Panamanians on ‘Opening Day’ in the Major Leagues

The season begins in the big tent, Panamanians who will be able to be with their teams in “Opening Day” in big leaguetherefore, there are few of them, which must be taken into account.

The Panamanians who will be on “Opening Day” in the main tournaments are: Edmundo Sosa of the Philadelphia Phillies, Christian Bethancourt of the Tampa Bay Rays, as well as pitchers Jaime Barría of the Los Angeles Angels and Javier “Javy” Guerra of the Milwaukee Brewers

The Panamanian who had a good preseason with his team wasand Edmundo Sosa, who practically plays “utility” with the Philadelphia Phillies

He Panamanian Sosa in other seasons he used it in the backfield, in the 2023 preseason he also did it in the outside, where he performed well.

In the attack in the preseason, according to data from MLBSosa, from Panama, managed to put together a .364 average, a multiple of 16 hits in 44 at-bats, with 9 runs scored, 10 RBIs and 4 home runs.

bland He claims he has “worked on it” and is also trying to enjoy the games, playing in different positions in the preseason and even off the field and doing his best to help the team, according to statements to North American media.

The The Philadelphia Phillies face the Rangers in the debut of both in the current campaign.

Another one who will be in the big tent with his organization from day one Christian Bethancourt of the Tampa Bay Raysand, the receiver was with Panama in the World Baseball Classic and then returned to his Major League team.

In the 2023 preseason. Bethancort had a .238 average, with 21 at bats, with 5 hits, 5 runs scored and 2 RBIs.

bethancourt in the 2022 campaign he played for the Athletics, then was traded to Tampa Bay, where he had a good performance and is back with the Rays.

The Tampa Bay team makes its debut in the current season with the Detroit Tigers.

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Jaime Barría who was with Panama in it World Baseball Classic, He is another who will be on day one with the Los Angeles Angels.

Barría did not see much action in the preseason, as he remained with the Panamanian team in A world classic.

In the 2023 preseason, the Panamanian pitcher barriahe worked 3 games, had a 10.8 ERA, lost a game, struck out 6 in 6.2 innings he worked.

In the 2022 regular season. barria he finished with a 3-3 record, a 2.61 ERA in 79.1 innings and 54 strikeouts.

The Angels make their regular season debut against the A’s.

Javier Guerra defended the colors on San Diego and the Tampa Bay Padres last season, will be in the new season starting today with the Miwaukee Brewers, after representing Panama in the World Baseball Classic.

In the pre-season of 2023 brewers, warHe didn’t have a win or a loss, saw action in 6 games, worked 5.2 innings, struck out 4 batters and left an ERA of 11.12, where he allowed 8 runs, 7 earned.

Guerra, who pitched as a reliever for Tampa Bay in the 2022 campaign, went 2 games, lost one and went 18 innings, striking out 10 batters in 18 games and leaving his ERA at 5.00.

Brewers debut with Chicago Cubs.

There are other Panamanians looking to make their organizations’ first team, such as pitcher Justin Lawrence with the Rockies, while Paulo Espino of the Nationals and Johan Camargo of the Kansas City Royals in Triple A are among the other players.