{"id":479682,"date":"2025-08-22T10:37:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/gigantes-del-cibao-release-14-players-ahead-of-the-rookie-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-08-22T10:37:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T14:37:50","slug":"gigantes-del-cibao-release-14-players-ahead-of-the-rookie-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/gigantes-del-cibao-release-14-players-ahead-of-the-rookie-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigantes del Cibao release 14 players ahead of the rookie draft"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<strong>San Francisco de Macor\u00eds. \u2013<\/strong> The Gigantes del Cibao announced this Friday the release of 14 players from their roster, in a strategic move ahead of the next rookie draft of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), scheduled to be held on <strong>September 10, 2025<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong>J<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/jesus-sanchez-conecta-5-hits-y-lidera-triunfo-de-astros-sobre-orioles\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">es\u00fas S\u00e1nchez hits 5 and leads Astros victory over Orioles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWithin the list of players released are <strong>Roldani Baldwin, Alex de Jes\u00fas, Gleider Figuereo, Viandel Pe\u00f1a and \u00c1ngel de Jes\u00fas<\/strong>.\n\nAlso removed from the organization were <strong>Rafael Gonz\u00e1lez, Jorge Juan, Abel Mercedes, Emmanuel Terrero, Ernesto Mercedes, Carlos Reyes and Kervin Pichardo<\/strong>.\n\nThe group is completed by veterans <strong>Richard Ure\u00f1a and Raynel Espinal<\/strong>, who had been part of the ensemble at different recent stages.\n\nThe Giants&#8217; president of operations, <strong>Alfredo Acebal<\/strong>, valued the players&#8217; effort during their time with the franchise.\n\nWith these moves, each player is free to sign with any of the other teams in the league, or to commit to playing in international circuits.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco de Macor\u00eds. \u2013 The Gigantes del Cibao announced this Friday the release of 14 players from their roster, in a strategic move ahead of the next rookie draft of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), scheduled to be held on September 10, 2025. 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