Isla de la Juventud is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series

Cuban National Series

The Cuban National Series is the primary domestic amateur baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban national baseball system.-League structure:...

. Based in Nueva Gerona

Nueva Gerona

Nueva Gerona is the capital city of the Isla de la Juventud special municipality of Cuba. The city is located between the hills of Caballos and Casas, about 3 km up the Río Casas, which provides a navigable waterway to the Caribbean Sea....

 (on the Isle of Youth

Isle of Youth

Isla de la Juventud is the second-largest Cuban island and the seventh-largest island in the West Indies . The island has an area and is 100 km south of the island of Cuba, across the Gulf of Batabanó...

), the Toronjeros finished first in Group B of the league last season.

History

From their inception in 1977

1977-78 Cuban National Series

The 1977-78 Cuban National Series was a watershed in that it coincided with Cuba's administrative restructuring of 1977, which created fourteen provinces...

 until the mid-1990s, Isla de la Juventud was a perennial cellar-dweller in the National Series. However, since the 1998–99 season

1998-99 Cuban National Series

The 38th Cuban National Series saw Santiago de Cuba, which was fortunate to qualify for the playoffs, win three close series to take its first title in ten years.-Group A:-Group B:-Group C:-Group D:-Playoffs:-References:...

, when they took Industriales

Industriales

Industriales is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. One of the two teams based in the city of Havana, Industriales is historically the most successful team in the National Series, the main domestic competition in post-revolutionary Cuban baseball...

 to a seventh game in the western final, they have been a playoff contender every year.

Current roster

• Pitchers

32	Carlos Alberto Yanes Artiles
49	Jesús Amador
75	Wilber Pérez Rodríguez
04	Alieski Perera Tarrau
85	Ronald García Álvarez
18	Reimundo Vázquez
28	Oscar Jacomino Ebanks
19	Danni Aguilera Rives
29	Carlos M. Puentes Morales
63	Luis M. Suárez Aldana
99	Yalieski Diéguez Mayet
25	Yunier Gamboa Correoso
37	Rafael Silva
26	Raicel Iglesias
38	Javier Leyva Naranjo

• Fielders

57	Vladimir García Martínez
37	Luis Castro de Armas
31	Eduardo Rives Farías
88	Luis Felipe Rivera Despaigne
11	Dainier Gálvez Guerra
12	Michel Enríquez Tamayo
27	Ángel Miguel Fernández
07	Reinier Llanes Santi
33	Jorge Luis Medina Carreño
15	José Velásquez
10	Víctor Rivas Goire
23	Alejandro Ortiz Arias
14	Yoanis Pérez García
66	Jhoyce Su Casella
40	Juan Carlos Lescaille
90	Rodmy Proenza
67	Alexander Cantalapiedra

• Staff

06	Armando Johnson Zaldívar
02	José Pérez Pérez
21	Orlis Luís Díaz Cordero
30	Alexander Ramos Rabell
03	Carlos Luis Soto
46	Dioel Reyes Viquillón
	Ramón González Sosa Cb
	Dr. Alexis Santana Pierre
	Benedicto Arias
	Héctor Ariosa
	Roberto Cañete Lago
	Enrique Gómez Valdés

Statistics

JJ	75
JG	29
JP	46
HC	14–22
VS	15–24
AVE	387

Notable players

• Félix Ajete
• Orlis Díaz
• Michel Enríquez
  Michel Enríquez
  Michel Enríquez Tamayo is a Cuban baseball third baseman....
  
  
• Vladimir García
• Liván Hernández
  Liván Hernández
  Eisler Liván Hernández Carrera is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. He is the half-brother of pitcher Orlando "El Duque" Hernández.-Playing career:...
  
  
• Gervasio Miguel
• Pedro Pérez
• Alexander Ramos
• Luis Felipe Rivera
• Carlos Yánes