{"id":111069,"date":"2026-03-02T19:29:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pujols-opens-the-closing-for-the-dominican-republic-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T23:29:37","slug":"pujols-opens-the-closing-for-the-dominican-republic-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/pujols-opens-the-closing-for-the-dominican-republic-in-the-2026-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pujols Opens the Closing for the Dominican Republic in the 2026 World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Albert Pujols Defines Closing Strategy for the 2026 World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo, RD \u2013 The Dominican Republic team manager, Albert Pujols, has clarified the strategy for the closer position in the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic. Pujols emphasized that there is no designated pitcher for this specific role, prioritizing tactical flexibility and performance at the moment.\n\nIn statements to the press from the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, Pujols explained that the intense and brief nature of the tournament dictates this decision. The objective is to maximize the chances of success in each game.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>\u201cThere is no ego. We are not going to give that position to anyone,\u201d Pujols declared, highlighting the importance of strategy over individuals.<\/p><cite>Albert Pujols<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe strategy will focus on using the reliever who is in the best shape to secure the necessary outs in the crucial moments of the game.\n\nThe Dominican bullpen boasts high-caliber pitchers such as Carlos Est\u00e9vez, who led the American League in saves last season with the Kansas City Royals, Camilo Doval, Dennis Santana, and Abner Uribe, all with the potential to take on important roles in the final innings.\n\nPujols contrasted this strategy with that of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, where Fernando Rodney established himself as the primary closer. In this edition, the coaching staff will emphasize strategy and game analysis to select the most suitable pitcher in each situation.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albert Pujols Defines Closing Strategy for the 2026 World Baseball Classic Santo Domingo, RD \u2013 The Dominican Republic team manager, Albert Pujols, has clarified the strategy for the closer position in the upcoming 2026 World Baseball Classic. Pujols emphasized that there is no designated pitcher for this specific role, prioritizing tactical flexibility and performance at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111070,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[9374,88,328,5529],"class_list":{"0":"post-111069","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-albert-pujols","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-closer","11":"tag-world-classic"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111069","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=111069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}