4 pitchers leave Dominican World Series team for Dominican WBC team

4 MLB pitchers have left the Dominican World Series bound Licey Tigers: Ervin Santana, Daniel Cabrera, Carlos Marmol, and Ubaldo Jimenez, all of whom are scheduled to pitch for the Dominican World Baseball Classic team. The Licey Tigers find themselves with only 1 pitcher.

• SANTO DOMINGO .- "A few hours after the time allowed by the Mexican Consulate to Tigres del Licey to deposit the passports of the players who would go to the Caribbean Series, the team was
• unable to fill the large gaps left by the stellar pitchers Ervin Santana, Ubaldo Jimenez, Daniel Cabrera and Carlos Marmol.

The situation was further complicated because Jorge Sosa, another prominent member of the rotation starter del Licey, his book is placed at the Consulate of the United States, while the relay is Mañón expired in July....

• Ravelo said that the main cause of the problem is that increasingly shortening the time it ends with the classic Caribbean starting pitchers that should be reported to the training camps of Major League Baseball."...Listin Diario, 1/30/09, by Freddy Tapia, 'At Closing Hours of the Roster, Holes in Licey Pitching', google translation

The World Baseball Classic interferes with both winter and regular season baseball. Pitchers are a scarce and unregulated commodity with some asked to play almost year-round at all points on the globe. When will MLB teams acknowledge unreasonable risks to these players in future contract language?

• "Is Carlos Marmol's Schedule Harmful?" Chicago Sun Times, Full Court Press, 1/26/09

• "As a fan of the Rockies I hope (Ubaldo)Jiminez and Francis do not pitch. I would rather they save their arms for the MLB season."

• Angels one of largest contributors to World Baseball Classic (VORP's listed)

• Concern for new Washington Nationals pitcher Daniel Cabrera

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