(115,1,'2016-08-26 21:23:27','2016-08-26 21:23:27','[caption id=\"attachment_113\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-113\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/19884138580_907217d0f4_z_jw4wc48j_s7ch2z84-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Luiz Gohara - photo courtesy of milb.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> Luiz Gohara - photo courtesy of milb.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHello, and welcome to your post-Olympics Brazilian Baseball update! By the way, while the sport was not played in this year’s Olympics in Rio, it will be making a comeback in Tokyo in 2020.\r\n\r\nIn the majors, it’s been all about <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> (KC) this season. Orlando has become a doubles hitting machine, with 16 doubles in 344 at bats to go along with the 4 triples and 4 home runs he has. Orlando has a batting average of .314 and an OPS of .758 as the 4<sup>th</sup> outfielder of a team that is trying very hard to catch up with Cleveland and Detroit in the AL Central.\r\n\r\nSpeaking of Cleveland, <strong>Yan Gomes</strong> is currently on the disabled list with a shoulder injury but is now working out and expected to be back soon. Although Gomes is hitting .165 for the season, he definitely continues to be considered the “glue guy” for the pitching staff and the rest of the team defensively.\r\n\r\n<strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> (FLA) continues to find success as a relief pitcher in Triple A. Rienzo now has 8 saves on the season to go with a 2-1 record and 2.93 ERA/1.23 WHIP. It will be interesting to see if he gets a September call up to Miami.\r\n\r\n<strong>Tiago da Silva </strong>(TOR) has been an even more impressive story as a stopper in the Mexican League season. Silva has 25 saves in 26 opportunities, with a 2-3 record and 2.66 ERA/1.00 WHIP between Ciudad del Carmen and Aguascalientes.\r\n\r\n<strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong> (MIN) was called up to Triple A Rochester earlier this season. He’s only hitting .226 in 49 at bats (15 games), but does have an error free/1.000 fielding percentage at third base.\r\n\r\nPitcher <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> (SEA) is also going down the closer route. In Advance Single A Bakersfield this season, Vieira is 1-0 with a 2.93 ERA/1.23 WHIP with 6 saves in 6 opportunities. This has definitely been his best season in his 6 year minor league baseball career.\r\n\r\nPitcher <strong>Bo Takahashi</strong> (AZ), on the other hand, is grooming himself well to become a starter in the big leagues. Takahashi is currently on a rehab assignment and short season Single A Hillsboro, but his overall season record in Single A is 5-3 in 15 games started with a 2.82 ERA/1.15 WHIP.\r\n\r\nCatcher <strong>Luiz Paz </strong>(LAD) has put together an impressive season in the rookie Pioneer league as well, hitting .287 with an .892 OPS in 108 at bats, to go along with 26 RBIs.\r\n\r\n<strong>Edilson Batista</strong> (BOS) has also been a strong starter this season, going 5-2 in 13 games started, with a 2.39 ERA/1.14 WHIP.\r\n\r\nWe haven’t talked much about <strong>Luiz Gohara</strong> lately, but that doesn’t mean the big left hander should be ignored. Gohara is 6-1 in 11 starts this season in Single A with a 1.65 ERA/1.05 WHIP, with 73 strikeouts in 60 innings pitch. Now that Gohara is nearly successfully through a full Single A season, it wouldn’t surprise me to see him accelerate through double and triple A levels assuming he’s pitching effectively, especially considering he’s one of the higher rated prospects in the Mariners system.\r\n\r\nOne of the newcomers to minor league baseball this season is our boy out of Londrina, <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong> (AZ). Maciel is currently with Missoula of the rookie league after starting out in the AZ Summer League. In 189 at bats he is hitting .286 with a .650. Keep in mind that Maciel only turned 17 in January of this year.\r\n\r\nWith all of this young talent gaining positive experience in the US Minor leagues, Brazil national team manager should have plenty of players to choose from when he goes into the WBC qualifying round at the end of this September in Brooklyn, NY. The Brazilian Baseball Confederation recently <a href=\"http://www.segundabase.com.br/cbbs-divulga-lista-de-convocados-do-brasil-para-o-wbc/\">announced</a> the players it was inviting for the WBC squad. Not surprisingly, all of the aforementioned players are on the list.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Brazilian Baseball Update - August 26, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','112-revision-v1','','','2016-08-26 21:23:27','2016-08-26 21:23:27','',112,'http://baseballbrazil.com/112-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(117,1,'2016-09-21 20:19:47','2016-09-21 20:19:47','[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /> Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWelcome to your Brazil Baseball WBC Qualifiers Preview! Team Brazil, with Hall of Famer <strong>Barry Larkin</strong> back as manager, takes on Pakistan tomorrow at Noon U.S. ET in the first game of their WBC qualifying group round in Brooklyn, NY. Also in the group are Great Britain and Israel.\r\n\r\nAlthough this team will not include the services of <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> and <strong>Yan Gomes</strong>, it still goes deep in international and pro league experience.  There are quite a number of players on this roster that have U.S., Japanese and even Cuban major league and minor league reps. It is also quite an extreme collection of young and old, with widely diverse backgrounds.\r\n\r\nThe pitching staff is pretty well rounded except for this question: who’s the number 1 starter? The <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> of a few years ago may have been the obvious answer, but now that Rienzo has been converted by the Marlins to a closer in Triple A, does he still go out and start for Brazil? Or do you start the NPB veteran <strong>Rafael Fernandes</strong> instead? A case could also be made for Diamondbacks farmhand <strong>Bo Takahashi,</strong> who has had a strong season in Single A in 2016, going 6-4, with a 2.81 ERA/1.18 WHIP in 17 starts. Takahashi may be all that Brazil needs against Pakistan. The better question may be who they have start against Israel.\r\n\r\nRegardless what happens with the starting pitcher, Larkin will have lots of good options out of the bullpen. Returners such as <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Hugo Kanabushi</strong>, Seattle farmhand <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> and 41-year-old Cuban-born sensation <strong>Ernesto Noris</strong> were a big reason Brazil advanced out of the qualifying round in Panama four years ago. They’ll be joined by up and comers <strong>Edilson Batista</strong>, a lefty who’s currently in the Red Sox organization, and  barely 16-year-old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who could probably be the next pitcher signed out of Brazil. Also new to the WBC squad is <strong>Felipe Natel</strong>, who pitches with Yamaha of the Japanese Industrial League.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThings get more interesting in the infield, where Brazil has included five American-born players of Brazilian descent on its roster, including the sons of former Major leaguer <strong>Dante Bichette</strong>, Bo and Dante Jr.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, drafted out of high school in the 2<sup>nd</sup> round this year by Toronto, played short stop with the Blue Jays Rookie Gulf Coast League team this season, hitting .427 BA/1.182 OPS, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 36 RBI in 22 games. <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong>, a 2<sup>nd</sup> round pick in 2011, is a 1<sup>st </sup>baseman in the Yankees organization, and hit .243 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 114 games with Double A Trenton this season.\r\n\r\nThe other set of American-born players who share are brothers Tim and Christian Lopes. <strong>Christian Lopes</strong> is a former 7<sup>th</sup> round draft pick and 5-year minor league veteran who’s currently in the Blue Jays system and played 2<sup>nd</sup> base for the Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where in 108 games he hit .285 with 56 runs scored, 30 double, 3 home runs and 46 RBI. Former 6<sup>th</sup> round draft pick <strong>Tim Lopes</strong>, also a 2<sup>nd</sup> baseman, plays for the Double A Arkansas Travelers in the Mariners Organization. He hit .284, scored 74 runs and stole 22 bases in 131 games in 2016.\r\n\r\nTo round out the <em>Gringo</em> contingent, Miami-born <strong>Carlos Garmendia</strong> is a middle infielder who played college ball at Stetson University and Rollins College, most recently in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe returning veterans from the previous WBC squad include <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong>, who split time between AA and AAA in the Twins organization this season, and finished off with a combined .265 batting average over 132 games while playing both SS and 3<sup>rd</sup> base. Former Phillies farmhand middle infielder <strong>Lucas Rojo</strong> is back for his second WBC campaign, as well as long time Brazil national team and Japanese baseball veteran DH/1B <strong>Reinaldo Sato</strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt gets even more interesting in the outfield, which features Cuban baseball league veteran <strong>Irait Chirino</strong>, who hit .304 in 9 seasons in the Cuban National Series until he left the island a few years ago. Chirino played for two of the more famous CNS teams, Industriales and Metropolitanos. Now he’ll probably be starting against Pakistan for Team Brazil tomorrow.\r\n\r\nAlso in the outfield mix is <strong>Juan Carlos Muniz,</strong> who is 40 years old and has played in Cuba, the U.S., Japan and Brazil. <strong>Fernando Luciano</strong> of the Rakuten Eagles of the NPB and <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong>, who signed with the Diamondbacks earlier this year, are on the WBC roster as well.