Before the season, Leones del Caracas have several unknowns and a panorama full of decisions around the alignment and the pitching staff. However, from the leadership they have a certainty and it is behind the plate. In an interview for Meridiano, sports manager Richard Gómez and president Juan Carlos Escobar agree on the catcher’s vision for the season.
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Both ensure that there is enough depth in the position and the position is not assured. “The first option is (Jhonny) Pereda, in that position we have depth,” Escobar explained in his words for this medium. Like Gómez, who maintains that there is no lack of alternatives with the masks. “There are several options there. (Jhonny) Pereda ended up as a regular,” he remarked.
However, manager José Alguacil has to choose from a repertoire of consolidated masks. Together with Pereda, the bigleaguer talent of Erick Castillo with whom he shared playing time. Ahimself, with the arrival of Wilfredo Giménez from the Tigers of Aragua. In the last season, Jhonny Pereda hit for line of .315/.457/.411 in the regular round with the hairyyes, this following playing 24 commitments.
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