translated from Spanish: Alfredo Hurtado accepts the challenge of seeking the three-time champion with Tomateros

After a good season in the Mexican Baseball League, utility player Alfredo Hurtado is ready for the challenge of fighting for the three-time champion of the Tomateros de Culiacán.Hurtado defended the Bravos de León this summer, batted .274, gave up 46 hits, a home run, produced 20 runs and scored 19, in a campaign that he describes as a lot of learning and growth. “Thank God personally it has been a very good season, the team has struggled to win, we had difficult games, but personally it has been very fast growing, since I have played daily, I have had a lot of learning, more maturity, I know that the next day I have other opportunities,” said the young player. With braves, he served as catcher, second baseman, and right fielder. As a catcher he racked up a .974 fielding percentage in 46 games.” Defensively I have had a lot of opportunity to play almost daily, so I have tried to apply more patience, the tranquility that Benjamin Gil and Noé Muñoz told me a lot in Culiacan, that to enter once or twice a week sometimes I despaired; now I’m calmer in the games and I feel like I have more confidence in myself when I’m on the defensive end,” he said. In two seasons with Tomateros de Culiacán, the Native of Agua Prieta, Sonora, has appeared in 46 games, amassing a .269 batting percentage. Hurtado will live his third season with Tomateros. Photo: Courtesy. “The two-time champion was another dream, another goal accomplished as a team, personally, just like going to the Caribbean Series again, motivates us to want the three-time champion; every season has its own joke, each one is unique, each championship is unique, but this one was very special because of the fact that everything the team fought for the pandemic, the cases we had, and anyway go out and be champions, I think we showed what Culiacan is.” Now, the young man with a great present and promising future, is ready to contribute to the conquest of the 14th title in the history of the cherry franchise, which begins on October 5. “We go with everything next season, looking for nothing less than the 14th, it gives us encouragement, it gives us confidence, that we are going as two-time champions, we just have to prove it,” he concluded. 



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