\r\n\r\nBelieve it or not, there is actually another player on the roster in his 40s like Noris and Muniz. That would be fellow Cuban, catcher <strong>Angel Luis Cobas</strong>. Not sure how much time behind the plate Cobas will get, but he is joined by <strong>Luis Camargo</strong>, who played this season with Rimini of the Italian Baseball League, and Dodgers prospect <strong>Luiz Paz</strong>, who played in 46 games for Ogden of the Rookie Pioneer League this season and hit .269 BA/.847 OPS with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.\r\n\r\nWhile none of the teams in the Brooklyn Qualifying Round group are from traditional baseball countries (if anything Brazil has the most in-country tradition, albeit confined for nearly a century to one small niche community), Israel is vastly made up of American-born players of Jewish heritage and definitely possesses the most pro experience of any of the rosters. Having former MLB players like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow and Cody Decker, along with a slew of other current double and triple A level players, probably makes Israel the favorite to win the group. Also, you have to imagine it will be a fairly pro-Israel crowd in Brooklyn. Nevertheless, Brazil was able to pull out a surprise upset against heavy favorite host Panama in the last WBC qualifying round; they ended up beating the home team twice to move on.  Anything can happen in a cutthroat double elimination format.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Brazil Baseball Update: WBC Qualifying Round Preview - September 21, 2016','','publish','open','open','','brazil-baseball-update-wbc-qualifying-round-preview-september-21-2016','','','2016-09-26 20:13:41','2016-09-26 20:13:41','',0,'http://baseballbrazil.com/?p=117',0,'post','',0),(118,1,'2016-09-21 20:08:12','2016-09-21 20:08:12','','brzwin','Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com','inherit','open','open','','brzwin','','','2016-09-21 20:08:47','2016-09-21 20:08:47','',117,'http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(119,1,'2016-09-21 20:15:51','2016-09-21 20:15:51','[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /> Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWelcome to your Brazil Baseball WBC Qualifiers Preview! Team Brazil, with Hall of Famer <strong>Barry Larkin</strong> back as manager, takes on Pakistan tomorrow at Noon U.S. ET in the first game of their WBC qualifying group round in Brooklyn, NY. Also in the group are Great Britain and Israel.\r\n\r\nAlthough this team will not include the services of <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> and <strong>Yan Gomes</strong>, it still goes deep in international and pro league experience.  There are quite a number of players on this roster that have U.S., Japanese and even Cuban major league and minor league reps. It is also quite an extreme collection of young and old, with widely diverse backgrounds.\r\n\r\nThe pitching staff is pretty well rounded except for this question: who’s the number 1 starter? The <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> of a few years ago may have been the obvious answer, but now that Rienzo has been converted by the Marlins to a closer in Triple A, does he still go out and start for Brazil? Or do you start the NPB veteran <strong>Rafael Fernandes</strong> instead? A case could also be made for Diamondbacks farmhand <strong>Bo Takahashi,</strong> who has had a strong season in Single A in 2016, going 6-4, with a 2.81 ERA/1.18 WHIP in 17 starts. Takahashi may be all that Brazil needs against Pakistan. The better question may be who they have start against Israel.\r\n\r\nRegardless what happens with the starting pitcher, Larkin will have lots of good options out of the bullpen. Returners such as <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Hugo Kanabushi</strong>, Seattle farmhand <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> and 41-year-old Cuban-born sensation <strong>Ernesto Noris</strong> were a big reason Brazil advanced out of the qualifying round in Panama four years ago. They’ll be joined by up and comers <strong>Edilson Batista</strong>, a lefty who’s currently in the Red Sox organization, and  barely 16-year-old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who could probably be the next pitcher signed out of Brazil. Also new to the WBC squad is <strong>Felipe Natel</strong>, who pitches with Yamaha of the Japanese Industrial League.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThings get more interesting in the infield, where Brazil has included five American-born players of Brazilian descent on its roster, including the sons of former Major leaguer <strong>Dante Bichette</strong>, Bo and Dante Jr.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, drafted out of high school in the 2<sup>nd</sup> round this year by Toronto, played short stop with the Blue Jays Rookie Gulf Coast League team this season, hitting .427 BA/1.182 OPS, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 36 RBI in 22 games. <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong>, a 2<sup>nd</sup> round pick in 2011, is a 1<sup>st </sup>baseman in the Yankees organization, and hit .243 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 114 games with Double A Trenton this season.\r\n\r\nThe other set of American-born players who share a last name are Tim and Christian Lopes, though I’m not sure if they’re related...even though they’re both born and raised in Southern California. <strong>Christian Lopes</strong> is a former 7<sup>th</sup> round draft pick and 5-year minor league veteran who’s currently in the Blue Jays system and played 2<sup>nd</sup> base for the Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where in 108 games he hit .285 with 56 runs scored, 30 double, 3 home runs and 46 RBI. Former 6<sup>th</sup> round draft pick <strong>Tim Lopes</strong>, also a 2<sup>nd</sup> baseman, plays for the Double A Arkansas Travelers in the Mariners Organization. He hit .284, scored 74 runs and stole 22 bases in 131 games in 2016.\r\n\r\nTo round out the <em>Gringo</em> contingent, Miami-born <strong>Carlos Garmendia</strong> is a middle infielder who played college ball at Stetson University and Rollins College, most recently in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe returning veterans from the previous WBC squad begins with <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong>, who split time between AA and AAA in the Twins organization this season, and finished off with a combined .265 batting average over 132 games while playing both SS and 3<sup>rd</sup> base. Former Phillies farmhand middle infielder <strong>Lucas Rojo</strong> is back for his second WBC campaign, as well as long time Brazil national team and Japanese baseball veteran DH/1B <strong>Reinaldo Sato</strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt gets even more interesting in the outfield, which features Cuban baseball league veteran <strong>Irait Chirino</strong>, who hit .304 in 9 seasons in the Cuban National Series until he left the island a few years ago. Chirino played for two of the more famous CNS teams, Industriales and Metropolitanos. Now he’ll probably be starting against Pakistan for Team Brazil tomorrow.\r\n\r\nAlso in the outfield mix iin Rod Carew Stadium of all placess <strong>Juan Carlos Muniz,</strong> who is 40 years old and has played in Cuba, the U.S., Japan and Brazil. <strong>Fernando Luciano</strong> of the Rakuten Eagles of the NPB and <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong>, who signed with the Diamondbacks earlier this year, are on the WBC roster as well.\r\n\r\nBelieve or not, there is actually another player on the roster even older than Noris and Muniz. That would be fellow Cuban, catcher <strong>Angel Luis Cobas,</strong> who was born in 1969. Not sure how much time behind the plate Cobas will get, but he is joined by <strong>Luis Camargo</strong>, who played this season with Rimini of the Italian Baseball League, and Dodgers prospect <strong>Luiz Paz</strong>, who played in 46 games for Ogden of the Rookie Pioneer League this season and hit .269 BA/.847 OPS with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.\r\n\r\nWhile none of the teams in the Brooklyn Qualifying Round group are from traditional baseball countries (if anything Brazil has the most in-country tradition, albeit confined for nearly a century to one small niche community), Israel is vastly made up of American-born players of Jewish heritage and definitely possesses the most pro experience of any of the rosters. Having former MLB players like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow and Cody Decker, along with a slew of other current double and triple A level players, probably makes Israel the favorite to win the group. Also, you have to imagine it will be a fairly pro-Israel crowd in Brooklyn. Nevertheless, Brazil was able to pull out a surprise upset against heavy favorite host Panama in the last WBC qualifying round; they ended up beating the home team twice to move on.  Anything can happen in a cutthroat double elimination format.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Brazil Baseball Update: WBC Qualifying Round Preview - September 21, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','117-revision-v1','','','2016-09-21 20:15:51','2016-09-21 20:15:51','',117,'http://baseballbrazil.com/117-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(120,1,'2016-09-21 20:17:50','2016-09-21 20:17:50','[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /> Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWelcome to your Brazil Baseball WBC Qualifiers Preview! Team Brazil, with Hall of Famer <strong>Barry Larkin</strong> back as manager, takes on Pakistan tomorrow at Noon U.S. ET in the first game of their WBC qualifying group round in Brooklyn, NY. Also in the group are Great Britain and Israel.\r\n\r\nAlthough this team will not include the services of <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> and <strong>Yan Gomes</strong>, it still goes deep in international and pro league experience.  There are quite a number of players on this roster that have U.S., Japanese and even Cuban major league and minor league reps. It is also quite an extreme collection of young and old, with widely diverse backgrounds.