{"id":486125,"date":"2025-10-09T13:23:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/gigantes-del-cibao-announce-the-signing-of-catcher-cooper-johnson\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:23:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T17:23:32","slug":"gigantes-del-cibao-announce-the-signing-of-catcher-cooper-johnson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/gigantes-del-cibao-announce-the-signing-of-catcher-cooper-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigantes del Cibao announce the signing of catcher Cooper Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>San Francisco de Macor\u00eds. \u2013<\/strong> The Gigantes del Cibao announced the signing of American catcher Cooper Johnson, who will be part of the group of imported players for the 2025-26 season of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM).\n\n<strong>You may be interested in:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/aguilas-cibaenas-firman-al-infielder-cubano-raynel-delgado-mvp-de-triple-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">:<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/aguilas-cibaenas-firman-al-infielder-cubano-raynel-delgado-mvp-de-triple-a\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as sign Cuban infielder Raynel Delgado, Triple-A MVP<\/a>\n\nJohnson, 27, was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the sixth round of the 2019 Draft, and is recognized for his solid defense behind the plate, his ability to manage the pitching staff, and his leadership on the field.\n\nDuring the 2025 season, the catcher played between Double-A and Triple-A in the Texas Rangers organization, where he accumulated 73 hits, including 9 home runs, 40 RBIs, 40 runs scored, and 4 stolen bases. In addition, he recorded an OBP of .329 and an OPS of .680, showing a balanced and consistent offensive profile.\n\n<strong>Words from the Operations Manager<\/strong>\n\nGeneral Manager Jaylon Pimentel highlighted the hiring as part of the team&#8217;s strategy to strengthen its depth in a key position:\n\n&#8220;Cooper is a catcher with excellent preparation and a great work ethic. His recent experience in Double-A and Triple-A, along with his defensive skills and leadership, will be a great contribution to our pitching staff and the team in general.&#8221;\n\nThe 2025-26 LIDOM season will begin on October 15th, and the Gigantes del Cibao are preparing for their first game Vs the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as in Santiago.\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 the signing of American catcher Cooper Johnson, who will be part of the group of imported players for the 2025-26 season of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). You may be interested in::\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as sign Cuban infielder Raynel Delgado, Triple-A MVP Johnson, 27, was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":486126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,9098,41186],"class_list":["post-486125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lidom","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-22sJ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/zxlnjfwp5fe4j52tij2a-1200x780-1.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/10\/zxlnjfwp5fe4j52tij2a-1200x780-1.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}