{"id":169710,"date":"2026-10-13T04:56:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/gian-guzman-bets-on-deeper-pitching-for-the-aguilas-cibaenas-2\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T04:56:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T08:56:33","slug":"gian-guzman-bets-on-deeper-pitching-for-the-aguilas-cibaenas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/gian-guzman-bets-on-deeper-pitching-for-the-aguilas-cibaenas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gian Guzm\u00e1n bets on deeper pitching for the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as bet on depth and versatility for the 2026-2027 season<\/h2>\n\n<p>With the firm goal of capturing the crown in the upcoming Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) campaign, the general manager of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, Gian Guzm\u00e1n, has outlined the team&#8217;s strategy. The Santiago organization seeks to combine the stability of its core with key pieces that provide greater solidity in pitching and defensive flexibility.<\/p>\n\n<p>During the official presentation of the roster, Guzm\u00e1n emphasized that the team&#8217;s structure will remain faithful to the vision of the previous season, but with strategic adjustments designed to provide manager Luis \u201cPipe\u201d Urueta with a wider range of tactical options.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>This year we will have a team very similar to last year&#8217;s, counting on a lot of versatility, since we have several players who can play in different positions.<\/p><cite>Gian Guzm\u00e1n, General Manager of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Versatile talent and familiar faces<\/h3>\n\n<p>The players&#8217; ability to cover multiple positions will be one of the pillars for the \u00c1guilas. Standing out in this group are figures such as Adalberto Mondes\u00ed, Raynel Delgado, J.C. Escarra, and Steward Berroa. Likewise, the \u00c1guilas fanbase celebrates the return of Christopher Morel, who is already working fully with the team after his absence in the last tournament.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Strengthening the pitching staff<\/h3>\n\n<p>For management, pitching represents the greatest evolution compared to the previous year. The starting rotation will look strengthened with names like Joan Adon, Gerson Garabito, Jorge Tav\u00e1rez, and left-hander Jhordany Mezquita, who will be joined by two international reinforcements in the coming days.<\/p>\n\n<p>Regarding the bullpen, the \u00c1guilas have assembled a high-caliber group of relievers, including:<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jos\u00e9 Leclerc<\/li><li>Jorge Alcal\u00e1<\/li><li>Luis Gonz\u00e1lez<\/li><li>Justin Mart\u00ednez<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Guzm\u00e1n underscored the importance of having Leclerc and Alcal\u00e1 back, as well as the proven effectiveness of left-hander Luis Gonz\u00e1lez in the winter circuit. Regarding Justin Mart\u00ednez, the executive confirmed that he will be available from the start of the championship, subject to scheduled usage guidelines.<\/p>\n\n<p>The organization is also finalizing details for the integration of two foreign position players, a center fielder and an infielder, with the purpose of putting the finishing touches on a roster designed to contend for the title in the 2026-2027 LIDOM season.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as bet on depth and versatility for the 2026-2027 season With the firm goal of capturing the crown in the upcoming Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) campaign, the general manager of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, Gian Guzm\u00e1n, has outlined the team&#8217;s strategy. The Santiago organization seeks to combine the stability of its core with key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":169711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[88,5355,1279,1150],"class_list":{"0":"post-169710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cibao-eagles","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-pitching"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169710","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=169710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}