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Everything is ready for the final of the Venezuelan professional baseball to start tomorrow, Sunday, January 19, Cardenales de Lara, who obtained their pass to the final on Monday 13, will be playing their seventh final in the last 9 seasons, in the two occasions in which they did not pass, they were only one win away from being finalists again, this indicates the dominance that the Crepuscular have had throughout a decade, for their part the Bravos de Margarita sealed their pass to the final stage of the tournament on Wednesday 15, The Bravos de Margarita will be playing their first final in the history of the franchise, which has been in existence for 35 years, since before being called Bravos, they were Petroleros de Cabimas, Pastora de Occidente and Pastora de los Llanos. The Bravos are now 18 years old, in the last campaign they were already giving a warning of what they could do and in this season they have consolidated themselves as one of the strongest teams in the league.

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This final will be completely unprecedented, obviously no one had faced the Bravos at this stage of the tournament, for that reason, the Cardenales de Lara is becoming the only team in the league, which has played the final with each of the teams that make up the Venezuelan league, although the red birds have dominated the league in the last 9 seasons, it is also true that they have not been able to transfer that dominance to the finals they have played, since of 6 they have played, they have only won the title a couple of times, hence they have a debt with their fans, Lara will take the field as a favorite, for some clearly, for me not, since these teams were the ones who occupied the first two positions during the regular season and did it again in the Round Robin, thanks to the reinforcements they took along for the playoffs, both Cardinals and Bravos changed their rosters, Lara went from being a team that depended on the little things to win games, to a devastating offensive team, while Bravos surprised everyone with their pitching, they had the best effectiveness in the round robin.

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In the morning hours of Saturday January 18, the round of auditions was held, where the Crepuscular added to their robust line up the slugger belonging to the Aguilas del Zulia, Andres Chaparro, although this movement was sung, for my taste is not the most appropriate, since Lara has the need to improve its defense, Chaparro will undoubtedly be contributing a lot in the middle of the lineup, he is a power hitter, which Lara did not have throughout the season, but it is also true that their defense is below average, and that could open opportunities for their opponents, especially with pitchers like Max Castillo and Adrian Almeida, because these pitchers depend a lot on their team's defense, Lara will have as a strength, their offense, since from the first to the ninth bat, they can respond and add runs, another strong factor will be their closing reliever, in my opinion, there are a couple of question marks, the first one Maximo Castillo, who in his last games has not looked good from the mound, the second question mark is the defense, only Gorkys Hernandez is a natural outfielder, since neither Ravelo nor Castro are, they can do the job, but they are not guarantees, if the Cardinals manage to dispel these doubts, they will have a good chance to start.