\r\n\r\nThe pitching staff is pretty well rounded except for this question: who’s the number 1 starter? The <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> of a few years ago may have been the obvious answer, but now that Rienzo has been converted by the Marlins to a closer in Triple A, does he still go out and start for Brazil? Or do you start the NPB veteran <strong>Rafael Fernandes</strong> instead? A case could also be made for Diamondbacks farmhand <strong>Bo Takahashi,</strong> who has had a strong season in Single A in 2016, going 6-4, with a 2.81 ERA/1.18 WHIP in 17 starts. Takahashi may be all that Brazil needs against Pakistan. The better question may be who they have start against Israel.\r\n\r\nRegardless what happens with the starting pitcher, Larkin will have lots of good options out of the bullpen. Returners such as <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Hugo Kanabushi</strong>, Seattle farmhand <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> and 41-year-old Cuban-born sensation <strong>Ernesto Noris</strong> were a big reason Brazil advanced out of the qualifying round in Panama four years ago. They’ll be joined by up and comers <strong>Edilson Batista</strong>, a lefty who’s currently in the Red Sox organization, and  barely 16-year-old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who could probably be the next pitcher signed out of Brazil. Also new to the WBC squad is <strong>Felipe Natel</strong>, who pitches with Yamaha of the Japanese Industrial League.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThings get more interesting in the infield, where Brazil has included five American-born players of Brazilian descent on its roster, including the sons of former Major leaguer <strong>Dante Bichette</strong>, Bo and Dante Jr.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, drafted out of high school in the 2<sup>nd</sup> round this year by Toronto, played short stop with the Blue Jays Rookie Gulf Coast League team this season, hitting .427 BA/1.182 OPS, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 36 RBI in 22 games. <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong>, a 2<sup>nd</sup> round pick in 2011, is a 1<sup>st </sup>baseman in the Yankees organization, and hit .243 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 114 games with Double A Trenton this season.\r\n\r\nThe other set of American-born players who share a last name are Tim and Christian Lopes, though I’m not sure if they’re related...even though they’re both born and raised in Southern California. <strong>Christian Lopes</strong> is a former 7<sup>th</sup> round draft pick and 5-year minor league veteran who’s currently in the Blue Jays system and played 2<sup>nd</sup> base for the Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where in 108 games he hit .285 with 56 runs scored, 30 double, 3 home runs and 46 RBI. Former 6<sup>th</sup> round draft pick <strong>Tim Lopes</strong>, also a 2<sup>nd</sup> baseman, plays for the Double A Arkansas Travelers in the Mariners Organization. He hit .284, scored 74 runs and stole 22 bases in 131 games in 2016.\r\n\r\nTo round out the <em>Gringo</em> contingent, Miami-born <strong>Carlos Garmendia</strong> is a middle infielder who played college ball at Stetson University and Rollins College, most recently in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe returning veterans from the previous WBC squad begins with <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong>, who split time between AA and AAA in the Twins organization this season, and finished off with a combined .265 batting average over 132 games while playing both SS and 3<sup>rd</sup> base. Former Phillies farmhand middle infielder <strong>Lucas Rojo</strong> is back for his second WBC campaign, as well as long time Brazil national team and Japanese baseball veteran DH/1B <strong>Reinaldo Sato</strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt gets even more interesting in the outfield, which features Cuban baseball league veteran <strong>Irait Chirino</strong>, who hit .304 in 9 seasons in the Cuban National Series until he left the island a few years ago. Chirino played for two of the more famous CNS teams, Industriales and Metropolitanos. Now he’ll probably be starting against Pakistan for Team Brazil tomorrow.\r\n\r\nAlso in the outfield mix is <strong>Juan Carlos Muniz,</strong> who is 40 years old and has played in Cuba, the U.S., Japan and Brazil. <strong>Fernando Luciano</strong> of the Rakuten Eagles of the NPB and <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong>, who signed with the Diamondbacks earlier this year, are on the WBC roster as well.\r\n\r\nBelieve or not, there is actually another player on the roster even older than Noris and Muniz. That would be fellow Cuban, catcher <strong>Angel Luis Cobas,</strong> who was born in 1969. Not sure how much time behind the plate Cobas will get, but he is joined by <strong>Luis Camargo</strong>, who played this season with Rimini of the Italian Baseball League, and Dodgers prospect <strong>Luiz Paz</strong>, who played in 46 games for Ogden of the Rookie Pioneer League this season and hit .269 BA/.847 OPS with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.\r\n\r\nWhile none of the teams in the Brooklyn Qualifying Round group are from traditional baseball countries (if anything Brazil has the most in-country tradition, albeit confined for nearly a century to one small niche community), Israel is vastly made up of American-born players of Jewish heritage and definitely possesses the most pro experience of any of the rosters. Having former MLB players like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow and Cody Decker, along with a slew of other current double and triple A level players, probably makes Israel the favorite to win the group. Also, you have to imagine it will be a fairly pro-Israel crowd in Brooklyn. Nevertheless, Brazil was able to pull out a surprise upset against heavy favorite host Panama in the last WBC qualifying round; they ended up beating the home team twice to move on.  Anything can happen in a cutthroat double elimination format.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Brazil Baseball Update: WBC Qualifying Round Preview - September 21, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','117-revision-v1','','','2016-09-21 20:17:50','2016-09-21 20:17:50','',117,'http://baseballbrazil.com/117-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(121,1,'2016-09-21 20:19:47','2016-09-21 20:19:47','[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /> Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWelcome to your Brazil Baseball WBC Qualifiers Preview! Team Brazil, with Hall of Famer <strong>Barry Larkin</strong> back as manager, takes on Pakistan tomorrow at Noon U.S. ET in the first game of their WBC qualifying group round in Brooklyn, NY. Also in the group are Great Britain and Israel.\r\n\r\nAlthough this team will not include the services of <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> and <strong>Yan Gomes</strong>, it still goes deep in international and pro league experience.  There are quite a number of players on this roster that have U.S., Japanese and even Cuban major league and minor league reps. It is also quite an extreme collection of young and old, with widely diverse backgrounds.\r\n\r\nThe pitching staff is pretty well rounded except for this question: who’s the number 1 starter? The <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> of a few years ago may have been the obvious answer, but now that Rienzo has been converted by the Marlins to a closer in Triple A, does he still go out and start for Brazil? Or do you start the NPB veteran <strong>Rafael Fernandes</strong> instead? A case could also be made for Diamondbacks farmhand <strong>Bo Takahashi,</strong> who has had a strong season in Single A in 2016, going 6-4, with a 2.81 ERA/1.18 WHIP in 17 starts. Takahashi may be all that Brazil needs against Pakistan. The better question may be who they have start against Israel.\r\n\r\nRegardless what happens with the starting pitcher, Larkin will have lots of good options out of the bullpen. Returners such as <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Hugo Kanabushi</strong>, Seattle farmhand <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> and 41-year-old Cuban-born sensation <strong>Ernesto Noris</strong> were a big reason Brazil advanced out of the qualifying round in Panama four years ago. They’ll be joined by up and comers <strong>Edilson Batista</strong>, a lefty who’s currently in the Red Sox organization, and  barely 16-year-old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who could probably be the next pitcher signed out of Brazil. Also new to the WBC squad is <strong>Felipe Natel</strong>, who pitches with Yamaha of the Japanese Industrial League.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThings get more interesting in the infield, where Brazil has included five American-born players of Brazilian descent on its roster, including the sons of former Major leaguer <strong>Dante Bichette</strong>, Bo and Dante Jr.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, drafted out of high school in the 2<sup>nd</sup> round this year by Toronto, played short stop with the Blue Jays Rookie Gulf Coast League team this season, hitting .427 BA/1.182 OPS, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 36 RBI in 22 games. <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong>, a 2<sup>nd</sup> round pick in 2011, is a 1<sup>st </sup>baseman in the Yankees organization, and hit .243 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 114 games with Double A Trenton this season.\r\n\r\nThe other set of American-born players who share a last name are Tim and Christian Lopes, though I’m not sure if they’re related...even though they’re both born and raised in Southern California. <strong>Christian Lopes</strong> is a former 7<sup>th</sup> round draft pick and 5-year minor league veteran who’s currently in the Blue Jays system and played 2<sup>nd</sup> base for the Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where in 108 games he hit .285 with 56 runs scored, 30 double, 3 home runs and 46 RBI. Former 6<sup>th</sup> round draft pick <strong>Tim Lopes</strong>, also a 2<sup>nd</sup> baseman, plays for the Double A Arkansas Travelers in the Mariners Organization. He hit .284, scored 74 runs and stole 22 bases in 131 games in 2016.