The Tigres del Licey have made official the signing of American pitcher Daniel Mart\u00ednez as a key piece for the upcoming 2026-27 season of the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The 28-year-old hurler joins the blue organization after completing a dominant performance in Mexican baseball.<\/p>\n\n
Mart\u00ednez, a native of Fontana, California, comes off a standout performance with the Toros de Tijuana in the Mexican Baseball League (LMB). During the last campaign, the right-hander posted a 7-1 record in 17 starts, establishing himself as one of the most dominant arms in the circuit by leading the league in ERA with a brilliant 1.94, along with a 1.03 WHIP and holding opponents to a mere .189 batting average.<\/p>\n\n
Mart\u00ednez’s impact on the LMB did not go unnoticed, especially considering he achieved such numbers in a league with a highly offensive environment. His 1.94 ERA stands as the lowest for a leader in this department since 2018, also becoming the first pitcher in the history of the Toros de Tijuana franchise to achieve such a distinction. His quality was recognized with an invitation to the league’s All-Star Game.<\/p>\n\n
Mart\u00ednez’s ability to dominate opposing hitters is reflected in his advanced statistics, with his breaking pitches generating a 35% whiff rate during the 2026 season.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
Repertoire and career<\/h2>\n\n
Licey’s new reinforcement possesses an arsenal composed of four pitches that allow him to maintain control over the strike zone:<\/p>\n\n\n
- Four-seam fastball: 92.3 mph average.<\/li>
- Cutter: 89.2 mph.<\/li>
- Slider: 84.0 mph.<\/li>
- Changeup: 87.8 mph.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n
His professional experience includes six seasons in the United States minor leagues, where he was part of the Oakland Athletics and Atlanta Braves organizations, reaching the Triple-A level in the 2018 and 2024 seasons. With this addition, the capital city team continues to strengthen its pitching staff, adding Mart\u00ednez along with fellow right-handed starter CJ Van Eyk as part of its strategy for the upcoming LIDOM campaign.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tigres del Licey bolster their rotation with pitcher Daniel Mart\u00ednez The Tigres del Licey have made official the signing of American pitcher Daniel Mart\u00ednez as a key piece for the upcoming 2026-27 season of the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The 28-year-old hurler joins the blue organization after completing a dominant performance in Mexican baseball. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":162168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[88,16060,3493,1279],"class_list":{"0":"post-162167","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-daniel-martinez","10":"tag-licey-tigers","11":"tag-lidom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162167","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=162167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162167\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}