{"id":500480,"date":"2026-02-19T09:28:15","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/gigantes-del-cibao-confirm-leury-garcias-continuity-for-next-season\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:28:15","slug":"gigantes-del-cibao-confirm-leury-garcias-continuity-for-next-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/gigantes-del-cibao-confirm-leury-garcias-continuity-for-next-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigantes del Cibao confirm Leury Garc\u00eda&#8217;s continuity for next season"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>San Francisco de Macor\u00eds.<\/strong> \u2013 The Gigantes del Cibao confirmed the continuity of veteran player Leury Garc\u00eda, who signed a contract to return with the Cibao team and face what will be his 11th season in the franchise.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/licey-anuncia-continuidad-de-su-dirigente-gilbert-gomez-y-regreso-de-wellington-cepeda\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Licey announces the continuity of its manager Gilbert G\u00f3mez and the return of Wellington Cepeda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAt 34 years old, the Santiago-born player remains a fundamental piece in the team&#8217;s offensive and defensive structure, standing out for his versatility and leadership within the clubhouse.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career in the league<\/h3>\n\n\nSelected in the 2009 Rookie Draft of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League, the utility player has played all his regular season seasons with the organization, accumulating 282 hits and a batting average of .285 in 260 games. In that period he also recorded 138 runs scored, 13 home runs and 95 RBIs.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Performance<\/h3>\n\n\nDuring the 2025-2026 season, nicknamed &#8220;El Picante&#8221; saw action in 27 games, connecting 22 hits \u2014including four doubles and a home run\u2014 and scoring 10 runs.\n\nWith this signing, the management strengthens the base of experience and leadership for the upcoming season, betting on his Major League experience as a key factor in the fight for the championship.\n\nThe player becomes the second announced to return to the team, after the recent confirmation of reliever Jimmy Cordero.\n\n&#8220;Leury is a leader on and off the field; having him with us always represents a great advantage and we are pleased to have him,&#8221; said operations manager Jaylon Pimentel.\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 confirmed the continuity of veteran player Leury Garc\u00eda, who signed a contract to return with the Cibao team and face what will be his 11th season in the franchise. You may be interested in: Licey announces the continuity of its manager Gilbert G\u00f3mez and the return [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"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":[1],"tags":[611,40231,9098,41186],"class_list":["post-500480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lidom","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-26cg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","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":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500480","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=500480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500480\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=500480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=500480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}