With the same coldness with which he launches the ninth entrance, Aroldis Chapman He sat in the Dagout Daming Daikin Park, showed his smile and released effortlessly: “I am not aware of records, marks, none of that”, as if it were one of his shipments to more than 100 miles per hour to withdraw his rivals, his response baffled those present. Because the Cuban is close to becoming the reliever with more strikeouts in the history of the major leagues, which could give a direct ticket to the Hall of Fame.
Chapman, owner of one of the most feared lines in the history of the MLB, says the figures do not take away his dream. “Well, I don’t know, I don’t know if I can or can’t (be in a hall of fame) I will only try to do as much as I can get, and now,” he confessed with the peace of mind of who has lived pressure and knows how to handle it.
The Cuban does not mentalize records or grandiloquent goals: “He wanted to reach 100 strikeouts in the year, they are things that one proposes, but mine is trying to stay healthy and to be able to do the job,” he released who, at the time of writing this note he had 66 strikeouts in the year. The hundred strikeouts is something that has reached in five of the 16 seasons in the largest, but for him, the key of longevity is in training and recovery.
“Training, preparing myself well is very fundamental, my recovery too. And there I think health comes, my secret life.”
And yes he knows how to handle that part, because he has had a rebirth in his career at age 37. Although he has always been able to solve, what he currently lives is dreamy.
At the beginning of this week, Chapman leads all the relief in Effectiveness in the MLB with a 1.15 mark. He also leads an average of the opponent’s batting (.130) and for the first time in his career in the elderly, he had 9 consecutive games without allowing a hit.
With a world series ring, the experience of having represented Cuba in the 2009 World Classic and a race that began after leaving the island behind to reach the big leagues, Aroldis Chapman continues to write chapters within a route that baseball still reserves.
