{"id":31930,"date":"2017-11-03T17:05:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T21:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/?p=31930"},"modified":"2017-11-03T19:41:20","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T23:41:20","slug":"serie-del-caribe-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seamheads.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/03\/serie-del-caribe-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Serie Del Caribe 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

November 3<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 there\u2019s no need for \u201cbaseball withdrawal\u201d after an exciting World Series in the U.S. \u2014 there\u2019s plenty of baseball action south of the border.\u00a0 Here are some highlights from the leagues playing in South America, Mexico and the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

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CUBA<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Serie Nacional 57<\/em>\u00a0second-half action is underway.\u00a0 Defending champs Granma, along with Artemisa, won their wild-card rounds and join Industriales, Las Tunas, Matanzas, and Pinar del Rio in second-half action.\u00a0 Each of the advancing six teams selected five\u00a0refuerzos<\/em>\u00a0(reinforcements) from the rosters of the teams that were eliminated.\u00a0 Slugging DH\/1B Frederich Cepeda was drafted by Pinar del Rio.<\/p>\n

Current SN57 standings for the second half are as follows (remember that first-half W\/L results carry over to the second half):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/strong><\/td>\nW<\/strong><\/td>\nL<\/strong><\/td>\nGB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Industriales<\/td>\n\u00a034<\/td>\n\u00a016<\/td>\n\u00a0\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Las Tunas<\/td>\n\u00a033<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n0.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Granma<\/td>\n\u00a032<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n2.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Matanzas<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Pinar del Rio<\/td>\n29<\/td>\n22<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0Artemisa<\/td>\n\u00a027<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n7.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Granma is riding a 12-game winning streak that has jumped them up to third place currently.\u00a0 Pinar del Rio has won only three of their last ten.<\/p>\n

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VENEZUELA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Navegantes de Magallanes<\/em>\u00a0are celebrating their 100th anniversary this season.\u00a0 Venezuelans around the baseball world are reveling in the success of countryman Jose Altuve (el Astroboy<\/em>) in the World Series.<\/p>\n

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Current Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional<\/em> (LVBP) standings are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/strong><\/td>\nW<\/strong><\/td>\nL<\/strong><\/td>\nGB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tigres de Aragua<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aguilas del Zulia<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n5.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Leones de Caracas<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Navegantes<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bravos de Margarita<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n7.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cardenales de Lara<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n7.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tiburones de La Guaira<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Caribes de Anzo\u00e1tegui<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n8.5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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MEXICO<\/strong> \u2013 La Liga Mexicana del Pacifico<\/em> ( LMP) is in its fourth week of play and the standings are crowded; only 2 games separate the top five clubs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/strong><\/td>\nW<\/strong><\/td>\nL<\/strong><\/td>\nGB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Culiacan<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jalisco<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hermosillo<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n1.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mazatl\u00e1n<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n1.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mexicali<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Los Mochis<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n11<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Navojoa<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n4.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cd. de Obregon<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n13<\/td>\n5.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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DOMINICANA<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0Estrellas (San Pedro)<\/em>\u00a0have taken a one-game lead in the Liga Dominicana<\/em> ( LiDOM) standings through three weeks of play:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Team<\/strong><\/td>\nW<\/strong><\/td>\nL<\/strong><\/td>\nGB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Estrellas<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n\u2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gigantes<\/td>\n9<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n1.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Escogido<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n2.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aguilas<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n3.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Licey<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Toros<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n6.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PUERTO RICO<\/strong> \u2013 native son Alex Cora is having a great baseball year.\u00a0 The native of Caguas has played, managed, and been the GM of hometown\u00a0Criollos de Caguas<\/em>\u00a0and they won\u00a0la Serie del Caribe<\/em>\u00a0in February.\u00a0 He was GM of the Puerto Rican team in the World Baseball Classic, and they had a great run finishing second in March.\u00a0 He has just won a World Series as bench coach for the Astros.\u00a0 And to top it off, he has signed a multi-year deal to become manager of the Boston Red Sox.<\/p>\n

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Author Monte Cely writes this column for the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) site, Central and South Texas (Rogers Hornsby Chapter).<\/em><\/p>\n

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