Jorge Posada to play in the World Baseball Classic?

According to this ESPN Deportes report, Jorge Posada wants to play in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Rather than making you sift through a mangled babelfish translation, I did some translating of my own.

Please note, it might not be perfect--and if you're a fluent speaker, feel free to correct me--but it should be better than what you get from an automated translator:


BRISTOL—A diferencia del torneo anterior, el receptor puertorriqueño Jorge Posada afirmó el martes que sí jugará con Puerto Rico durante el Clásico Mundial de Béisbol 2009.

Unlike the earlier tournament, the Puerto Rican catcher Jorge Posada affirmed Tuesday that he would play for Puerto Rico during the WBC in 2009


“Sí, él va a jugar. De hecho, ya firmó para jugar, y está practicando en Tampa”, dijo Jorge Posada padre a ESPNdeportes.com.

“Yes, he is going to play. He has said he is going to play and he is practicing in Tampa”, said Jorge’s father to ESPN Deportes.

“Él sí estuvo operado del hombro, pero está recuperado”, agregó Posada. “Va a jugar como bateador designado, por lo menos. Él me lo ha dicho enfáticamente en dos o tres ocasiones”.

“He had surgery, but he has recooperated”, said Posada. “He is going to play as a designated hitter, for now. He has told me he has said so on two or three occasions . "

Según informó el martes un oficial de los Yankees, Posada, quien no jugó durante el torneo del 2006 con la escuadra boricua, tampoco jugaría con Puerto Rico en la edición del Clásico 2009.

After being informed on Tuesday, a Yankees official said that Posada did not play in 2006 with the Puerto Rican squad, nor would he play with Puerto Rico in 2009.

El receptor de los Mulos solamente jugó 51 partidos con 168 turnos al bate en el 2008 con los Yankees.

The starting catcher only played 51 games with 168 ABs in 2008 with the Yankees. (Note: I'm not quite sure if this is an accurate translation of 'receptor de los Mulos', but it would fit with the article).

“Él está lesionado y no va a jugar”, dijo una fuente del equipo a ESPNdeportes.com.

“He is injured and is not going to play”, said a source with the team to ESPN Deportes.

Posada sufrió una lesión en el hombro que lo llevó dos veces a la lista de incapacitados, hasta que finalmente fue operado en julio y perdió el resto de la temporada.

Posada suffered an injury that had him on the DL twice, and was finally operated on in July and lost the rest of the season.

Según la fuente, los Yankees no le han prohibido jugar a Posada y éste podría tener la opción de jugar en el Clásico 2009 si se siente recuperado.

Following the source, the Yankees have not prohibited Posada from playing and Posada has the option to play in the WBC in 2009 if he is feeling better.




The last bit doesn't seem to jive with the rest of the article, but what it's basically saying is that technically Posada is not prohibited from playing if he's healthy, even if the Yankees don't want him to.

Whether or not Posada should play is an issue--he does have at least two new pitchers to learn--but he has gone so long without game action that a few games at DH could not be an awful thing.