Those of us who witnessed the state of his right leg on April 23, 2022, when he was urgently removed from the José Ramón Cepero stadium to the Doctor Antonio Luaces Iraola Provincial General Teaching Hospital, thought it was goodbye to the active sport of Yorbis Borroto Jaureguí.
“I thought so too,” the baseball player now tells me, who joined Los Tigres training on January 9, with a view to the 62nd National Baseball Series.
It was a dangerous injury and we had to wait for the result of the operation performed on him by a group of doctors, headed by Osvaldo García Martínez, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Second Degree specialist in Orthopedics and Traumatology.
“At the moment, my leg do not bothers me. I complied with all the medical guidelines and my return was not violated. Right now there is no rush to return to my optimum sporting state, between now and the end of March there will be time”.
―"Then, will we see you again at the arena?"
―Not only in that position, I am also training as a second baseman and a third baseman. I will be available for whatever the team needs. That was the idea last year, but due to temporary needs, I had to spend more time as a shortstop...
―And how do you evaluate the possible team that will come out of this shortlist?
―"In general, I see it well. I think the garden area is more strengthened. We will have to wait and see how the pitching behaves, but at least, in the Provincial Championship, I saw figures with a lot of potential.
―Are you thinking about retirement?
― “At the moment, it is not a priority. The first thing is to try to be well in the upcoming Series and then there will be time to see the future.
Nevertheless, it is clear that, also several times a member of Cuba teams, will be of great help to the squad that Yorelvis Charles will once again lead. Just remember his numbers before he was injured: five doubles and two home runs with 26 RBIs and 43 runs scored for an average of 318 (217-69). Welcome then the 35th to the ranks of the three times national champions.