Aunque por motivos económicos y políticos, las academias antes mencionadas se fueron poco a poco del país, no se detuvo la producción de peloteros, hoy en día los peloteros y ex peloteros profesionales fundaron academias que ayudaron a suplir la ida de las escuelas de los equipos de la gran carpa, si se hace una proyección de la posible cantidad de peloteros criollos en grandes ligas en los próximos años, se podría estar hablando de un 50% mayor a la actual, dichas proyecciones la hace la misma MLB.

En la presente publicación les mencionaré algunos peloteros que vienen en ascenso, para incluirlos en este artículo tome en cuenta su actuación ofensiva en este año, average, carreras anotadas, carreras empujadas, jonrones, OBP, Slugging y OPS, sé que estas publicaciones las leen personas que a lo mejor no saben lo que significan las tres últimas estadísticas a las cuales hice referencia, por tal motivo les daré una breve explicación de cada una, el OBP no es más que el porcentaje de embasados de cada pelotero, eso incluye boletos y pelotazos.

El Slugging, cuyas siglas son (SLG), es más que todo el total de bases alcanzadas, por ejemplo alguien que de dos triples, un jonrón y un doble, tiene un promedio de SLG elevado, mientras que alguien que se vaya también de 4/4, pero con solo sencillos, tendrá un SLG inferior al que dio los 4 extrabases es decir, en esta estadística se le da más peso a los batazos de largo alcance, por último el OPS es la suma del Slugging y del OBP, ya teniendo claro lo que significa cada una de ellas procedemos a mencionar a las jóvenes promesas del béisbol venezolano en las grandes ligas.

Gone are those years where a player had to be a real star to be able to sign to professional baseball, having 10 Venezuelan players in the major leagues was a total feat, at the time of Antonio Armas, Baudilio Diaz, Victor Davalillo and David Concepcion, the number of Venezuelans in the best leagues was very low, But that was changing with the evolution of the various franchises that make life in the MLB, the arrival of the academies in Latin America and specifically in Venezuela, significantly increased the number of Venezuelan players in the minor league system of Major League Baseball.

Although for economic and political reasons, the aforementioned academies left the country little by little, the production of players did not stop, today the players and former professional players founded academies that helped to make up for the departure of the schools of the big top teams, if a projection is made of the possible number of Venezuelan players in the big leagues in the coming years, we could be talking about 50% more than the current one, such projections are made by the MLB itself.

In this publication I will mention some players who are on the rise, to include them in this article I took into account their offensive performance this year, average, runs scored, runs pushed, home runs, OBP, Slugging and OPS, I know that these publications are read by people who may not know what the last three statistics I made reference to mean, for this reason I will give a brief explanation of each one, the OBP is nothing more than the fielding percentage of each player, that includes tickets and balls.

Slugging, whose acronym is (SLG), is more than the total bases reached, for example someone who gives two triples, a home run and a double, has a high average SLG, while someone who also goes 4/4, but with only singles, will have a lower SLG than someone who gave the 4 extrabases, that is to say, in this statistic is given more weight than the total bases reached, Finally, the OPS is the sum of Slugging and OBP, and having clear what each of them means, we proceed to mention the young promises of Venezuelan baseball in the big leagues.  

We begin with a young baseball promise, it is Ethan Salas, a 16 year old who signed for the modest amount of 5. Salas belongs in Venezuela to the Águilas del and in the United States to the San Diego Padres, this prospect started in a good way and has been assigned to the class A branch of the religious, he did not pass through the rookie league in the Dominican Republic, and neither in Arizona, just yesterday he made his debut with a double, that is why I do not present statistics of the Creole catcher, but surely in the coming years we will have much material about Ethan Salas.

A player who seems to be asking for his promotion to the majors is the younger brother of Ronald Acuña Jr. Luisangel Acuña, who belongs to the Texas Rangers, comes from a 2022 of great numbers, from there he was sent to play a winter league in Arizona, apparently the youngest of the Acuña family wants to repeat his great season, in 293 games played he has 1141 legal at-bats, 229 runs scored, 329 hits, 53 doubles, 9 triples, 28 home runs, 174 runs batted in, 119 stolen bases, 373 OBP, SLG 424, 797 OPS, numbers that show that the young Acuña is a complete player, just like his brother, surely his debut in the big leagues is very close. 

Another player who seems to go without brakes towards the big leagues is Jackson Chourio, this is another player who belongs to the Aguilas del Zulia, the young man of only 19 years of age, is already the number 1 prospect of the Milwaukee Brewers, since he signed and is in the minor leagues he has shown what he can do with his bat, he has 732 at-bats, this in 187 games, 127 hits, 207 hits, 45 doubles, 6 triples, 32 homers, 129 runs batted in, 36 stolen bases, average of 287, his OBP is 346, SLG of 492 and OPS is 838, Chourio is very similar to the Acuña brothers, I say this because of the things they can do in a field, his future looks bright and in about two years he should be a starter in the majors.

The New York Yankees is a team that usually do not have much patience with their players in the minor leagues, if they do not perform they are traded or released, but there is a young man who is very well regarded by the organization of the big apple, it is Everson Pereira, he plays center field and has good offense, although this year he started a little off, Pereira in Venezuela is a member of the Cardenales de Lara, with 22 years, This young man has these numbers in the minor league system, with 250 games and 970 legal turns, has scored 170 times, 265 hits, 48 doubles, 48 doubles, 13 triples, 45 home runs, has occasional power, 164 runs batted in, average of 273, OBP of 346, SLG 489, to finish with an OPS of 835, Cardenales hopes to have this outfielder in the upcoming campaign, if he turns on his engines in the offense he will surely go up to the big team, since he has experience in triple A.

A player who has perhaps been underestimated is Leonel Valera, who usually can cover the short field, belongs to the Washington Nationals and in Venezuela to Lara, despite being only 23 years old, he already has a career in the minors, since he has 537 games played, 1916 times at bat, 305 runs scored, 482 hits, 72 doubles, 30 triples, 43 home runs, 248 runs batted in, 122 bases swiped, average of 252, OBP at 331, SLG at 388, and his OPS is 719, he could fulfill the task of being a utility player in any team in the majors. 

To finish with the powerful player of the first cushion, Robert Perez Jr. son of Venezuelan baseball legend, Robert Alexander Perez Jimenez, the Junior seems to be ready to be promoted, last year he was the player who gave more homers in all the minors in the Seattle Mariners organization, these are his overall numbers, 443 games, 1670 at-bats, 264 runs scored, 437 hits, 84 doubles, 6 triples, 67 home runs, 322 runs pushed, 262 average, 349 his OBP, SLG is 440 and lastly his OPS is 789, defensively he has improved a lot and it is expected that by the end of August he could be in the big team and consume some turns.

These are the players who aroused the most attention in me when I saw their statistics, I must clarify that the numbers provided are for their entire minor league careers, and this information was extracted from the official MLB website, here is the link to the website. https://www.mlb.com/es 

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