Yorelvis Charles does not want to err on the side of optimism, but he does not want to be pessimistic either, so when he is asked about the possibilities of the Ciego de Ávila team in the upcoming 62nd National Baseball Series, he does not take long to answer that the purpose is to be back in the post-season…, but that the task will not be easy.

“Right now, on the preselection roster, 12 players who were there last year are missing and, if I add that six of them are pitchers, then it is clear that we will have to give everything in the qualifying phase to give fans from Ciego de Ávila joy again to attend the play offs.

“But I also tell you that, in the history of our baseball, in not a few seasons, players emerge who were not in the plans and overnight they become a bulwark of the teams. Moreover, for the record, I'm not thinking that we'll magically make them appear. Here in the province a lot of work has been done in recent years in the lower categories. It would not be accidental if we found new figures”.

― Many people point out that pitching will be, this time, the unknown in the team's possibilities...

― "Of course, you don't have to be a great baseball connoisseur to know that this pitching doesn't have the same endorsement as last year, but as I say, we won't start crying over what we don't have now, but we have to work" a lot to have it again. In this preparation period, we have focused on that, on trying to make the boys see that we can or cannot, depending on the interest of each day in training.

― It is also evident that the reception area will not have the same level of the last contests.

―We no longer have several figures that gave potentiality and a future to that position, but Osvaldo Vázquez can still help us a lot. We will try to dose it by giving it play, at the same time, on the first pad. Now we will also have the services of Richard Contreras, who has already been a member of this team, like Fernando de la Paz and Jonathan Bridon.

―There are those who point out that the departure of Raúl González, after the first subseries, to fulfill a contract in Canada, will leave the team very weak….

― "No one doubts that Raulito is one of the best players here at the moment, but one cannot bet on the chances of the team that there is an athlete or not. Yorbis Borroto is one of the greats we have had and he has also been absent in other contests. One would always like to have them, but I repeat that a team is made up of many elements.

― So… will Los Tigres give a show again?

―That is what it is about, that the fans see in this group of boys a group that will face the series with many desires to give joy. It is true, this is no longer the same team that gave the Ciego de Ávila players three crowns, but the entire group of coaches insists to our young players that we have to go out on the field as if we were. We have to show that the lineage of Los Tigres is still here.