Culiacán, Sinaloa.- Professional softball player Karime Valles from Sinaloa believes Culiacán should have a team in the Mexican Softball League (LMS), highlighting the talent in the state and the sport's growth among younger generations. During an interview with the program Los Noticieristas, the Culiacán-born catcher expressed her enthusiasm for the possibility of the Sinaloan capital having a professional franchise and acknowledged that she would like to play in front of her hometown crowd; she even left the door open to managing a team in the future. Her proposal gains relevance in a state with a baseball and softball tradition, where 11 players from Sinaloa participated in the inaugural LMS season, held in 2024.

Valles's sports backing is accompanied by concrete results. In 2024, during the first LMS campaign, she was crowned champion with Charros de Jalisco Femenil and finished as the home run leader, with six homers. Furthermore, on February 15 of that year, she hit three home runs and drove in five runs in a single game against Bravas de León, a historic performance for the circuit. The Culiacán native has also stood out for promoting the development of new players through a softball school, convinced that the opening of professionalism has motivated more girls to train and seek competitive opportunities. This background reinforces her argument that Sinaloa has sufficient talent to aspire to its own organization.

Karime Valles's career continues to ascend: after playing the 2024, 2025, and 2026 seasons with Charros de Jalisco, in October 2026, her move to Leonas de Yucatán for the next LMS season was announced. That same year, she was recognized as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the National First Force Championship, representing Baja California, and became the first woman to hit a home run in a men's field during that competition, according to information released by the Mexican Baseball League. Her professional experience and achievements strengthen the argument for expanding opportunities for women's softball in Sinaloa. The eventual arrival of a team in Culiacán will depend on sporting and administrative decisions, but Valles's proposal brings to the table an aspiration that could bring professional spectacle closer to the fans in Sinaloa and open new opportunities for future generations.