{"id":113685,"date":"2026-03-15T04:59:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/chosen-is-reinforced-acquires-vidal-brujan-lidom-and-mlb-star\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T04:59:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T08:59:46","slug":"chosen-is-reinforced-acquires-vidal-brujan-lidom-and-mlb-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/chosen-is-reinforced-acquires-vidal-brujan-lidom-and-mlb-star\/","title":{"rendered":"Chosen is reinforced: Acquires Vidal Bruj\u00e1n, LIDOM and MLB star"},"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 to 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.\n\nEncarnaci\u00f3n, in turn, had been previously acquired from the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as in a transaction 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 in 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, participating in 162 regular season games with the Toros del Este and Estrellas Orientales. His on-base percentage is .345, with 60 stolen bases, 20 doubles, 78 runs scored, and 54 RBIs.\n\nBruj\u00e1n has led the league in stolen bases on two occasions: in the 2020-21 season with 11 steals and in the 2023-24 campaign with 24, where he also stood out with an 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\nIn the Major Leagues, the player from San Pedro de Macor\u00eds has participated in 261 games with teams such as the Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, Chicago Cubs, Baltimore Orioles, and Atlanta Braves.\n\nCurrently, Bruj\u00e1n belongs to the New York Mets organization, where he seeks to secure a spot on the roster for the next 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 to the Dominican Republic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":113686,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,10006,1279,12279],"class_list":{"0":"post-113685","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\/113685","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=113685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113685\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}