{"id":113584,"date":"2026-03-14T14:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/chosen-is-reinforced-acquires-vidal-brujan-lidom-star-via-trade\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T14:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T18:34:53","slug":"chosen-is-reinforced-acquires-vidal-brujan-lidom-star-via-trade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/chosen-is-reinforced-acquires-vidal-brujan-lidom-star-via-trade\/","title":{"rendered":"Chosen is reinforced: Acquires Vidal Bruj\u00e1n, LIDOM star, via trade"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido have announced the arrival of the talented utility player Vidal Bruj\u00e1n, a player who will bring versatility and speed to the team. Bruj\u00e1n, with experience in the Major Leagues, is known for his ability to run the bases, which makes him a valuable addition for the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM).\n\nTo ensure the incorporation of Bruj\u00e1n, the scarlet team made a trade with the Estrellas Orientales, sending outfielder Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n to the eastern team. Encarnaci\u00f3n had been previously acquired from the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as in a negotiation that involved Jasson Dom\u00ednguez, Wilkin Ramos and a selection from the 2026 Rookie Draft.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>We are very grateful for the professionalism of Dom\u00ednguez and Ramos during their time with the team. At the same time, we are excited to add Bruj\u00e1n, a dynamic and versatile player who can influence the game in multiple ways at important moments.<\/p><cite>Carlos Pe\u00f1a, General Manager of Escogido<\/cite>\n\nVidal Bruj\u00e1n, 28 years old and a switch hitter, has proven his worth in the Dominican league for seven seasons, playing for the Toros del Este and the Estrellas. In 162 regular season games, Bruj\u00e1n has maintained an on-base percentage of .345, with 60 stolen bases, 20 doubles, 78 runs scored, and 54 RBIs.\n\nThe player has led the league in stolen bases twice: in the 2020-21 season with 11 steals and in the 2023-24 campaign with 24, where he also achieved a notable on-base percentage of .400.\n\nIn the LIDOM postseason, Bruj\u00e1n has a batting average of .261 in 44 games, with 18 runs scored, six doubles, nine stolen bases, and an OBP of .341.\n\nAt the Major League level, the native of San Pedro de Macor\u00eds has participated in 261 games with teams like the Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and Atlanta Braves.\n\nCurrently, Bruj\u00e1n is with the New York Mets, seeking to secure a spot on the roster for the Major League season.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido have announced the arrival of the talented utility player Vidal Bruj\u00e1n, a player who will bring versatility and speed to the team. Bruj\u00e1n, with experience in the Major Leagues, is known for his ability to run the bases, which makes him a valuable addition for the Dominican Republic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113585,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,10006,1279,12279],"class_list":{"0":"post-113584","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-chosen","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-vidal-brujan"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113584","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=113584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}