring in to reinforce this important aspect of the game, which in my opinion makes them an interesting team with a real chance of achieving the long-awaited classification in this edition of the LVBP.
El pitcheo será el talón de Aquiles del equipo del occidente de Venezuela, ya que depende en su mayoría a los lanzadores importados y a los novatos que vienen en ascenso, de allí la importancia de haber traído de vuelta a Wilson Álvarez, cuando trajeron vía cambio a Sandy León, no lo entendía, pero ahora que hago este análisis lo veo más claro, para nadie es un secreto que León es un receptor con una defensa espectacular y sabe guiar a los lanzadores, ahora que el Zulia dependerá de esos brazos jóvenes, este catcher será de vital importancia, en conclusión, si veo con un mejor desempeño a las Águilas en este torneo, seguramente debe estar luchando los puestos del tercer lugar hasta el quinto, en próximas publicaciones sabrán quienes son mis candidatos a ser primero y segundos en la clasificación de esta edición.
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But not everything is rosy for the Águilas in the upcoming campaign, Jackson Chourio, Salvador Pérez and Wilyer Abreu, is having wonderful seasons in the big leagues, that practically takes away any possibility of seeing them in uniform in Venezuela, this trident would be a real headache for the pitching of the league and could Zulia at a fairly high level, but as mentioned above, I see this team solid offensively.The pitching will be the Achilles heel of the team from the west of Venezuela, since it depends mostly on imported pitchers and rookies who are on the rise, hence the importance of having brought back Wilson Alvarez, when they brought back Sandy Leon via trade, I did not understand it, but now that I do this analysis I see it more clearly, for nobody is a secret that Leon is a catcher with a spectacular defense and knows how to guide the pitchers, now that Zulia will depend on those young arms, this catcher will be of vital importance, in conclusion, if I see a better performance of the Eagles in this tournament, surely they should be fighting for the positions from third place to fifth, in future publications you will know who are my candidates to be first and second in the standings of this edition.
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