\r\n\r\nTo round out the <em>Gringo</em> contingent, Miami-born <strong>Carlos Garmendia</strong> is a middle infielder who played college ball at Stetson University and Rollins College, most recently in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe returning veterans from the previous WBC squad begins with <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong>, who split time between AA and AAA in the Twins organization this season, and finished off with a combined .265 batting average over 132 games while playing both SS and 3<sup>rd</sup> base. Former Phillies farmhand middle infielder <strong>Lucas Rojo</strong> is back for his second WBC campaign, as well as long time Brazil national team and Japanese baseball veteran DH/1B <strong>Reinaldo Sato</strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt gets even more interesting in the outfield, which features Cuban baseball league veteran <strong>Irait Chirino</strong>, who hit .304 in 9 seasons in the Cuban National Series until he left the island a few years ago. Chirino played for two of the more famous CNS teams, Industriales and Metropolitanos. Now he’ll probably be starting against Pakistan for Team Brazil tomorrow.\r\n\r\nAlso in the outfield mix is <strong>Juan Carlos Muniz,</strong> who is 40 years old and has played in Cuba, the U.S., Japan and Brazil. <strong>Fernando Luciano</strong> of the Rakuten Eagles of the NPB and <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong>, who signed with the Diamondbacks earlier this year, are on the WBC roster as well.\r\n\r\nBelieve it or not, there is actually another player on the roster even older than Noris and Muniz. That would be fellow Cuban, catcher <strong>Angel Luis Cobas,</strong> who was born in 1969. Not sure how much time behind the plate Cobas will get, but he is joined by <strong>Luis Camargo</strong>, who played this season with Rimini of the Italian Baseball League, and Dodgers prospect <strong>Luiz Paz</strong>, who played in 46 games for Ogden of the Rookie Pioneer League this season and hit .269 BA/.847 OPS with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.\r\n\r\nWhile none of the teams in the Brooklyn Qualifying Round group are from traditional baseball countries (if anything Brazil has the most in-country tradition, albeit confined for nearly a century to one small niche community), Israel is vastly made up of American-born players of Jewish heritage and definitely possesses the most pro experience of any of the rosters. Having former MLB players like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow and Cody Decker, along with a slew of other current double and triple A level players, probably makes Israel the favorite to win the group. Also, you have to imagine it will be a fairly pro-Israel crowd in Brooklyn. Nevertheless, Brazil was able to pull out a surprise upset against heavy favorite host Panama in the last WBC qualifying round; they ended up beating the home team twice to move on.  Anything can happen in a cutthroat double elimination format.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Brazil Baseball Update: WBC Qualifying Round Preview - September 21, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','117-revision-v1','','','2016-09-21 20:19:47','2016-09-21 20:19:47','',117,'http://baseballbrazil.com/117-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(122,1,'2016-09-21 21:08:19','2016-09-21 21:08:19','[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /> Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWelcome to your Brazil Baseball WBC Qualifiers Preview! Team Brazil, with Hall of Famer <strong>Barry Larkin</strong> back as manager, takes on Pakistan tomorrow at Noon U.S. ET in the first game of their WBC qualifying group round in Brooklyn, NY. Also in the group are Great Britain and Israel.\r\n\r\nAlthough this team will not include the services of <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> and <strong>Yan Gomes</strong>, it still goes deep in international and pro league experience.  There are quite a number of players on this roster that have U.S., Japanese and even Cuban major league and minor league reps. It is also quite an extreme collection of young and old, with widely diverse backgrounds.\r\n\r\nThe pitching staff is pretty well rounded except for this question: who’s the number 1 starter? The <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> of a few years ago may have been the obvious answer, but now that Rienzo has been converted by the Marlins to a closer in Triple A, does he still go out and start for Brazil? Or do you start the NPB veteran <strong>Rafael Fernandes</strong> instead? A case could also be made for Diamondbacks farmhand <strong>Bo Takahashi,</strong> who has had a strong season in Single A in 2016, going 6-4, with a 2.81 ERA/1.18 WHIP in 17 starts. Takahashi may be all that Brazil needs against Pakistan. The better question may be who they have start against Israel.\r\n\r\nRegardless what happens with the starting pitcher, Larkin will have lots of good options out of the bullpen. Returners such as <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Hugo Kanabushi</strong>, Seattle farmhand <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> and 41-year-old Cuban-born sensation <strong>Ernesto Noris</strong> were a big reason Brazil advanced out of the qualifying round in Panama four years ago. They’ll be joined by up and comers <strong>Edilson Batista</strong>, a lefty who’s currently in the Red Sox organization, and  barely 16-year-old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who could probably be the next pitcher signed out of Brazil. Also new to the WBC squad is <strong>Felipe Natel</strong>, who pitches with Yamaha of the Japanese Industrial League.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThings get more interesting in the infield, where Brazil has included five American-born players of Brazilian descent on its roster, including the sons of former Major leaguer <strong>Dante Bichette</strong>, Bo and Dante Jr.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, drafted out of high school in the 2<sup>nd</sup> round this year by Toronto, played short stop with the Blue Jays Rookie Gulf Coast League team this season, hitting .427 BA/1.182 OPS, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 36 RBI in 22 games. <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong>, a 2<sup>nd</sup> round pick in 2011, is a 1<sup>st </sup>baseman in the Yankees organization, and hit .243 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 114 games with Double A Trenton this season.\r\n\r\nThe other set of American-born players who share a last name are Tim and Christian Lopes, though I’m not sure if they’re related...even though they’re both born and raised in Southern California. <strong>Christian Lopes</strong> is a former 7<sup>th</sup> round draft pick and 5-year minor league veteran who’s currently in the Blue Jays system and played 2<sup>nd</sup> base for the Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where in 108 games he hit .285 with 56 runs scored, 30 double, 3 home runs and 46 RBI. Former 6<sup>th</sup> round draft pick <strong>Tim Lopes</strong>, also a 2<sup>nd</sup> baseman, plays for the Double A Arkansas Travelers in the Mariners Organization. He hit .284, scored 74 runs and stole 22 bases in 131 games in 2016.\r\n\r\nTo round out the <em>Gringo</em> contingent, Miami-born <strong>Carlos Garmendia</strong> is a middle infielder who played college ball at Stetson University and Rollins College, most recently in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe returning veterans from the previous WBC squad include <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong>, who split time between AA and AAA in the Twins organization this season, and finished off with a combined .265 batting average over 132 games while playing both SS and 3<sup>rd</sup> base. Former Phillies farmhand middle infielder <strong>Lucas Rojo</strong> is back for his second WBC campaign, as well as long time Brazil national team and Japanese baseball veteran DH/1B <strong>Reinaldo Sato</strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt gets even more interesting in the outfield, which features Cuban baseball league veteran <strong>Irait Chirino</strong>, who hit .304 in 9 seasons in the Cuban National Series until he left the island a few years ago. Chirino played for two of the more famous CNS teams, Industriales and Metropolitanos. Now he’ll probably be starting against Pakistan for Team Brazil tomorrow.\r\n\r\nAlso in the outfield mix is <strong>Juan Carlos Muniz,</strong> who is 40 years old and has played in Cuba, the U.S., Japan and Brazil. <strong>Fernando Luciano</strong> of the Rakuten Eagles of the NPB and <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong>, who signed with the Diamondbacks earlier this year, are on the WBC roster as well.\r\n\r\nBelieve it or not, there is actually another player on the roster even older than Noris and Muniz. That would be fellow Cuban, catcher <strong>Angel Luis Cobas,</strong> who was born in 1969. Not sure how much time behind the plate Cobas will get, but he is joined by <strong>Luis Camargo</strong>, who played this season with Rimini of the Italian Baseball League, and Dodgers prospect <strong>Luiz Paz</strong>, who played in 46 games for Ogden of the Rookie Pioneer League this season and hit .269 BA/.847 OPS with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.\r\n\r\nWhile none of the teams in the Brooklyn Qualifying Round group are from traditional baseball countries (if anything Brazil has the most in-country tradition, albeit confined for nearly a century to one small niche community), Israel is vastly made up of American-born players of Jewish heritage and definitely possesses the most pro experience of any of the rosters. Having former MLB players like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow and Cody Decker, along with a slew of other current double and triple A level players, probably makes Israel the favorite to win the group. Also, you have to imagine it will be a fairly pro-Israel crowd in Brooklyn. Nevertheless, Brazil was able to pull out a surprise upset against heavy favorite host Panama in the last WBC qualifying round; they ended up beating the home team twice to move on.  