Céspedes (personal reasons) out for quarterfinals of Classic

TAICHUNG, Taiwan — After a wild, five-way tie, Cuba completed first in Pool A of the World Baseball Classic over the weekend.

The staff will head to Tokyo to tackle Australia within the quarterfinals (Wed., 6 a.m. ET, FS2), however it is going to be lacking one in all its extra notable gamers: Yoenis Céspedes.

Céspedes has said that he must return to the United States for private causes. However, if Cuba does advance to Miami for the semifinal spherical, he hopes to return to the staff.

Céspedes performed in two video games in Taiwan, and sat the following two. He was 0-for-2 with two walks in Cuba’s opening matchup loss to Netherlands and 0-for-4 in in his nation’s loss to Italy.

Roel Santos, who performed nicely in left subject for Cuba in its previous two video games, appears to be the likeliest possibility once more for the membership as soon as it will get to the Tokyo Dome.