{"id":93390,"date":"2025-12-03T21:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:25:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/aguilas-cibaenas-reinforce-corey-joyce-joins-the-infield-for-lidom-2025-26\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T21:25:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T01:25:34","slug":"aguilas-cibaenas-reinforce-corey-joyce-joins-the-infield-for-lidom-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/aguilas-cibaenas-reinforce-corey-joyce-joins-the-infield-for-lidom-2025-26\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as reinforce: Corey Joyce joins the infield for LIDOM 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as Strengthen with Corey Joyce for the 2025-2026 Season<\/h2>\n\n\nThe \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, in their constant pursuit of maintaining dominance in the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) during the 2025-2026 season, have announced the incorporation of the talented American infielder Corey Joyce.\n\nThis strategic move aims to primarily strengthen the team for the final stretch of the regular season.\n\nThe Cibao team, which currently leads the tournament with a solid 23-8 record, continues to make precise adjustments to secure its classification and arrive in optimal conditions for the postseason.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>&#8220;We are focused on maintaining a highly competitive team. Each piece we add, like Corey, is a firm step in that direction. We are looking for versatility in the infield and players with a hunger to win, and Joyce fits perfectly into our philosophy,&#8221; said Gian Guzm\u00e1n, general manager.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Gian Guzm\u00e1n<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nJoyce, 26 years old, stands out for her versatility and experience in the field.\n\nThis player bats and throws right, and is able to cover multiple positions in the infield, including shortstop, second and third base.\n\nSelected by the Detroit Tigers in the 2019 draft, Joyce has six seasons of experience in the Minor Leagues.\n\nIn his last summer season, he played with the Knoxville Smokies, the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs, where he participated in 92 games and recorded a batting average of .272 (88 hits in 323 at-bats).\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>.393 OBP<\/li>\n<li>56 walks<\/li>\n<li>16 doubles<\/li>\n<li>2 home runs<\/li>\n<li>33 RBIs<\/li>\n<li>15 stolen bases<\/li>\n<li>.740 OPS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nBefore his professional career, Joyce had an outstanding career in college baseball with North Carolina Central University (NCCU), where he was recognized as the MEAC Conference Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019, and MEAC Rookie of the Year in 2017.\n\nIn the modern history of NCCU, he holds the institution&#8217;s best records in batting average (.348) and slugging (.527).\n\nThe arrival of Corey Joyce is a significant step in the Cibae\u00f1as Eagles&#8217; plan to reinforce each key area and consolidate their position in the tournament, with a view to a solid performance in the postseason.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as Strengthen with Corey Joyce for the 2025-2026 Season The \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, in their constant pursuit of maintaining dominance in the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) during the 2025-2026 season, have announced the incorporation of the talented American infielder Corey Joyce. This strategic move aims to primarily strengthen the team for the final [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":93391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,5355,10980,1279],"class_list":{"0":"post-93390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cibao-eagles","10":"tag-corey-joyce","11":"tag-lidom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93390","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=93390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/93391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}