{"id":244399,"date":"2021-10-05T10:26:06","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:26:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=244399"},"modified":"2021-10-05T10:26:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:26:06","slug":"baseball-three-cubans-start-contracts-in-venezuela-and-dominican-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/baseball-three-cubans-start-contracts-in-venezuela-and-dominican-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"Baseball: three Cubans start contracts in Venezuela and Dominican Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuban baseball players Yoen Socarr\u00e1s, Frank Madan and Raico Santos joined this Monday the Dominican and Venezuelan leagues after signing contracts with the Leones del Escogido and Tigres de Aragua, the Cuban Baseball Federation (FCB) reported this Sunday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Socarr\u00e1s, pitcher, will join the ranks of Leones del Escogido in the season that begins this month and closes at the end of January 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pitcher Frank Madan and outfielder Raico Santos have also signed with the Tigres de Aragua, as confirmed to the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jit<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> portal by the vice president of the FCB, Yovani Arag\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Los eventos en ambos pa\u00edses comienzan sus calendarios este octubre hasta finales de enero, a las puertas de la Serie del Caribe 2022. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BaseBall?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BaseBall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Beisbol?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Beisbol<\/a> <\/p>\n<p> <a 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