Cuban Cubans Pedro Pablo Revilla and Guillermo García in Japan.

Photo: Chunichi Dragons.

The Chunichi Dragons, in Japan, announced this Wednesday that they have awarded major league contracts to Cuban players Pedro Pablo Revilla and Guillermo García

, who arrived in that nation this year and had been working on the organization's player development program. .

In both cases the agreement will be for a maximum of six seasons and will be renewed annually according to performance.

Financial terms were not disclosed.

“Both of them have only recently arrived in Japan, but I hope that their presence in the active roster will become an encouragement for the team.

After watching them practice, I get the impression that they both have the potential to hit.

I want them to get used to the Japanese pitchers as soon as possible because as soon as they do, their level of play will increase even more,” said team manager Kazuyoshi Tatsunami.

“I am very happy for this opportunity.

My goal is to be able to play in the first team.

Japanese pitchers are at a different level than Cuban pitchers, so I want to practice hard so I can hit them.

I will do my best to meet the expectations of the fans and the team," Revilla said.

“I am very grateful for the opportunity to play with the first team.

I will do my best to help you win.

Japanese pitchers have a different style than Cuban pitchers, so I will do my best to hit them well

,” Garcia said.

(With information from JIT)