Anything can happen in a cutthroat double elimination format.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Brazil Baseball Update: WBC Qualifying Round Preview - September 21, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','117-revision-v1','','','2016-09-21 21:08:19','2016-09-21 21:08:19','',117,'http://baseballbrazil.com/117-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(123,1,'2016-09-26 20:13:13','2016-09-26 20:13:13','[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /> Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com[/caption]\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWelcome to your Brazil Baseball WBC Qualifiers Preview! Team Brazil, with Hall of Famer <strong>Barry Larkin</strong> back as manager, takes on Pakistan tomorrow at Noon U.S. ET in the first game of their WBC qualifying group round in Brooklyn, NY. Also in the group are Great Britain and Israel.\n\nAlthough this team will not include the services of <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> and <strong>Yan Gomes</strong>, it still goes deep in international and pro league experience.  There are quite a number of players on this roster that have U.S., Japanese and even Cuban major league and minor league reps. It is also quite an extreme collection of young and old, with widely diverse backgrounds.\n\nThe pitching staff is pretty well rounded except for this question: who’s the number 1 starter? The <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> of a few years ago may have been the obvious answer, but now that Rienzo has been converted by the Marlins to a closer in Triple A, does he still go out and start for Brazil? Or do you start the NPB veteran <strong>Rafael Fernandes</strong> instead? A case could also be made for Diamondbacks farmhand <strong>Bo Takahashi,</strong> who has had a strong season in Single A in 2016, going 6-4, with a 2.81 ERA/1.18 WHIP in 17 starts. Takahashi may be all that Brazil needs against Pakistan. The better question may be who they have start against Israel.\n\nRegardless what happens with the starting pitcher, Larkin will have lots of good options out of the bullpen. Returners such as <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Hugo Kanabushi</strong>, Seattle farmhand <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> and 41-year-old Cuban-born sensation <strong>Ernesto Noris</strong> were a big reason Brazil advanced out of the qualifying round in Panama four years ago. They’ll be joined by up and comers <strong>Edilson Batista</strong>, a lefty who’s currently in the Red Sox organization, and  barely 16-year-old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who could probably be the next pitcher signed out of Brazil. Also new to the WBC squad is <strong>Felipe Natel</strong>, who pitches with Yamaha of the Japanese Industrial League.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThings get more interesting in the infield, where Brazil has included five American-born players of Brazilian descent on its roster, including the sons of former Major leaguer <strong>Dante Bichette</strong>, Bo and Dante Jr.\n\n<strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, drafted out of high school in the 2<sup>nd</sup> round this year by Toronto, played short stop with the Blue Jays Rookie Gulf Coast League team this season, hitting .427 BA/1.182 OPS, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 36 RBI in 22 games. <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong>, a 2<sup>nd</sup> round pick in 2011, is a 1<sup>st </sup>baseman in the Yankees organization, and hit .243 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 114 games with Double A Trenton this season.\n\nThe other set of American-born players who share are brothers Tim and Christian Lopes. <strong>Christian Lopes</strong> is a former 7<sup>th</sup> round draft pick and 5-year minor league veteran who’s currently in the Blue Jays system and played 2<sup>nd</sup> base for the Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where in 108 games he hit .285 with 56 runs scored, 30 double, 3 home runs and 46 RBI. Former 6<sup>th</sup> round draft pick <strong>Tim Lopes</strong>, also a 2<sup>nd</sup> baseman, plays for the Double A Arkansas Travelers in the Mariners Organization. He hit .284, scored 74 runs and stole 22 bases in 131 games in 2016.\n\nTo round out the <em>Gringo</em> contingent, Miami-born <strong>Carlos Garmendia</strong> is a middle infielder who played college ball at Stetson University and Rollins College, most recently in 2015.\n\nThe returning veterans from the previous WBC squad include <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong>, who split time between AA and AAA in the Twins organization this season, and finished off with a combined .265 batting average over 132 games while playing both SS and 3<sup>rd</sup> base. Former Phillies farmhand middle infielder <strong>Lucas Rojo</strong> is back for his second WBC campaign, as well as long time Brazil national team and Japanese baseball veteran DH/1B <strong>Reinaldo Sato</strong>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt gets even more interesting in the outfield, which features Cuban baseball league veteran <strong>Irait Chirino</strong>, who hit .304 in 9 seasons in the Cuban National Series until he left the island a few years ago. Chirino played for two of the more famous CNS teams, Industriales and Metropolitanos. Now he’ll probably be starting against Pakistan for Team Brazil tomorrow.\n\nAlso in the outfield mix is <strong>Juan Carlos Muniz,</strong> who is 40 years old and has played in Cuba, the U.S., Japan and Brazil. <strong>Fernando Luciano</strong> of the Rakuten Eagles of the NPB and <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong>, who signed with the Diamondbacks earlier this year, are on the WBC roster as well.\n\nBelieve it or not, there is actually another player on the roster even older than Noris and Muniz. That would be fellow Cuban, catcher <strong>Angel Luis Cobas,</strong> who was born in 1969. Not sure how much time behind the plate Cobas will get, but he is joined by <strong>Luis Camargo</strong>, who played this season with Rimini of the Italian Baseball League, and Dodgers prospect <strong>Luiz Paz</strong>, who played in 46 games for Ogden of the Rookie Pioneer League this season and hit .269 BA/.847 OPS with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.\n\nWhile none of the teams in the Brooklyn Qualifying Round group are from traditional baseball countries (if anything Brazil has the most in-country tradition, albeit confined for nearly a century to one small niche community), Israel is vastly made up of American-born players of Jewish heritage and definitely possesses the most pro experience of any of the rosters. Having former MLB players like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow and Cody Decker, along with a slew of other current double and triple A level players, probably makes Israel the favorite to win the group. Also, you have to imagine it will be a fairly pro-Israel crowd in Brooklyn. Nevertheless, Brazil was able to pull out a surprise upset against heavy favorite host Panama in the last WBC qualifying round; they ended up beating the home team twice to move on.  Anything can happen in a cutthroat double elimination format.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','Brazil Baseball Update: WBC Qualifying Round Preview - September 21, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','117-autosave-v1','','','2016-09-26 20:13:13','2016-09-26 20:13:13','',117,'http://baseballbrazil.com/117-autosave-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(124,1,'2016-09-26 20:13:41','2016-09-26 20:13:41','[caption id=\"attachment_118\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-118\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/brzwin-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" /> Brazil\'s 2013 WBCQR Win in Panama - Photo Credit: ign.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nWelcome to your Brazil Baseball WBC Qualifiers Preview! Team Brazil, with Hall of Famer <strong>Barry Larkin</strong> back as manager, takes on Pakistan tomorrow at Noon U.S. ET in the first game of their WBC qualifying group round in Brooklyn, NY. Also in the group are Great Britain and Israel.\r\n\r\nAlthough this team will not include the services of <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> and <strong>Yan Gomes</strong>, it still goes deep in international and pro league experience.  There are quite a number of players on this roster that have U.S., Japanese and even Cuban major league and minor league reps. It is also quite an extreme collection of young and old, with widely diverse backgrounds.\r\n\r\nThe pitching staff is pretty well rounded except for this question: who’s the number 1 starter? The <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> of a few years ago may have been the obvious answer, but now that Rienzo has been converted by the Marlins to a closer in Triple A, does he still go out and start for Brazil? Or do you start the NPB veteran <strong>Rafael Fernandes</strong> instead? A case could also be made for Diamondbacks farmhand <strong>Bo Takahashi,</strong> who has had a strong season in Single A in 2016, going 6-4, with a 2.81 ERA/1.18 WHIP in 17 starts. Takahashi may be all that Brazil needs against Pakistan. The better question may be who they have start against Israel.\r\n\r\nRegardless what happens with the starting pitcher, Larkin will have lots of good options out of the bullpen. Returners such as <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Hugo Kanabushi</strong>, Seattle farmhand <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> and 41-year-old Cuban-born sensation <strong>Ernesto Noris</strong> were a big reason Brazil advanced out of the qualifying round in Panama four years ago. They’ll be joined by up and comers <strong>Edilson Batista</strong>, a lefty who’s currently in the Red Sox organization, and  barely 16-year-old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who could probably be the next pitcher signed out of Brazil. Also new to the WBC squad is <strong>Felipe Natel</strong>, who pitches with Yamaha of the Japanese Industrial League.