Liga de Voleibol Superior Masculino is back this summer.
6 teams will be playing:
Cafeteros de Yauco
Caribes de San Sebastian
Changos de Naranjito
Indios de Mayaguez
Mets de Gaynabo
Mulos de Juncos
Other teams asked for a dispensa (the possibility to skip the season for various reasons without losing the right to play the next one; for example the hall of Gigantes de Carolina isn't ready yet to open after the hurricane Maria):
Gigantes de Carolina
Llaneros de Toa Baja
Capitanes de Arecibo
Gigantes de Adjuntas
Plataneros de Corozal
Cariduros de Fajardo
I'm not sure what happened to another team, whether it disappeared - which is what I guess - or asked for another dispensa (the third since 2017).
Patriotas de San Juan
In the LVSF Capitalinas de San Juan are considered as a disappeared franchise, because their president as been banned from the league: apparently he didn't pay some salaries and made a lot of debts, but took money from the city for his team. As far as I know the city of San Juan cut the founds for both the teams, which makes me think we can consider both of the disappared.
Mulos de Juncos are a new franchise. It's the first time there is pro volleyball (voleibol Superior) in Juncos.
Yesterday there was the daft.
Before the daft there were few trades.
Eddie Rivera - Caribes de San Juan -> Indios de Mayaguez
Jackson Rivera - Indios de Mayaguez -> Caribes de San Juan
Kevin Rodriguez + Marcos Liendo - Changos de Naranjito -> Indios de Mayaguez
Juan Miguel Ruiz - Indios de Mayaguez -> Changos de Naranjito
Angel Perez - Mets de Guaybano -> Caribes de San Sebastian
Steven Morales - Caribes de San Sebastian -> Mets de Guaynabo
Cristian Encarnacion - Cafeteros de Yauco -> Mets de Guaynabo
4th round 3rd choice - Mets de Guaynabo -> Cafeteros de Yauco
Pablo Guzman + 1st round 3rd choice + 3rd round 3rd choice - Mets de Guaynabo -> Cafeteros de Yauco
Edgardo Cartagena + 1st round 1st choice - Cafeteros de Yauco -> Mets de Guaynabo
Pablo Guzman + Amaury Miranda - Cafeteros de Yauco -> Mulos de Juncos
1st round 6th choice - Mulos de Juncos -> Cateferos de Yauco
About the Draft.
The order of choices follows the ranking from last season (for the teams playing this year):
1 Cafeteros de Yauco
2 Changos de Naranjito
3 Mets de Guaynabo
The teams coming back from a dispensa (with a draw to decide who gets the fourth and the fifth choices):
4 Indios de Mayaguez
5 Caribes de San Sebastian
Newcomer team:
6 Mulos de Juncos
First round
1 Ezequiel Cruz (Guaynabo)
2 Ulises Maldonado (Naranjito)
3 Yadiel Nadal (Yauco)
4 Kevin Lopez (Mayaguez)
5 Josué Rivera (San Sebastian)
6 Pedro Molina (Yauco)
Second round
1 Pedro Nieves (Yauco)
2 Alexandro Robles (Naranjito)
3 Arturo Iglesias (Guaynabo)
4 Fabián Rohena (Mayaguez)
5 Dimar López (San Sebastián)
6 Gianlucca Grasso (Juncos)
Third round
1 Iván Fernández (Yauco)
2 David Menéndez (Naranjito)
3 Ricardo Massanet (Yauco)
4 Brian Negrón (Mayagüez)
5 Anthony Negrón (San Sebastián)
6 Pedro Rosario (Juncos)
Fourth round
1 José Suarez (Yauco)
2 Roberto Pérez (Naranjito)
3 Johan León (Yauco)
4 Sirianis Méndez (Mayagüez)
5 Dennis Del Valle (San Sebastián)
6 Joseph Irizarry (Juncos)
Fifth round
1 Gabriel Rosado (Yauco)
2 Pedro Cabrera (Naranjito)
3 Jean Carlos Ortiz (Guaynabo)
4 Ricardo Padilla (Mayagüez)
5 Randy Ramírez (San Sebastián)
6 José Mulero (Juncos)
Extra choices for Mulos de Juncos
1 Juan Carlos Ribas
2Eduardo Hernández
The season starts june 6.