{"id":493446,"date":"2025-12-03T21:24:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:24:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/aguilas-cibaenas-strengthen-their-infield-with-the-signing-of-american-corey-joyce\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:24:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:24:44","slug":"aguilas-cibaenas-strengthen-their-infield-with-the-signing-of-american-corey-joyce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/aguilas-cibaenas-strengthen-their-infield-with-the-signing-of-american-corey-joyce\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as strengthen their infield with the signing of American Corey Joyce"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/h1>\n\n\nSANTIAGO.<\/strong> \u2013 In their quest to maintain dominance during the 2025-2026 season of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> announced this Wednesday the signing of American infielder Corey Joyce<\/strong>, a strategic move aimed at strengthening the team’s depth heading into the final stretch of the regular season.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/a><\/strong>Lakins leads 6-0 shutout and Escogido defeats \u00c1guilas in Santiago<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe Cibao team currently leads the tournament with a solid record of “23-8”, and continues to make timely adjustments to secure its classification and arrive in optimal conditions to the postseason.\n\nThe general manager, Gian Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>, confirmed that Joyce will arrive in the country this Wednesday and highlighted the competitive profile of the reinforcement.\n\n\n

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“We are focused on maintaining a highly competitive team. Each piece we add, like Corey, is a firm step in that direction. We seek versatility in the infield and players with a hunger to win, and Joyce fits perfectly into our philosophy,”<\/em> Guzm\u00e1n expressed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

A versatile and experienced player<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nJoyce, 26, bats and throws right-handed, and is distinguished by his ability to cover multiple positions on the field, including shortstop, second and third base<\/strong>.\n\nSelected by the Detroit Tigers<\/strong> in the 12th round of the 2019 Draft, the player has accumulated six seasons of experience in the Minor Leagues.\n\nIn the past summer campaign, he played with the Knoxville Smokies<\/strong>, Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, where he played in 92 games<\/strong> and recorded a batting average of .272<\/strong> (88 hits in 323 at-bats). His offensive performance included:\n\n\n
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  • OBP of .393<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 56 tickets<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 16 doubles<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 2 home runs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 33 RBIs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 15 stolen bases<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • OPS of .740<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Notable Career Since College Baseball<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nBefore starting his professional career, Joyce shined in college baseball with North Carolina Central University (NCCU)<\/strong>, where he was recognized as:\n\n\n
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    • MEAC Conference Player of the Year<\/strong> in 2018 and 2019<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • MEAC Rookie of the Year<\/strong> in 2017<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nIn the modern era of NCCU, he holds the institution’s best records in batting average (.348)<\/strong> and slugging (.527)<\/strong>.\n\n\n

      Key reinforcement for the eagle aspirations<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe arrival of Corey Joyce adds to the plan of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as to reinforce each key area in their attempt to stay at the top of the tournament and advance strongly towards the postseason.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      SANTIAGO. \u2013 In their quest to maintain dominance during the 2025-2026 season of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as announced this Wednesday the signing of American infielder Corey Joyce, a strategic move aimed at strengthening the team’s depth heading into the final stretch of the regular season. You may be interested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":493447,"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-493446","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\/phj1q1-24mO","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/6930baac5857d.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\/6930baac5857d.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493446","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=493446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}