{"id":485975,"date":"2025-10-08T14:58:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/aguilas-cibaenas-sign-cuban-infielder-raynel-delgado-triple-a-mvp\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T14:58:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T18:58:44","slug":"aguilas-cibaenas-sign-cuban-infielder-raynel-delgado-triple-a-mvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/baseball\/aguilas-cibaenas-sign-cuban-infielder-raynel-delgado-triple-a-mvp\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as sign Cuban infielder Raynel Delgado, Triple-A MVP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/h2>\n\n\nSantiago<\/strong> \u2013 The Baseball Operations department of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> announced this Wednesday the hiring of infielder Raynel Delgado<\/strong>, named Most Valuable Player (MVP)<\/strong> in the past season with the Nashville Sounds<\/strong>, Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers<\/strong>.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong> Gigantes del Cibao announce the signing of first baseman Jake Holton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe Cuban player joins the yellow team as part of the reinforcement plan for the 2025-2026 Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) tournament<\/strong>.\n\nOriginally from Havana<\/strong>, Delgado, 25 years old<\/strong>, brings versatility, speed, and offensive power<\/strong> to the Aguilas lineup. He stands out for his ability as a switch hitter<\/strong> and his defensive ability in various infield positions, especially at second and third base<\/strong>.\n\nDuring his most recent campaign in Triple-A, Delgado shined with a batting average of .281<\/strong>, connecting 116 hits, 53 RBIs, and 40 stolen bases in 48 attempts<\/strong>, solidifying himself as one of the most complete players in the circuit.\n\nThe general manager of the Cibae\u00f1as Eagles, Gian Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>, highlighted the importance of this acquisition and the qualities that the player will bring to the team:\n\n\n

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\u201cWe are absolutely thrilled to welcome Raynel to our organization. His MVP title is no coincidence; it reflects his incredible work ethic, discipline at the plate, and ability to be an offensive leader. We hope that his energy and performance will raise the level of the entire team and bring us closer to our goal of conquering a new championship,\u201d expressed Guzman.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nOriginally selected in the 2018 Draft by the Cleveland Indians<\/strong>, Delgado arrives at a key moment in the team’s structuring process for the new season.\n\nWith this signing, the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> have confirmed so far five imported players<\/strong>: pitchers Devin Smeltzer, Triston McKenzie, Oscar Rayo and Charlie Barnes<\/strong>, along with the newly incorporated Raynel Delgado<\/strong>.\n\n\n

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Santiago \u2013 The Baseball Operations department of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as announced this Wednesday the hiring of infielder Raynel Delgado, named Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the past season with the Nashville Sounds, Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. You may be interested in: Gigantes del Cibao announce the signing of first baseman Jake Holton The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":485976,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[39781,611,40231,9098],"class_list":{"0":"post-485975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-deultimominuto","10":"tag-dominican-republic","11":"tag-lidom"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/images.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-22qj","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":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/images.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485975","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=485975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}