MAGALLANES AND BRAVOS PACTED CHANGE THAT INVOLVED FIVE PELOTEROS

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Valencia.- The Navegantes del Magallanes made a change with the Bravos de Margarita during the afternoon of this Thursday. The ship received pitcher Omar Poveda, infielder Angelo Castellano and receiver Carlos Gallardo, while outfielder Frank Diaz and pitcher Henry Centeno passed to the insular team.

Poveda will wear the Turkish uniform for the second time in his career, after doing so in a reinforcing condition during the Round Robin and Grand Final of the 2014-2015 season. On that occasion, he made four starts and left a 2-1 record, with 19.0 innings pitched, 17 hits and nine earned runs, to present 4.26 ERA, in addition to striking out 17 and conceding eight tickets.

The right-hander is in his seventh season in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League and exhibits a lifetime record of 9-15 and an average of 4.35 earned runs in 47 appearances, of which 33 have been as starters. Magallanes will be the third team to defend the right-hander, after debuting with the Tigres de Aragua in the 2008-2009 season.

"I was very happy with the news of the change," said the pitcher, who has a record of 0-1 and 4.00 ERA in four appearances in the campaign. "Since reinforcing the team in 2015 I liked the atmosphere and I was comfortable with the opportunity they gave me. While you are in this game, you will do your best with the team that is. Fortunately, I come to Magallanes and I will try to do my best to help. "

The Castilian infielder is in his fourth season in the criollo circuit, all in the Margarito uniform. He has seen action in a total of 55 meetings between the forward and the shortstop. Belongs to the Kansas City Royals organization and in this 2018 he played in Class A Fuerte, category in which he played 120 matches and left .221 average, with 39 scored and 36 taken to the plate.

Meanwhile, Carlos Gallardo is a 21-year-old who belongs to the New York Yankees, has not yet made his debut in the LVBP and in the minors has not seen action beyond rookie league.

"We are happy with the change. We wanted to look for an arm of experience like Poveda to reinforce our pitching, in addition to a solvent infielder that can help in such a case that Arráez can not return, "said Roberto Ferrari, president of the team. "We appreciate the delivery of Frank Díaz and Henry Centeno, and we wish him success in his new organization."

Diaz, 35, had barely appeared in five meetings with the Navigators, but is a veteran of 17 seasons in the LVBP, which totals 65 homers and 368 RBIs for life. Between 2007 and 2012 I am part of Margarita, before moving into a change to Magallanes. Since 2010 he plays during the boreal summer in the Mexican Baseball League.

Centeno, 24 years old, appeared in eight challenges with the ship, spread over the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 campaigns. He completed 10.1 innings and left a high 11.32 ERA. Launched in the MLB farm system until 2017.

"We think Centeno can give us depth in the pitching, as long as we needed an experienced bat, that could be a leader, like Diaz, who started his career with the franchise. At first we thought about Alberto Callaspo, but the Tigers were asking too much for him, "said Nelson Poggioli, Bravos sports manager for the media, in Caracas, before the game against Lions. "We hope that this exchange will help us turn around the situation we are going through."