{"id":46077,"date":"2025-10-08T15:00:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/aguilas-cibaenas-strengthen-they-sign-cuban-mvp-raynel-delgado\/"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:00:22","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T19:00:22","slug":"aguilas-cibaenas-strengthen-they-sign-cuban-mvp-raynel-delgado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/aguilas-cibaenas-strengthen-they-sign-cuban-mvp-raynel-delgado\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as strengthen: They sign Cuban MVP Raynel Delgado"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Raynel Delgado Strengthens the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/h2>\n\nThe Baseball Operations department of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as announced the incorporation of the talented infielder Raynel Delgado.\n\nDelgado, who was recognized as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the past season with the Nashville Sounds, Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, joins the team as part of the strengthening plan for the 2025-2026 tournament of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM).\n\nThe 25-year-old Cuban player, originally from Havana, will bring versatility, speed, and offensive power to the Aguilas lineup. Delgado stands out for being an ambidextrous hitter and for his defensive ability in various positions in the infield, especially at second and third base.\n\nIn his final season in Triple-A, Delgado proved his worth with a batting average of .281, hitting 116 hits, driving in 53 runs and stealing 40 bases in 48 attempts.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cWe are absolutely thrilled to welcome Raynel to our organization. His MVP title is no coincidence; it reflects his incredible work ethic, discipline at the plate, and ability to be an offensive leader. We hope that his energy and performance will raise the level of the entire team and bring us closer to our goal of conquering a new championship,\u201d expressed Gian Guzm\u00e1n, general manager of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Gian Guzm\u00e1n, General Manager \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nDelgado, selected in the 2018 Draft by the Cleveland Indians, arrives at a crucial moment for the team&#8217;s structuring ahead of the new season.\n\nWith this signing, the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as have confirmed five imported players: pitchers Devin Smeltzer, Triston McKenzie, Oscar Rayo and Charlie Barnes, along with Raynel Delgado.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Raynel Delgado Strengthens the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as The Baseball Operations department of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as announced the incorporation of the talented infielder Raynel Delgado. Delgado, who was recognized as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) in the past season with the Nashville Sounds, Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, joins the team as part of the strengthening [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,5355,1011,9599],"class_list":{"0":"post-46077","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-nationals","7":"tag-baseball","8":"tag-cibao-eagles","9":"tag-mvp","10":"tag-raynel-delgado"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46077","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=46077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}