The SoftBank Falcons announced that they have re-signed Cuban slugger Alfredo Despaigne to a new contract for the remainder of the current season in the Japanese Professional Baseball League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despaigne played the last six seasons with the club before being released at the end of the 2022 campaign. The 36-year-old slugger is expected to arrive in Japan in mid-June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, the Cuba team that attended the World Classic V featured the Cuban slugger and held several preparation tops in Japan, in which the Cuban was applauded for how much he has delivered for the Falcons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SoftBank currently has three foreign hitters on its roster: Venezuelans Freddy Galvis and Willians Astudillo and American Courtney Hawkins; but none of them has been able to provide the numbers the team needs to be able to fight for the league title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the moment, the Falcons are in third place in their zone, with a balance of 24 wins, 19 losses and two ties, 2.5 games behind the leader Marinos de Lotte.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These days, Despaigne has joined the lineup of Cuba’s multi-champions, the Alazanes de Granma, in the LXII National Baseball Series. In 86 at-bats, he has hit 29 home runs, including six home runs and 21 runs batted in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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