{"id":97782,"date":"2025-12-24T12:53:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/gigantes-del-cibao-sign-francisco-mejia-in-the-lidom-re-entry-draft\/"},"modified":"2025-12-24T12:53:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-24T16:53:25","slug":"gigantes-del-cibao-sign-francisco-mejia-in-the-lidom-re-entry-draft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/gigantes-del-cibao-sign-francisco-mejia-in-the-lidom-re-entry-draft\/","title":{"rendered":"Gigantes del Cibao Sign Francisco Mej\u00eda in the LIDOM Re-entry Draft"},"content":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS \u2013 The Gigantes del Cibao have announced a significant addition to their team: catcher Francisco Mej\u00eda, selected in the Re-entry Draft of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). This move significantly strengthens the roster with an experienced, high-performing player in his position.\n\n<h2>A Consolidated Receiver in the LIDOM<\/h2>\n\nFrancisco Mej\u00eda, 30 years old, arrives at the Giants after having participated in eight seasons in the LIDOM. His career includes five campaigns with the Estrellas Orientales and three with the Tigres del Licey, the team with which he played in the recent regular season.\n\nMej\u00eda was originally selected by the Estrellas Orientales in the first round of the 2016 Rookie Draft, and has since proven to be a key player in Dominican baseball.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Recent Featured Performance<\/h2>\n\n\nIn the last regular series, Francisco Mej\u00eda exhibited a remarkable offensive performance, with a batting average of .310, a home run, 11 RBIs, and 10 doubles. His production with the bat and his solid defense have positioned him as one of the best catchers in the tournament.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Career in the LIDOM<\/h2>\n\n\nBetween the 2016 and 2025 seasons, Mej\u00eda has participated in 127 games in the LIDOM, accumulating a .246 average, with three home runs, 53 RBIs, 19 doubles, and an OBP of .292. These numbers highlight his consistency and reliability as a catcher.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Strengthening<\/h2>\n\n\nWith the incorporation of Mej\u00eda, the Gigantes del Cibao seek to strengthen their team for the upcoming challenges of the championship, relying on his experience and leadership on the field.\n\nThe team will make five additional selections during the draft, as stipulated by the league regulations.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS \u2013 The Gigantes del Cibao have announced a significant addition to their team: catcher Francisco Mej\u00eda, selected in the Re-entry Draft of the Dominican Republic Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). This move significantly strengthens the roster with an experienced, high-performing player in his position. A Consolidated Receiver in the LIDOM Francisco Mej\u00eda, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":97783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11129,1048,1279,66],"class_list":{"0":"post-97782","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-francisco-mejia","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-receiver"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97782","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=97782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97782\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}