{"id":502068,"date":"2026-03-12T18:48:49","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/christopher-sanchez-speed-and-health-are-there-we-have-a-plan-to-face-korea\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T18:48:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T22:48:49","slug":"christopher-sanchez-speed-and-health-are-there-we-have-a-plan-to-face-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/baseball\/christopher-sanchez-speed-and-health-are-there-we-have-a-plan-to-face-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Christopher S\u00e1nchez: \u201cSpeed and health are there; we have a plan to face Korea\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"MIAMI.\u2014 Left-handed pitcher <strong>Christopher S\u00e1nchez<\/strong> will be in charge of opening the game for the <strong>Dominican Republic national baseball team<\/strong> against the <strong>South Korea national baseball team<\/strong> in the quarterfinals of the <strong>2026 World Baseball Classic<\/strong>, a match scheduled for this Friday.\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/estados-unidos-da-de-baja-a-skubal-wacha-y-yarbrough-y-suma-tres-relevistas-para-los-cuartos-de-final\/\">United States drops Skubal, Wacha and Yarbrough and adds three relievers for the quarterfinals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nDuring his pre-commitment statements, S\u00e1nchez assured that he arrives in good physical condition to assume responsibility from the mound.\n\n\"The velocity is there, the health is there, thank God. We have a game plan for tomorrow,\" expressed the Dominican pitcher referring to his preparation for the important duel.\n\nS\u00e1nchez also explained that it will be the first time he faces the South Korean team, so the main focus will be on executing the strategy designed by the coaching staff.\n\n\"They are different teams and I have never faced them. The idea is to attack with my strengths, work the plan with the catcher and the pitching coach, and execute it. That's the point,\" he pointed out.\n\nThe Dominican opener emphasized that the key will be to maintain concentration and follow the plan established from the first pitch.\n\nThe selection of <strong>Dominican Republic<\/strong> reaches this stage of the tournament after completing a solid group stage, while <strong>South Korea<\/strong> will seek to advance to the semifinals in a duel that promises great intensity on the diamond.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MIAMI.\u2014 Left-handed pitcher Christopher S\u00e1nchez will be in charge of opening the game for the Dominican Republic national baseball team against the South Korea national baseball team in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Baseball Classic, a match scheduled for this Friday. You may be interested in: United States drops Skubal, Wacha and Yarbrough and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,40853,40230,41301],"class_list":{"0":"post-502068","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-baseball","7":"tag-deultimominuto","8":"tag-dominican-republic","9":"tag-thetruthnewspaper","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-world-baseball-classic"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=502068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502068\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=502068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=502068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=502068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}