\n\u201cWe have concluded our working relationship with Cintr\u00f3n and Cepeda with the utmost respect. We are infinitely grateful for their efforts and professionalism during their time with us,\u201d<\/em> Pe\u00f1a expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nAs interim leader, Ram\u00f3n Santiago<\/strong> was appointed, former Major League player and coach with experience in LIDOM and MLB. The team maintains a record of 13-18, tied in fifth position with the Tigres del Licey.\n\nPe\u00f1a explained that the decision responds to the need to generate a new approach within the club.\n\n\n\n\u201cThe reason behind this change is the desire to give the team a new approach and a new leadership voice. We have appointed Santiago as interim manager, who has vast experience both as a Lidom player and in the Major Leagues, not only on the field, but also as an instructor,\u201d<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nAlongside Santiago, Hatuey Mendoza<\/strong> will assume the pitching coordination, a role he arrives at backed by his experience in the minor league system of the Arizona Diamondbacks and his previous experience with the Tigres del Licey.\n\nSantiago, 46 years old, managed the Leones de Yucat\u00e1n in the Mexican Baseball League this summer and has been a coach in the Major Leagues with the Detroit Tigers (2018-2022). He was also recently part of the Escogido coaching staff as a bench coach in the 2021-22 season.\n\nThe team also reported the departure of Eduardo N\u00fa\u00f1ez (quality control coach), V\u00edctor Ramos (bullpen coach), and Hiram Bocachica (first base coach).\n\nThe Lions will travel this Tuesday to Santiago to face the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as at 7:30 p.m. at the Cibao Stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO.- The Leones del Escogido announced this Monday the dismissal of manager Alex Cintr\u00f3n and pitching coach Wellington Cepeda, in a move that seeks to rethink the team’s course after its most recent defeat against the Estrellas Orientales. You may be interested in:Sources: Escogido fires Alex Cintr\u00f3n; Ram\u00f3n Santiago will be the new manager […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":493141,"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":[611,40231,9098,40853],"class_list":["post-493140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lidom","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-24hS","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/692dc23a3900a.r_d.91-160.jpeg","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\/12\/692dc23a3900a.r_d.91-160.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493140","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=493140"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493140\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}