{"id":481885,"date":"2025-09-08T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/chris-ellis-returns-to-the-gigantes-del-cibao-as-a-reinforcement-for-the-2025-2026-lidom-season\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T10:30:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T14:30:23","slug":"chris-ellis-returns-to-the-gigantes-del-cibao-as-a-reinforcement-for-the-2025-2026-lidom-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/chris-ellis-returns-to-the-gigantes-del-cibao-as-a-reinforcement-for-the-2025-2026-lidom-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Chris Ellis returns to the Gigantes del Cibao as a reinforcement for the 2025-2026 LIDOM season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/h3>\n\n\nSan Francisco de Macor\u00eds<\/strong>. \u2014 The Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> officially announced the return of right-handed pitcher Chris Ellis<\/strong> as a reinforcement for the upcoming Dominican winter baseball season, scheduled to begin on October 15<\/strong>.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> Toros del Este bring Joe Corbett back to reinforce the bullpen<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nEllis, 32 years old<\/strong>, is a veteran American pitcher<\/strong> with experience in Major Leagues<\/strong>, LIDOM<\/strong> and the Mexican Baseball League<\/strong>. The confirmation was offered by the president of operations<\/strong>, Lic. Alfredo Acebal Rizek<\/strong>, who highlighted the importance of this signing to strengthen the team’s bullpen.\n\n\n

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\u201cWe continue to move forward in the formation of a good team for next season and we are pleased to bring Chris Ellis back. He is an experienced arm that should help us a lot,\u201d said Acebal Rizek.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

History with the Giants and LIDOM<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nEllis already knows the organization, as he defended the colors of the Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> during the 2020-2021 season<\/strong>, considered his best campaign in Dominican baseball. In that tournament, he recorded a 1-0 record<\/strong>, with an ERA of 2.35<\/strong> in five games<\/strong> (four as a starter). In the postseason, he had a record of 1-1<\/strong> and an ERA of 3.00<\/strong>, being a key piece in pitching.\n\nAdditionally, Ellis has played in LIDOM with the Leones del Escogido<\/strong> (2018-2019) and the Toros del Este<\/strong> (2023-2024 and 2024-2025), solidifying himself as a reliable pitcher within the league.\n\n\n

Arrives in great shape from Mexico<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe right comes from an outstanding performance in the Mexican Baseball League 2025<\/strong> with the Sultanes de Monterrey<\/strong>, where he pitched 39 games<\/strong> as a reliever and achieved 19 saves<\/strong>. In 39.1 innings of work<\/strong>, he allowed 35 hits<\/strong>, gave 19 walks<\/strong> and struck out 37 batters<\/strong>, leaving a WHIP of 1.37<\/strong>.\n\n\n

Confirmed reinforcements<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nWith this signing, Chris Ellis<\/strong> becomes the fifth imported player<\/strong> confirmed by the Gigantes del Cibao for next season, joining pitchers Caleb Smith<\/strong>, Reid Birlingmair<\/strong>, Scott Engler<\/strong> and Daniel Mengden<\/strong>.\n\nThe Giants continue to reinforce their roster with the aim of competing for the LIDOM 2025-2026 championship<\/strong>, betting on experience, depth, and balance in the pitching staff.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

San Francisco de Macor\u00eds. \u2014 The Gigantes del Cibao officially announced the return of right-handed pitcher Chris Ellis as a reinforcement for the upcoming Dominican winter baseball season, scheduled to begin on October 15. You may be interested in: Toros del Este bring Joe Corbett back to reinforce the bullpen Ellis, 32 years old, is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":481886,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[611,40231,9098,39774,40230],"class_list":{"0":"post-481885","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-deultimominuto","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-major-league-baseball","12":"tag-united-states"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Chris-Ellis-GC.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/Chris-Ellis-GC.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481885"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481885\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481886"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}