Y. Rodriguez speaks for the first time after a month of silence.

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[Sports Center/Comprehensive Report] Yariel Rodríguez (Yariel Rodríguez), the former China-Japan Dragon who defected after the classic game, posted a post on the social networking site today after a long silence to express his gratitude to the China-Japan Dragon fans At the same time, he also apologized because he wanted to challenge the big leagues.

Y. Rodriguez came to Taiwan to represent Cuba in the World Baseball Classic in March this year. Cuba also successfully advanced to the top four in this tournament, but lost to the United States and missed the promotion.

After the game, bullpen catcher Ivan Prieto became the first person to defect. Not long after, Y. Rodríguez (Yariel Rodríguez) also defected to the Dominican Republic and will seek a major league contract.

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According to previous Japanese media reports, the China-Japan Dragon Ball Team was completely unable to contact Y. Rodriguez, and the supervisor Tatsumi and Yoshiya bluntly said that he will not come back, and the team needs to look forward.

Today, Y. Rodriguez updated his social media for the first time since March 20. He posted a photo of himself wearing the Chunichi Dragons jersey and wrote: "This photo is a good memory for me. Want to thank all the Chunichi Dragons fans for their support during these wonderful three years. And I also want to apologize for my sudden escape from the contract, but I want to pursue my dream of challenging the major leagues. Unfortunately in Cuba I did not There is a way to realize this dream.” Y. Luo also believes that he must have a way to realize his dream of challenging the major leagues.

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