Ariel Miranda is released by the Seattle Mariners and will continue a contract in Japan

Lefty Ariel Miranda was released by the Seattle Mariners organization to pursue a contract in the Professional League of Japan, which must already be negotiated and it should only be a matter of time for its officialization. The 29-year-old Mayabeque native made five innings without scoring when he opened the MLB this season.

"We could not promise him a place in the leading team in the near future." to do the right things for his family and maybe in two or three years to become the next Wade LeBlanc, "said Jerry Dipoto, Seattle general manager, who referred to LeBlanc as a pitcher who has experienced a career revival and a signed contract extension two days ago with Seattle.

Although the team that Miranda will be in Japan is not yet known, most of the time these deals are made when the players have a clear suitor who in this case seems to be the Falcons from Softbank, according to reports colleague Yusseff Díaz de Pelota Cubana.

It is certain that the Cuban will have economic improvements by embarking on Asia, and that in Seattle, only a few of the MLB's openers will be injured. Miranda launched 29 starts in 2017 and scored 8-7, 5.13 points. Ball bases were the main problem, with 63 and 3.5 for every nine innings.