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThings get more interesting in the infield, where Brazil has included five American-born players of Brazilian descent on its roster, including the sons of former Major leaguer <strong>Dante Bichette</strong>, Bo and Dante Jr.\r\n\r\n<strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, drafted out of high school in the 2<sup>nd</sup> round this year by Toronto, played short stop with the Blue Jays Rookie Gulf Coast League team this season, hitting .427 BA/1.182 OPS, with 9 doubles, 2 triples, 4 home runs and 36 RBI in 22 games. <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong>, a 2<sup>nd</sup> round pick in 2011, is a 1<sup>st </sup>baseman in the Yankees organization, and hit .243 with 9 home runs and 49 RBI in 114 games with Double A Trenton this season.\r\n\r\nThe other set of American-born players who share are brothers Tim and Christian Lopes. <strong>Christian Lopes</strong> is a former 7<sup>th</sup> round draft pick and 5-year minor league veteran who’s currently in the Blue Jays system and played 2<sup>nd</sup> base for the Double A New Hampshire Fisher Cats, where in 108 games he hit .285 with 56 runs scored, 30 double, 3 home runs and 46 RBI. Former 6<sup>th</sup> round draft pick <strong>Tim Lopes</strong>, also a 2<sup>nd</sup> baseman, plays for the Double A Arkansas Travelers in the Mariners Organization. He hit .284, scored 74 runs and stole 22 bases in 131 games in 2016.\r\n\r\nTo round out the <em>Gringo</em> contingent, Miami-born <strong>Carlos Garmendia</strong> is a middle infielder who played college ball at Stetson University and Rollins College, most recently in 2015.\r\n\r\nThe returning veterans from the previous WBC squad include <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong>, who split time between AA and AAA in the Twins organization this season, and finished off with a combined .265 batting average over 132 games while playing both SS and 3<sup>rd</sup> base. Former Phillies farmhand middle infielder <strong>Lucas Rojo</strong> is back for his second WBC campaign, as well as long time Brazil national team and Japanese baseball veteran DH/1B <strong>Reinaldo Sato</strong>.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt gets even more interesting in the outfield, which features Cuban baseball league veteran <strong>Irait Chirino</strong>, who hit .304 in 9 seasons in the Cuban National Series until he left the island a few years ago. Chirino played for two of the more famous CNS teams, Industriales and Metropolitanos. Now he’ll probably be starting against Pakistan for Team Brazil tomorrow.\r\n\r\nAlso in the outfield mix is <strong>Juan Carlos Muniz,</strong> who is 40 years old and has played in Cuba, the U.S., Japan and Brazil. <strong>Fernando Luciano</strong> of the Rakuten Eagles of the NPB and <strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong>, who signed with the Diamondbacks earlier this year, are on the WBC roster as well.\r\n\r\nBelieve it or not, there is actually another player on the roster in his 40s like Noris and Muniz. That would be fellow Cuban, catcher <strong>Angel Luis Cobas</strong>. Not sure how much time behind the plate Cobas will get, but he is joined by <strong>Luis Camargo</strong>, who played this season with Rimini of the Italian Baseball League, and Dodgers prospect <strong>Luiz Paz</strong>, who played in 46 games for Ogden of the Rookie Pioneer League this season and hit .269 BA/.847 OPS with 6 home runs and 37 RBI.\r\n\r\nWhile none of the teams in the Brooklyn Qualifying Round group are from traditional baseball countries (if anything Brazil has the most in-country tradition, albeit confined for nearly a century to one small niche community), Israel is vastly made up of American-born players of Jewish heritage and definitely possesses the most pro experience of any of the rosters. Having former MLB players like Jason Marquis, Ike Davis, Craig Breslow and Cody Decker, along with a slew of other current double and triple A level players, probably makes Israel the favorite to win the group. Also, you have to imagine it will be a fairly pro-Israel crowd in Brooklyn. Nevertheless, Brazil was able to pull out a surprise upset against heavy favorite host Panama in the last WBC qualifying round; they ended up beating the home team twice to move on.  Anything can happen in a cutthroat double elimination format.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;','Brazil Baseball Update: WBC Qualifying Round Preview - September 21, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','117-revision-v1','','','2016-09-26 20:13:41','2016-09-26 20:13:41','',117,'http://baseballbrazil.com/117-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(126,1,'2016-10-26 17:06:33','2016-10-26 17:06:33','[caption id=\"attachment_80\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-80\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hi-res-a690f6d31c5af643d8b24006ea8d6dc5_crop_north-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo another October, another Brazilian on a <strong>World Series</strong> roster. This time it is <strong>Cleveland Indians</strong> Catcher <strong>Yan Gomes,</strong> the first Brazilian ever to make it to the big leagues and the second Brazilian to make it to the final round of the MLB playoffs. Although Yan isn\'t starting due to having just come back from an injury, he could be called upon to pinch hit or spell <strong>Roberto Perez</strong> behind the plate. Perez, of course, was the offensive hero last night for the Indians in their Game 1 victory over the <strong>Chicago Cubs</strong>, hitting two home runs. But you never know what happens in post-season play...hopefully Yan gets to see some action.\r\n\r\nA number of other Brazilians have made their way to Fall and Winter ball leagues. Left handed starter <strong>Luiz Gohara</strong> and right handed reliever <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> have been pitching in the <strong>Arizona Fall League</strong> for the Seatte Mariners\' Peoria squad. At one point a couple weeks ago, Vieira was averaging 99.4 MPH on his fastball, topping off at 101.6 MPH.\r\n\r\nRelief Pitcher <strong>Tiago da Silva</strong>, who played this season in the Mexican League, is now with the <strong>Cardenales de Lara</strong> in Venezuela (<strong>Kansas City Royals </strong>outfielder <strong>Paulo Orlando\'s</strong> past Winter League team). Unfortunately for Lara fans, Orlando will not be joining the Cardenales this season as his wife is pregnant and he is staying in Kansas City to formalize his U.S. residency status.\r\n\r\nIt was announced a couple days ago that infielder <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong> and pitcher <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> would join the Brazilian national team roster for the <strong>15th South American Baseball Championship</strong>, to be held in Argentina November 5-12. Other notetworthy names on the roster with pro ball (minor league) experience include <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Allan Fanhoni</strong> (Japan), <strong>Luis Camargo</strong> (Japan/Italy), <strong>Iago Januario</strong>, <strong>Felipe Burin</strong>, <strong>Pedro Okuda</strong>, <strong>Tiago Magalhães</strong> and <strong>Felipe Talos</strong>. The full roster can be found on this link to the <a href=\"http://www.cbbs.com.br/institucional/circulares/434-circular-60-16-lista-atletas-convocados-para-o-xvcampeonato-sulamericano-de-beisebol-adulto\">CBBS website</a>.  Rienzo and Camargo were also named assistant coaches to the squad.\r\n\r\nA number of the aforementioned players were also on <strong>Team Brazil\'s</strong> <strong>World Baseball Classic</strong> roster that finished in 3rd place in the WBC Qualifying Round held in Brooklyn, NY last month. After beating <strong>Team Pakistan</strong>, Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Israel</strong> team that was almost entirely made up of U.S. born players of Jewish ancestry, and who had substantially more major and minor league experience. Then Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Great Britain</strong> group that was made up mostly of Bahamian and U.S. born players who also had a substantial amount of U.S. college and pro ball time under their belts.  While Brazil featured a number of U.S. born players as well (like <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong> and <strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, whose mom is Brazilian), and I certainly don\'t have anything against Israel or Great Britain, I do hope that in the future the WBC will adjust their rules to ensure that teams\' rosters will actually require a majority of native born players.  Otherwise, what\'s the point in teams like Pakistan, which featured all Pakistanis who\'ve barely started playing the sport, even bothering to participate? Food for thought.','Brazilian Baseball Update - World Series Edition - October 26, 2016','','publish','open','open','','brazilian-baseball-update-world-series-edition-october-26-2016','','','2016-10-26 17:06:33','2016-10-26 17:06:33','',0,'http://baseballbrazil.com/?p=126',0,'post','',0),(127,1,'2016-10-26 16:29:18','2016-10-26 16:29:18','[caption id=\"attachment_80\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-80\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hi-res-a690f6d31c5af643d8b24006ea8d6dc5_crop_north-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com[/caption]\r\n\r\nSo another October, another Brazilian on a World Series roster. This time it is <strong>Cleveland Indians</strong> Catcher <strong>Yan Gomes,</strong> the first Brazilian ever to make it to the big leagues and the second Brazilian to make it to the final round of the MLB playoffs. Although Yan isn\'t starting due to having just come back from an injury, he could be called upon to pinch hit or spell Roberto Perez behind the plate. Perez, of course, was the offensive hero last night for the Indians in their Game 1 victory over the Chicago Cubs, hitting two home runs. But you never know what happens in post-season play...hopefully Yan gets to see some action.