# 2016–17 Alazanes de Granma season

The 2016-2017 Granma season was the 40th for the team in the Cuban National Series and was the first season that they won the National Series.
Granma's manager was Carlos Marti Santos.

## Roster
### Pitchers

| Number | Name | Bats | Throws | Age | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Place of Birth |
| 51 | Yoalkis Cruz Rondon | R | R | 37 | 1.90 | 91 | Las Tunas |
| 42 | Migue Lahera Betancou | R | R | 32 | 1.92 | 120 | Artemisa |
| 84 | Leorisbel Sanchez Hndez | L | R | 32 | 1.72 | 68 | Cienfuegos |
| 79 | Lázaro Blanco Matos | R | R | 30 | 1.93 | 91 | Granma |
| 49 | Jose Armando PeÑa Rodriguez | R | R | 30 | 1.92 | 80 | Granma |
| 37 | Juan Ramon Olivera Verdeci | R | R | 28 | 1.80 | 96 | Granma |
| 56 | Erluis Blanco Reyes | R | R | 27 | 1.72 | 86 | Granma |
| 35 | Maidel NéÑez Morales | R | R | 23 | 1.84 | 83 | Granma |
| 9 | César García Rondón | R | R | 25 | 1.76 | 70 | Granma |
| 99 | Edgar Escobar Noris | R | R | 20 | 1.90 | 91 | Granma |
| 19 | Adriel Moreno Rondón | L | L | 26 | 1.77 | 86 | Granma |
| 48 | Jorge Torres Aguilar | L | L | 22 | 1.82 | 74 | Granma |
| 94 | Andri Aguila Castro | R | R | 23 | 1.69 | 60 | Granma |
| 71 | Leandro Martinez Figueredo | R | R | 36 | 1.76 | 90 | Granma |
| 19 | Yanier Gonzalez Rodriguez | R | R | 36 | 1.80 | 100 | Granma |
| | Yosvany Garcia Correa | R | R | 27 | 1.80 | 85 | Granma |
| | Carlos Santana Satiest | R | R | 27 | 1.80 | 85 | Granma |

### Catchers

| Number | Name | Bats | Throws | Age | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Place of Birth |
| 45 | Frank C. Morejon Reyes | R | R | 30 | 1.76 | 90 | La Habana |
| 20 | Edilberto Mendoza Pino | R | R | 30 | 1.77 | 91 | Granma |

### Infielders

| Number | Name | Bats | Throws | Age | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Place of Birth |
| 21 | Guillermo Avilés Difurnot | L | R | 24 | 1.83 | 87 | Granma |
| 5 | Carlos Benítez Pérez | R | R | 30 | 1.74 | 91 | Granma |
| 24 | Lázaro Cedeño González | R | R | 30 | 1.82 | 96 | Granma |
| 52 | Osvaldo Abreu Sánchez | R | R | 27 | 1.72 | 70 | Granma |
| 46 | Marcos Luis Fonseca Alcea | R | R | 30 | 1.81 | 76 | Granma |
| 66 | Yulián Rafael Milán Santos | R | R | 32 | 1.71 | 73 | Granma |
| 6 | Héctor Árias Batista | R | R | 23 | 1.69 | 83 | Granma |
| 2 | Wilfredo Sanchez Rosales | R | R | 31 | 1.74 | 80 | Granma |

### Outfielders

| Number | Name | Bats | Throws | Age | Height (m) | Weight (kg) | Place of Birth |
| 27 | Dennis Laza Spencer | R | R | 32 | 1.77 | 84 | Mayabeque |
| 1 | Roel Santos Martínez | L | R | 29 | 1.72 | 78 | Granma |
| 22 | Alesquemer Sanchez Sanchez | R | R | 22 | 1.78 | 70 | Granma |
| 18 | Raico Santos Almeida | L | L | 23 | 1.74 | 87 | Granma |
| 54 | Alfredo Despaigne Rodriguez | R | R | 30 | 1.75 | 104 | Santiago de Cuba |
| 51 | Yoelkis Cespedes Maceo | R | R | 19 | 1.85 | 90 | Granma |
| | Leosdani Batista Granda | R | R | 27 | 1.80 | 85 | Granma |
| | Juan M. Benitez Tamayo | R | R | 27 | 1.80 | 85 | Granma |
| | Darien Garcia Figuered | R | R | 27 | 1.80 | 85 | Granma |

## Regular season

| Wins | Losses | Pct. | League Rank | GB from 1st | Home | Road | L10 | Streak |
| 52 | 43 | .547 | 4 | 21 | 30 - 21 | 22 - 22 | W4 - L6 | 0 |

### Postseason

Team manager Carlos Marti Santos dedicated the win to the memory of Fidel Castro and to the Granma fans. Alfredo Despaigne Rodriguez (Olympic medalist and player in Japanese and Mexican league baseball) said that the Series win was the greatest moment of his life in baseball.