The player of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, Alberto Rodr\u00edguez, has been awarded as the Rookie of the Year in the 2025-2026 championship of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The election was carried out through a weighted evaluation system, where Rodr\u00edguez demonstrated absolute dominance.<\/p>\n
According to an official statement, Rodr\u00edguez accumulated 305 points, including 52 first-place votes. His outstanding offensive performance during the tournament, dedicated to Don Juan Marichal and in option for the Banreservas Cup, secured him a resounding victory over his competitors.<\/p>\n
The young gardener participated in 35 games, leaving impressive numbers. He batted .350, the product of 35 hits in 100 official at-bats. In addition, he hit three home runs, drove in 19 runs, and scored 15.<\/p>\n
His offensive impact translated into an on-base percentage (OBP) of .425, a slugging percentage of .540, and an OPS of .965, solidifying him as a key piece in the offense of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as.<\/p>\n
In the voting, Jean Carlos Henr\u00edquez (\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as) obtained second place with 97 points and six first-place votes. He was followed by Emmanuel Rodr\u00edguez (85), \u00c1ngel Genao (81), Allan Castro (Toros del Este) with 23, Eddy Yean (Estrellas Orientales) with 18 and Hansell Marcelino (Leones del Escogido) with 12.<\/p>\n
In another of the individual distinctions, Erik Gonz\u00e1lez, shortstop for the Leones del Escogido, was recognized as the Gentleman of the Year of the 2025-2026 championship.<\/p>\n
Gonz\u00e1lez received the most votes among the participating players, obtaining 12 votes. This award recognizes the player who best embodies the values of companionship, respect for the game, and exemplary conduct on and off the field.<\/p>\n
Nine of the votes Gonz\u00e1lez received came from players of the Toros del Este, Estrellas Orientales and Gigantes del Cibao, with three votes from each team.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alberto Rodr\u00edguez is Crowned Rookie of the Year in the LIDOM 2025-2026 The player of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, Alberto Rodr\u00edguez, has been awarded as the Rookie of the Year in the 2025-2026 championship of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The election was carried out through a weighted evaluation system, where Rodr\u00edguez demonstrated absolute […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,5355,1279,2654],"class_list":{"0":"post-100683","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cibao-eagles","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-rookie-of-the-year"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100683"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100683\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100684"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}