\r\n\r\nA number of other Brazilians have made their way to Fall and Winter ball leagues. Left handed starter <strong>Luiz Gohara</strong> and right handed reliever <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> have been pitching in the Arizona Fall League for the Seatte Mariners\' Peoria squad. At one point a couple weeks ago, Vieira was averaging 99.4 MPH on his fastball, topping off at 101.6 MPH.\r\n\r\nRelief Pitcher <strong>Tiago da Silva</strong>, who played this season in the Mexican League, is now with the <strong>Cardenales de Lara</strong> in Venezuela (<strong>Kansas City Royals </strong>outfielder <strong>Paulo Orlando\'s</strong> past Winter League team). Unfortunately for Lara fans, Orlando will not be joining the Cardenales this season as his wife is pregnant and he is staying in Kansas City to formalize his U.S. residency status.\r\n\r\nIt was announced a couple days ago that infielder <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong> and pitcher <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> would join the Brazilian national team roster for the <strong>15th South American Baseball Championship</strong>, to be held in Argentina November 5-12. Other notetworthy names on the roster with pro ball (minor league) experience include <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Allan Fanhoni</strong> (Japan), <strong>Luis Camargo</strong> (Japan/Italy), <strong>Iago Januario</strong>, <strong>Felipe Burin</strong>, <strong>Pedro Okuda</strong>, <strong>Tiago Magalhães</strong> and <strong>Felipe Talos</strong>. The full roster can be found on this link to the <a href=\"http://www.cbbs.com.br/institucional/circulares/434-circular-60-16-lista-atletas-convocados-para-o-xvcampeonato-sulamericano-de-beisebol-adulto\">CBBS website</a>.  Rienzo and Camargo were also named assistant coaches to the squad.\r\n\r\nA number of the aforementioned players were also on the <strong>Team Brazil\'s</strong> <strong>World Baseball Classic</strong> roster that finished in 3rd place in the WBC Qualifying Round held in Brooklyn, NY last month. After beating <strong>Team Pakistan</strong>, Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Israel</strong> team that was almost entirely made up of U.S. born players of Jewish ancestry, who had substantially more major and minor league experience. Then Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Great Britain</strong> group that was made up mostly of Bahamian and U.S. born players who also had a substantial amount of U.S. college and pro ball time under their belts.  While Brazil featured a number of U.S. born players as well (like <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong> and <strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, whose mom is Brazilian), and I certainly don\'t have anything against Israel or Great Britain, I do hope that in the future the WBC will adjust their rules to ensure that teams\' rosters will actually require a majority of native born players.  Otherwise, what\'s the point in teams like Pakistan, which featured all Pakistanis who\'ve barely started playing the sport, even bothering to participate? Food for thought.','Brazilian Baseball Update - World Series Edition - October 26, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','126-revision-v1','','','2016-10-26 16:29:18','2016-10-26 16:29:18','',126,'http://baseballbrazil.com/126-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(128,1,'2016-10-26 17:00:04','2016-10-26 17:00:04','[caption id=\"attachment_80\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-80\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hi-res-a690f6d31c5af643d8b24006ea8d6dc5_crop_north-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo another October, another Brazilian on a <strong>World Series</strong> roster. This time it is <strong>Cleveland Indians</strong> Catcher <strong>Yan Gomes,</strong> the first Brazilian ever to make it to the big leagues and the second Brazilian to make it to the final round of the MLB playoffs. Although Yan isn\'t starting due to having just come back from an injury, he could be called upon to pinch hit or spell <strong>Roberto Perez</strong> behind the plate. Perez, of course, was the offensive hero last night for the Indians in their Game 1 victory over the <strong>Chicago Cubs</strong>, hitting two home runs. But you never know what happens in post-season play...hopefully Yan gets to see some action.\r\n\r\nA number of other Brazilians have made their way to Fall and Winter ball leagues. Left handed starter <strong>Luiz Gohara</strong> and right handed reliever <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> have been pitching in the Arizona Fall League for the Seatte Mariners\' Peoria squad. At one point a couple weeks ago, Vieira was averaging 99.4 MPH on his fastball, topping off at 101.6 MPH.\r\n\r\nRelief Pitcher <strong>Tiago da Silva</strong>, who played this season in the Mexican League, is now with the <strong>Cardenales de Lara</strong> in Venezuela (<strong>Kansas City Royals </strong>outfielder <strong>Paulo Orlando\'s</strong> past Winter League team). Unfortunately for Lara fans, Orlando will not be joining the Cardenales this season as his wife is pregnant and he is staying in Kansas City to formalize his U.S. residency status.\r\n\r\nIt was announced a couple days ago that infielder <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong> and pitcher <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> would join the Brazilian national team roster for the <strong>15th South American Baseball Championship</strong>, to be held in Argentina November 5-12. Other notetworthy names on the roster with pro ball (minor league) experience include <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Allan Fanhoni</strong> (Japan), <strong>Luis Camargo</strong> (Japan/Italy), <strong>Iago Januario</strong>, <strong>Felipe Burin</strong>, <strong>Pedro Okuda</strong>, <strong>Tiago Magalhães</strong> and <strong>Felipe Talos</strong>. The full roster can be found on this link to the <a href=\"http://www.cbbs.com.br/institucional/circulares/434-circular-60-16-lista-atletas-convocados-para-o-xvcampeonato-sulamericano-de-beisebol-adulto\">CBBS website</a>.  Rienzo and Camargo were also named assistant coaches to the squad.\r\n\r\nA number of the aforementioned players were also on the <strong>Team Brazil\'s</strong> <strong>World Baseball Classic</strong> roster that finished in 3rd place in the WBC Qualifying Round held in Brooklyn, NY last month. After beating <strong>Team Pakistan</strong>, Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Israel</strong> team that was almost entirely made up of U.S. born players of Jewish ancestry, who had substantially more major and minor league experience. Then Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Great Britain</strong> group that was made up mostly of Bahamian and U.S. born players who also had a substantial amount of U.S. college and pro ball time under their belts.  While Brazil featured a number of U.S. born players as well (like <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong> and <strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, whose mom is Brazilian), and I certainly don\'t have anything against Israel or Great Britain, I do hope that in the future the WBC will adjust their rules to ensure that teams\' rosters will actually require a majority of native born players.  Otherwise, what\'s the point in teams like Pakistan, which featured all Pakistanis who\'ve barely started playing the sport, even bothering to participate? Food for thought.','Brazilian Baseball Update - World Series Edition - October 26, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','126-revision-v1','','','2016-10-26 17:00:04','2016-10-26 17:00:04','',126,'http://baseballbrazil.com/126-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(129,1,'2016-10-26 17:00:38','2016-10-26 17:00:38','[caption id=\"attachment_80\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-80\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hi-res-a690f6d31c5af643d8b24006ea8d6dc5_crop_north-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo another October, another Brazilian on a <strong>World Series</strong> roster. This time it is <strong>Cleveland Indians</strong> Catcher <strong>Yan Gomes,</strong> the first Brazilian ever to make it to the big leagues and the second Brazilian to make it to the final round of the MLB playoffs. Although Yan isn\'t starting due to having just come back from an injury, he could be called upon to pinch hit or spell <strong>Roberto Perez</strong> behind the plate. Perez, of course, was the offensive hero last night for the Indians in their Game 1 victory over the <strong>Chicago Cubs</strong>, hitting two home runs. But you never know what happens in post-season play...hopefully Yan gets to see some action.\r\n\r\nA number of other Brazilians have made their way to Fall and Winter ball leagues. Left handed starter <strong>Luiz Gohara</strong> and right handed reliever <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> have been pitching in the Arizona Fall League for the Seatte Mariners\' Peoria squad. At one point a couple weeks ago, Vieira was averaging 99.4 MPH on his fastball, topping off at 101.6 MPH.\r\n\r\nRelief Pitcher <strong>Tiago da Silva</strong>, who played this season in the Mexican League, is now with the <strong>Cardenales de Lara</strong> in Venezuela (<strong>Kansas City Royals </strong>outfielder <strong>Paulo Orlando\'s</strong> past Winter League team). Unfortunately for Lara fans, Orlando will not be joining the Cardenales this season as his wife is pregnant and he is staying in Kansas City to formalize his U.S. residency status.\r\n\r\nIt was announced a couple days ago that infielder <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong> and pitcher <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> would join the Brazilian national team roster for the <strong>15th South American Baseball Championship</strong>, to be held in Argentina November 5-12. Other notetworthy names on the roster with pro ball (minor league) experience include <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Allan Fanhoni</strong> (Japan), <strong>Luis Camargo</strong> (Japan/Italy), <strong>Iago Januario</strong>, <strong>Felipe Burin</strong>, <strong>Pedro Okuda</strong>, <strong>Tiago Magalhães</strong> and <strong>Felipe Talos</strong>. The full roster can be found on this link to the <a href=\"http://www.cbbs.com.br/institucional/circulares/434-circular-60-16-lista-atletas-convocados-para-o-xvcampeonato-sulamericano-de-beisebol-adulto\">CBBS website</a>.  