{"id":103889,"date":"2026-01-17T04:59:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/ricky-duran-de-pantoja-signs-with-mlb-dream-come-true-in-baseball\/"},"modified":"2026-01-17T04:59:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T08:59:57","slug":"ricky-duran-de-pantoja-signs-with-mlb-dream-come-true-in-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/ricky-duran-de-pantoja-signs-with-mlb-dream-come-true-in-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Dur\u00e1n de Pantoja signs with MLB: Dream come true in baseball."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ricky Dur\u00e1n signs professional contract with MLB organization<\/h2>\n\n\nDominican shortstop Ricky Dur\u00e1n, originally from Pantoja, has taken a significant step in his career by signing his first professional contract with a Major League Baseball (MLB) organization. This achievement marks the realization of a dream that began in the streets of his community and propels him towards professional baseball.\n\nDur\u00e1n, recognized for his &#8220;five tools&#8221;, caught the attention of scouts for his outstanding combination of defense, arm, speed, hitting, and power. These qualities positioned him as one of the most complete prospects of his generation.\n\nHis initial training took place at the Los Girasoles Sports Academy, where he was instructed by Mart\u00edn Reyes. Reyes highlighted both Dur\u00e1n&#8217;s innate talent and his discipline and learning ability. During his development, the young shortstop demonstrated consistency in training and an attitude geared towards self-improvement.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This achievement is the result of sustained work and comprehensive preparation, both athletic and personal.<\/p><cite>Representatives of Los Girasoles<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Catala Academy served as the final platform for Dur\u00e1n&#8217;s international projection, culminating in the signing of a million-dollar contract with an MLB organization.\n\nRicky Dur\u00e1n&#8217;s signing not only represents a crucial step forward in his sporting career, but also exemplifies the impact of Dominican academies in the training of talent for professional baseball.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ricky Dur\u00e1n signs professional contract with MLB organization Dominican shortstop Ricky Dur\u00e1n, originally from Pantoja, has taken a significant step in his career by signing his first professional contract with a Major League Baseball (MLB) organization. This achievement marks the realization of a dream that began in the streets of his community and propels him [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[4430,344,1163,11428],"class_list":{"0":"post-103889","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-academy","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-prospectus","11":"tag-ricky-duran"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103889","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=103889"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103889\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}