{"id":94753,"date":"2025-12-09T17:33:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/pujols-revolutions-dominican-republic-cano-and-bonifacio-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T21:33:38","slug":"pujols-revolutions-dominican-republic-cano-and-bonifacio-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/pujols-revolutions-dominican-republic-cano-and-bonifacio-out-of-the-world-baseball-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Pujols Revolutions Dominican Republic: Cano and Bonifacio Out of the World Baseball Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pujols Defines the Dominican Roster for the World Baseball Classic<\/h2>\n\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 The Dominican Republic team manager, Albert Pujols, has announced key decisions for the team that will participate in the World Baseball Classic. Emilio Bonifacio and Robinson Can\u00f3 will not be considered for the roster, marking a change in the competitive strategy of the tricolor team.\n\nThe decision, communicated during the Winter Meetings in Orlando, Florida, is based on the search for a more dynamic team and adapted to the demands of the tournament.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cWe must take advantage of every roster spot with players who can make an impact right now,\u201d Pujols said.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Albert Pujols<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nPujols highlighted that players like Elly de la Cruz and Johan Rojas are a better fit for the style of play he&#8217;s looking to implement, thanks to their athleticism, defense, and speed.\n\nThe leader emphasized that Cano&#8217;s cycle in the national team has concluded, being time to give way to a new generation.\n\nPujols was clear in pointing out that the decisions are based on competitiveness and the goal of winning the tournament.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;The goal is to win. The fans are pleased when we lift the trophy, not when we fill the roster out of obligation,&#8221; he expressed.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Albert Pujols<\/cite>\n\n\nPujols assured that his position does not seek to diminish the merits of the veterans, whom he considers fundamental figures in the history of Dominican baseball, although he acknowledges that the renewal process could generate conflicting opinions.\n\nThe leader stated that his mission is to form a young, athletic group prepared to face international powers in the Classic, without looking back or relying on sentimentality.\n\nPujols attended the Winter Meetings as part of the Dominican delegation, which also announced the two preparation games against the Detroit Tigers, scheduled for March 3rd and 4th at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pujols Defines the Dominican Roster for the World Baseball Classic Santo Domingo \u2013 The Dominican Republic team manager, Albert Pujols, has announced key decisions for the team that will participate in the World Baseball Classic. Emilio Bonifacio and Robinson Can\u00f3 will not be considered for the roster, marking a change in the competitive strategy of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94754,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[9374,88,929,2634],"class_list":{"0":"post-94753","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-classic","11":"tag-dominican"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94753","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=94753"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94753\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/94754"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94753"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94753"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94753"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}