Brayan Rocchio won a winter ball championship with his Venezuelan club team and the experience is carrying over to the MLB playoffs.
DETROIT — Brayan Rocchio said the experience he gained while playing winter ball in Venezuela is helping him find success during the Major League Baseball playoffs after helping his club to a Caribbean Series championship in February.in the 2024 Venezuelan Winter League. The switch-hitting shortstop appeared in 20 games and hit .377 with seven doubles, a home run, eight RBI and a .998 OPS.
Dodgers veteran infielder Miguel Rojas and former Royals infielder Alcides Escobar are among the Tiburones teammates that have reached out to Rocchio during the playoffs. Cleveland Guardians' Brayan Rocchio hits a single in the fifth inning during Game 3 of a baseball American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Detroit.Rocchio said part of what gives Cleveland confidence heading into Game 4 is the club’s faith in manager Stephen Vogt.
Vogt and catcher Austin Hedges often talk about Cleveland’s “cadence” and approaching the daily work of the season with the same intensity they would a playoff game. Rocchio has bought in, and said his teammates are leaning heavily on what got them to this point ahead of Thursday’s elimination game.
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