Panama, ready to debut against Chinese Taipei at the World Cup

Panamanian right-handed pitcher Humberto Mejia he was elected by the manager Luis Ortiz open the first game in The World Baseball Classic when (this Wednesday at 6:00 a.m. Panama time) they meet Chinese Taipei in a clash expected by the fans.

“Istina is very happy and very proud of the manager’s decision Luis Ortiz after you chose me to open the first game of the World Classic, we are ready for the first game and I am very happy with that decision,” said Mejía in an interview with Chinese Taipeiwhere he had part of a 1.0 inning warmup game and then the bullpen to complete the fine tuning of the pitch.

Ortíz leads the Panamanian pitchers’ rotation in the A world classicfor another game right on Major League Baseball, Jaime Barria from Los Angeles Angels and a leftist Andy Otero could have been a starter before Cuba in match 3. There are no tasks for the match with Italy.

“Seriously that Panama It’s looking pretty good, we’ve got a huge group, there’s a lot of unity, we’re all on the same page, we’re under the illusion that we’re going to Japan and we’re going to get to Miami, we’re going to stand up and fight for Panama“, He said Mejia.

MejiaThe 6-foot-4, 244-pound, 26-year-old right-hander was awarded the national flag before the team left for Taiwan.

The right made its debut in The big leagues with miami marlins In 2020, he went 0-2 in his first year in the majors with a 5.40 ERA, and in 2021 he pitched in the majors with Arizona, where he went 0-3.

Mejia remained in the professional game, he had an outstanding performance in the Mexico and also participated in Dominican League winter for the last two years, until he joins the team for “spring training” in 2023 New York Mets, before this year’s first league season.

Mejia he opened the first game Panama in before A world classic and scored important figures against Argentina in a match played at the stadium stick Carew from the Panamanian capital.

The Panamanian pitcher worked against Argentina 4.0 innings with 2 hits allowed, no score and 5 fans for the win.

In that game, the pitcher Mejia he used 44 throws, of which 33 were hits.