{"id":108976,"date":"2026-02-19T10:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/gigantes-del-cibao-signs-leury-garcia-for-11th-season-in-the-lidom\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T10:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T14:07:54","slug":"gigantes-del-cibao-signs-leury-garcia-for-11th-season-in-the-lidom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/gigantes-del-cibao-signs-leury-garcia-for-11th-season-in-the-lidom\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigantes del Cibao Signs Leury Garc\u00eda for 11th Season in the LIDOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>San Francisco de Macor\u00eds<\/strong> \u2013 The Gigantes del Cibao secure the continuity of Leury Garc\u00eda, who has signed for his 11th season with the team.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A fundamental pillar<\/h2>\n\n\nAt 34 years old, the player from Santiago remains a key piece in the team&#8217;s offensive and defensive structure, demonstrating versatility and leadership in the clubhouse.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career in the league<\/h2>\n\n\nSince his selection in the 2009 Rookie Draft, Leury Garc\u00eda has played all his regular season seasons with the Giants. In 260 games, he has accumulated 282 hits with a batting average of .285. In addition, he has recorded 138 runs scored, 13 home runs and 95 RBIs.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Performance<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the 2025-2026 season, &#8220;El Picante&#8221; participated in 27 games, connecting 22 hits, including four doubles and a home run, scoring 10 runs.\n\nWith this signing, the management reinforces the team&#8217;s experience and leadership for the upcoming season, relying on their experience in Major League Baseball as a crucial factor in the pursuit of the championship.\n\nGarc\u00eda is the second player confirmed to return to the team, after reliever Jimmy Cordero.\n\nLeury is a leader on and off the field; having him with us always represents a great advantage and we are pleased to have him","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Francisco de Macor\u00eds \u2013 The Gigantes del Cibao secure the continuity of Leury Garc\u00eda, who has signed for his 11th season with the team. A fundamental pillar At 34 years old, the player from Santiago remains a key piece in the team&#8217;s offensive and defensive structure, demonstrating versatility and leadership in the clubhouse. Career [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":108977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,6684,65,11891],"class_list":{"0":"post-108976","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cibao-giants","10":"tag-contract","11":"tag-leury-garcia"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108976","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=108976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108976\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}