Rienzo and Camargo were also named assistant coaches to the squad.\r\n\r\nA number of the aforementioned players were also on the <strong>Team Brazil\'s</strong> <strong>World Baseball Classic</strong> roster that finished in 3rd place in the WBC Qualifying Round held in Brooklyn, NY last month. After beating <strong>Team Pakistan</strong>, Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Israel</strong> team that was almost entirely made up of U.S. born players of Jewish ancestry, who had substantially more major and minor league experience. Then Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Great Britain</strong> group that was made up mostly of Bahamian and U.S. born players who also had a substantial amount of U.S. college and pro ball time under their belts.  While Brazil featured a number of U.S. born players as well (like <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong> and <strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, whose mom is Brazilian), and I certainly don\'t have anything against Israel or Great Britain, I do hope that in the future the WBC will adjust their rules to ensure that teams\' rosters will actually require a majority of native born players.  Otherwise, what\'s the point in teams like Pakistan, which featured all Pakistanis who\'ve barely started playing the sport, even bothering to participate? Food for thought.','Brazilian Baseball Update - World Series Edition - October 26, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','126-revision-v1','','','2016-10-26 17:00:38','2016-10-26 17:00:38','',126,'http://baseballbrazil.com/126-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(130,1,'2016-10-26 17:06:25','2016-10-26 17:06:25','[caption id=\"attachment_80\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-80\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/hi-res-a690f6d31c5af643d8b24006ea8d6dc5_crop_north-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /> Yan Gomes - photo credit: bleacherreport.com[/caption]\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSo another October, another Brazilian on a <strong>World Series</strong> roster. This time it is <strong>Cleveland Indians</strong> Catcher <strong>Yan Gomes,</strong> the first Brazilian ever to make it to the big leagues and the second Brazilian to make it to the final round of the MLB playoffs. Although Yan isn\'t starting due to having just come back from an injury, he could be called upon to pinch hit or spell <strong>Roberto Perez</strong> behind the plate. Perez, of course, was the offensive hero last night for the Indians in their Game 1 victory over the <strong>Chicago Cubs</strong>, hitting two home runs. But you never know what happens in post-season play...hopefully Yan gets to see some action.\r\n\r\nA number of other Brazilians have made their way to Fall and Winter ball leagues. Left handed starter <strong>Luiz Gohara</strong> and right handed reliever <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong> have been pitching in the <strong>Arizona Fall League</strong> for the Seatte Mariners\' Peoria squad. At one point a couple weeks ago, Vieira was averaging 99.4 MPH on his fastball, topping off at 101.6 MPH.\r\n\r\nRelief Pitcher <strong>Tiago da Silva</strong>, who played this season in the Mexican League, is now with the <strong>Cardenales de Lara</strong> in Venezuela (<strong>Kansas City Royals </strong>outfielder <strong>Paulo Orlando\'s</strong> past Winter League team). Unfortunately for Lara fans, Orlando will not be joining the Cardenales this season as his wife is pregnant and he is staying in Kansas City to formalize his U.S. residency status.\r\n\r\nIt was announced a couple days ago that infielder <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong> and pitcher <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> would join the Brazilian national team roster for the <strong>15th South American Baseball Championship</strong>, to be held in Argentina November 5-12. Other notetworthy names on the roster with pro ball (minor league) experience include <strong>Murilo Gouvea</strong>, <strong>Jean Tome</strong>, <strong>Allan Fanhoni</strong> (Japan), <strong>Luis Camargo</strong> (Japan/Italy), <strong>Iago Januario</strong>, <strong>Felipe Burin</strong>, <strong>Pedro Okuda</strong>, <strong>Tiago Magalhães</strong> and <strong>Felipe Talos</strong>. The full roster can be found on this link to the <a href=\"http://www.cbbs.com.br/institucional/circulares/434-circular-60-16-lista-atletas-convocados-para-o-xvcampeonato-sulamericano-de-beisebol-adulto\">CBBS website</a>.  Rienzo and Camargo were also named assistant coaches to the squad.\r\n\r\nA number of the aforementioned players were also on <strong>Team Brazil\'s</strong> <strong>World Baseball Classic</strong> roster that finished in 3rd place in the WBC Qualifying Round held in Brooklyn, NY last month. After beating <strong>Team Pakistan</strong>, Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Israel</strong> team that was almost entirely made up of U.S. born players of Jewish ancestry, and who had substantially more major and minor league experience. Then Brazil lost to a <strong>Team Great Britain</strong> group that was made up mostly of Bahamian and U.S. born players who also had a substantial amount of U.S. college and pro ball time under their belts.  While Brazil featured a number of U.S. born players as well (like <strong>Dante Bichette Jr.</strong> and <strong>Bo Bichette</strong>, whose mom is Brazilian), and I certainly don\'t have anything against Israel or Great Britain, I do hope that in the future the WBC will adjust their rules to ensure that teams\' rosters will actually require a majority of native born players.  Otherwise, what\'s the point in teams like Pakistan, which featured all Pakistanis who\'ve barely started playing the sport, even bothering to participate? Food for thought.','Brazilian Baseball Update - World Series Edition - October 26, 2016','','inherit','open','open','','126-revision-v1','','','2016-10-26 17:06:25','2016-10-26 17:06:25','',126,'http://baseballbrazil.com/126-revision-v1/',0,'revision','',0),(132,1,'2017-03-01 20:22:52','2017-03-01 20:22:52','[caption id=\"attachment_134\" align=\"alignleft\" width=\"300\"]<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-134\" src=\"http://baseballbrazil.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/NodmY-XJ_400x400-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"photo credit - Thyago Vieira Twitter account\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /> photo credit - Thyago Vieira Twitter account[/caption]\r\n\r\nLong time, no blog! Yes, it\'s been since the World Series that I\'ve thrown down more than a tweet on the state of Brazilian baseball. But hope springs eternal, and after everything that the world has been through in the last few months, it\'s about time that big league baseball is back. The even better news is that more and more Brazilians are involved in it!\r\n\r\nLet\'s start in the MLB camps, where <strong>Yan Gomes</strong> is back for the Cleveland Indians and likely going into 2017 platooning behind the plate w/ Carlos Perez. It\'d be great to see Yan regain his hitting prowess from a couple years back. Over in the Kansas City camp, <strong>Paulo Orlando</strong> looks to be firmly entrenched as the number 4 outfielder for the Royals. He already has 1 home run and 2 RBIs in Spring Training.\r\n\r\nRHP <strong>Andre Rienzo</strong> was invited to Padres camp as a non-roster invitee. Seeing as how the Padres are in the middle of a monumental (see endless) rebuilding mode, their bullpen looks to be wide open and that\'s where Rienzo could most likely catch on.  SS- 3rd baseman <strong>Leonardo Reginatto</strong> is also in a big league camp as a NRI with the Twins. Perhaps the most eye catching Brazilian in spring training this year is RHP <strong>Thyago Vieira</strong>, who\'s been hitting the gun at 104MPH. Vieira is the 21st top ranked prospect in the Seattle organization and  is on the Mariners 40 man roster Vieira has been <a href=\"http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/mariners/reliever-thyago-vieira-impresses-his-mariners-teammates-in-a-live-batting-practice-session/\" target=\"_blank\">dazzling people on social media with this his serious cheeze</a>.\r\n\r\nLHP <strong>Luiz Gohara</strong>, now with the Atlanta Braves, was recently ranked no. 77 on<a href=\"http://www.talkingchop.com/2017/1/24/14369456/luiz-gohara-keith-law-prospect-list-atlanta-braves\" target=\"_blank\"> Keith Law\'s Top 100 prospects</a>.  Since Gohara hasn\'t pitched any higher than Single A so far in his career, he\'s currently in Atlanta\'s minor league Spring Training camp. However, given the bizarre mix of old castoffs and young unproven talent on the Braves  rebuilding big league roster going in to 2017, you never know if Gohara could get a look in the Show if he\'s pitching well during the season.\r\n\r\nOne of the most interesting stories is 16 year old <strong>Eric Pardinho</strong>, who pitched in last year\'s WBC qualifier games for Team Brazil as well as in a number of recent international U-16 tournaments and showcases in the U.S. and Brazil. Pardinho is unsigned but highly sought after by MLB teams. The question is whether he\'ll be able to command more than the record contract of $880K signed by Gohara a few years ago. MLB international signing caps were different back then as well.\r\n\r\nOther Brazilians to keep an eye on in the U.S. minor leagues in 2017 include:\r\n\r\n<strong>Bo Takahashi</strong> - Pitcher - Single A - AZ\r\n\r\n<strong>Gabriel Maciel</strong> - OF - Rookie - AZ\r\n\r\n<strong>Luis Paz</strong> - C - Rookie - LAD\r\n\r\n<strong>Daniel Missaki</strong> - Pitcher - Single - MIL\r\n\r\nJourneyman pitcher <strong>Tiago da Silva</strong> pitched this past winter for the Aguilas de Zulia in the Venezuelan league, helping them reach the league championship, as well as a bid to the Caribbean Series. 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