Since the season of his election as Rookie of the Year (2020/2021), Jhonny Pereda acquired a leading role in the Leones del Caracas scheme; He has not only dedicated himself to producing with the wood (.322 lifetime average), but he has shown adequate ability to carry long-haired pitching.
But at the end of the Round Robin, the mask suffered from physical ailments, one of his ankles still causes problems, that is the reason why he could not be behind the plate for the first match of the Grand Final against Tiburones de La Guaira.
In this regard, the strategist José Sheriff spoke about the part of his player:
“Jhonny is day by day, as I said, I don’t want to put a player in a situation where I can lose him completely. The medical part of the team has done a tremendous job throughout the season, I fully trust them; there have been other situationsphysical drawbacks) where we thought they would be longer (the absence of players), and the medical staff has done a tremendous job, that is the case of Pereda”.
Bailiff’s words to a large extent came to ratify what was explained above, the relevance of number 89 within an optimal work nucleus. That’s why right now in Leones they are “day to day”.
On the other hand, the leader of the pack uttered words of praise for his Marabino starter, who provided a good opening in the first of the Decisive Event, left a performance of 5.2 innings of 7 hits, 3 scores, 2 of them clean, gave only 1 ticket and guillotined 7:
“Amazing”Bailiff began his opinion, “I was only looking for 5 innings, he did a tremendous job, he showed why he has had a successful career in the Major Leagues. He is a pitcher who has pitched in Colorado and knows how to handle situations; he showed why he is number 1 in our rotation.”
The shotgunter from Marabino knew how to solve the guairista attempts from the first moment, as in section 1, when the slugger who started the sharks, Maikel García opened with a single, however, he dominated the next 3.
For the third and fifth he withdrew them on the fast track, in the fourth he only gave up 1 pass.