After a career as a player in Cuba, Linares, along with other Cuba baseball players such as Antonio Pacheco, Orestes Kindelan, and German Mesa, in coordination with the Cuba national baseball commission, decided to try the Nippon Professional Baseball.
Linares, along with fellow Cuban baseball players like Antonio Pacheco, Orestes Kindelan, and German Mesa, decided to test their skills in Nippon Professional Baseball after a career playing in Cuba, working together with the Cuba national baseball commission.