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I-Dodgers i-pitcher yokusiza i-Brusdar Graterol ngomunye umdlali ongeke angenele ku-World Baseball Classic ngenxa yezinkinga zomshuwalense.
(UMarcio Jose Sanchez / Associated Press)
Lolu hlelo luhlanganisa abadlali abasohlwini lwabadlali abangu-40 be-MLB – amanye amaligi anabadlali emqhudelwaneni awafakiwe. Abenzeli bamahhala abawudingi umshwalense ngoba abekho ohlwini lwe-MLB.
I-premium eyodwa kuxoxiswana ngayo ne-NFP ukuze kukhavwe wonke umdlali. Umbhali wangaphansi ubuyekeza amarekhodi ezokwelapha omdlali ngamunye. Abadlali babe sebefakwa emabhakedeni amabili: angenakukhokhelwa ngaphansi kwaleyo premium yesambulela eyodwa noma engavikeleki.
Abadlali bangenziwa ngokungavikeleki ngenxa yezizathu “ezine noma ezinhlanu”, ngokusho komuntu onolwazi ngalesi simo. Enye iwukuthi umdlali “unesimo esingapheli” esisekelwe emlandweni wokulimala kwakhe. Okunye wukuthi umdlali uchithe isikhathi esiningi ohlwini lwabalimele ngesizini edlule noma uqede isizini edlule ohlwini lwabalimele.
UKershaw noCabrera bawela esigabeni “esingapheli”.
Umlando wokulimala kuka-Kershaw uhlanganisa ukulimala kwendololwane okukhulu ngo-2021 kanye nezifo ezihlukahlukene zasemuva kule minyaka eyishumi edlule. UKershaw ungene ohlwini lwezinsuku eziyi-10 abalimele kabili ngesizini edlule – zombili izikhathi ngenxa yezinkinga zasemuva. UCabrera ubhekane nokulimala kwe-biceps kwesokunxele kula masizini amane adlule kanye nezinye izifo ezingapheli.
Umsizi we-Dodgers uBrusdar Graterol wayefuna ukungenela umqhudelwano waseVenezuela, kodwa akazange anikezwe umshwalense ngenxa yokulimala kwangaphambilini. Umgadli we-Texas Rangers, uNathan Eovaldi, uzibophezele ku-Team USA kodwa washiywa ohlwini ngoba akazange ahlangabezane nezidingo zomshwalense. Kwenzeka okufanayo ngo-2017 nomgadli uSonny Gray, ongazange adlalele i-US ngemuva kokuchitha izinsuku ezingama-70 ohlwini lwabalimele ngo-2016.
Amaqembu futhi anenketho yokungavumeli umdlali ukuthi abambe iqhaza emqhudelwaneni uma ebesohlwini lwezinsuku ezingama-60 olimele nganoma yisiphi isikhathi phakathi nesizini edlule.
Umdlali wasemuva wase-St. Louis Cardinals u-Tyler O’Neill ubhekane naleso simo kule nyanga. U-O’Neill uthathwe njengongafaneleki ukudlalela iCanada ngemuva kokuqeda isizini edlule ohlwini lwabalimele, kodwa amaKhadinali akuhoxisile lokho futhi amkhipha ngenyama ngaphambi kokuba umshwalense ugunyaze ukumbozwa.
