{"id":107902,"date":"2026-02-11T04:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/luis-castillo-leads-rds-reserve-pitchers-for-the-world-baseball-classic-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T04:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T08:56:20","slug":"luis-castillo-leads-rds-reserve-pitchers-for-the-world-baseball-classic-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/luis-castillo-leads-rds-reserve-pitchers-for-the-world-baseball-classic-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Luis Castillo leads RD&#8217;s reserve pitchers for the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 The Dominican Republic selection has secured its pitching staff for the next World Baseball Classic, with Luis Castillo leading a group of six reserve pitchers. The tournament, one of the most anticipated events in international baseball, will begin on March 4.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Defined Opening Rotation<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Dominican leader, Albert Pujols, has defined an initial rotation that includes Christopher S\u00e1nchez, Brayan Bello, Luis Severino, and Sandy Alc\u00e1ntara. However, Castillo is emerging as a key option within the Designated Pitchers Group (DPP), a strategic resource to reinforce the pitching staff after the first round of the tournament.\n\nThis mechanism allows teams to make adjustments to their pitching staff, providing flexibility in the face of potential eventualities.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The DPP system: A strategic advantage<\/h2>\n\n\nThe DPP system allows each federation to include up to six additional pitchers eligible to be called up after the initial phase of the tournament. Teams have the possibility of substituting up to four pitchers after the first round and a maximum of two after the quarterfinals, as long as they are previously registered.\n\nThis strategy expands the options of the leaders, who can adapt to the circumstances of the game, including the performance of the pitchers, possible injuries or physical wear and tear.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rivals with outstanding figures<\/h2>\n\n\nOther contending teams have also incorporated prominent figures into their reserve lists.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jos\u00e9 Berr\u00edos and Alexis D\u00edaz for Puerto Rico.<\/li><li>Jes\u00fas Luzardo with Venezuela.<\/li><li>Tatsuya Imai for Japan.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 The Dominican Republic selection has secured its pitching staff for the next World Baseball Classic, with Luis Castillo leading a group of six reserve pitchers. The tournament, one of the most anticipated events in international baseball, will begin on March 4. Defined Opening Rotation The Dominican leader, Albert Pujols, has defined an initial [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,1271,3348,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-107902","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-luis-castillo","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107902","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107902"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107902\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}