This morning, the Federacion Cubana de Beisbol confirmed the roster for the Agricultores, who won the Cuban Elite League championship and are headed for the 2023 Caribbean Series.
Agricultores came back from a 3-1 series deficit to beat Portuarios in the first year of the Elite League Season and Championship Series going the distance in seven games, with Osvaldo Abreu smacking a series-winning single in the rubber game to send Agricultores to the Caribbean Series. Agricultores finished in first place in the Elite League, playing their home games in Granma at Estadio Martires de Barbados.
Agricultores manager Carlos Marti added five players to the roster for the Caribbean Series. Two outfielders, Denis Laza from Portuarios of the Cuban Elite League and Racio Santos, who played this past winter league season in Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico with Mayos de Navojoa, will give the offense a lift for Agricultores during the Caribbean Series. Laza batted .348 during the whole season with 56 hits in 198 plate appearances, clubbing five home runs and earning 27 RBI. Santos played in 22 games during the winter league season in Mexico with Venados de Mazatlán and Mayos de Navojoa, he had 22 hits in 95 plate appearances and eight RBI. The three pitchers that have been added to Agricultores are Andy Vargas from Portuarios, Jonathan Carbo from Tabacaleros, and Alexander Valiente from Cafetaleros.
Cuba is returning to the Caribbean Series for the first time since 2019 in Panama City, Panama at Estadio Rod Carew. Cuba’s Serie Nacional Lenadores de Las Tunas appeared in the final of the 2019 Caribbean Series, losing to Panama Probeis team Toros de Herrera. Cuba appeared in the Caribbean Series from 2014 to 2019, and only won one title during that time span, with Vegueros de Pinar del Rio winning in 2015, beating Tomateros de Culiacan in the final in San Juan, Puerto Rico at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. From 1949 through 1960, Cuba had seven Caribbean Series.