The Cocodrilos de Matanzas of the Cuban Serie Nacional are still waiting for their visas at the Consulado General de España in La Habana, Cuba, to travel to Barcelona for the 2024 Barcelona Baseball Cup, which was supposed to be held from September 24-29 at Estadio Viladecans and Estadio Barcelona.
The 2024 BBC will now take place from September 25-29 in Viladecans and Barcelona.
The Algodoneros de Guasave will play the FCBS selection team in the first game of the 2024 BBC at Estadio Viladecans on September 25 at 2 p.m. EDT.
The Cocodrilos de Matanzas will play their first game of the 2024 BBC against the Algodoneros de Guasave on September 27 at 2 p.m. EDT at Estadio Barcelona.
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Jordi Valles Mestres is the president of the FCBS and will supervise the roster building for the FCBS Selection Team in the next few days before the start of the 2024 BBC.
The Algodoneros de Guasave of Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico, the Cocodrilos de Matanzas of the Cuban Serie Nacional, an FCBS Selection Team, and a Spain All-Star Team will participate at the 2024 BBC.
All 2024 BBC game tickets will be sold at boletomovil.com.
The Cocodrilos de Matanzas played two warm-up games last week against the Ceveceros, the champion of the Liga de Verano de Beisbol Cardenense, on September 18 at Estadio Victoria de Giron in Matanzas, Cuba, and the Cardenas preselection team on September 19 at Estadio Pablo Avelino in Cardenas, Matanzas, Cuba.
The Cocodrilos de Matanzas won the 2023-24 Elite League regular season and beat the Cazadores de Artemisa in six games.
Armando Ferrer will manage the Cocodrilos de Matanzas.
The Cocodrilos de Matanzas announced their 2024 BBC official roster on September 14. Nine reinforcement players who were not on their 2024 Serie Nacional regular season roster will travel to Barcelona.
Adrián Pérez, Yariel Duque, Luis Ángel Sánchez, Andrys Pérez, Ariel Sánchez, Eduardo Blanco, José Noroña, Yosniel Camejo, José Pren, Noervys Entenza, Renner Rivero, Yamichel Pérez, Dennis Quesada, and Roilan Averoff are the only players from the Cocodrilos de Matanzas official roster returning from the 2024 Serie Nacional regular season that will be on the 2024 BBC roster.
The FCBS selection team official roster for the 2024 BBC will include players who played in the Division de Honor de Beisbol in Spain, the Italian Baseball League, and Liga Mexicana de Beisbol.
Daniel A. Martinez is the manager of the FCBS selection team.