Puerto Rican Winter League may be shortened due to hurricane damage

With the island’s infrastructure in disarray after it was hit by hurricane Maria, this year’s winter league in Puerto Rico may be shortened. Nothing is engraved in stone yet, but in a special meeting of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League, the idea of a shortened season was brought forward.

President of the league, Hector Rivera Cruz, said that no decision has been made yet but shortening the season is a serious option as all ballparks of the five RCPBL clubs have suffered from the hurricane Irma.

“Today, I had a meeting with the representatives of the five clubs to evaluate the situation of their ballparks and to prepare for the upcoming competition which will start on November 15”, Cruz stated to the media.

Some owners think that not all ballparks cannot be repaired before the upcoming season, so next to a shorter season, another possibility may be to play day games in the stadiums that suffered the least from the hurricane Maria.

The owners of the team realize that repairing the league’s ballparks isn’t a priority. Of course, the destructed infrastructure is much more important.