Again, Licey Tigers y Cibao Giants They are protagonists of a transaction in which Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic (LIDOM). On this occasion, the gardener Johan Rojas He went from the cats to the San Francisco de Macorís team, the city where he is originally from, while the blues received the shortstop Liover Peguero. Both players last played in the league during the 2022-23 season. Additionally, both players were chosen in the second round of the LIDOM Rookie Draft of 2021, with Peguero being chosen by Giants using overall pick number eight and Rojas with the number eleven for the Licy.
In Peguerolos Tigers They attack a position that has been complex for them in recent years given the decline in the performance of the starting shortstop Sergio Alcantara. The 22-year-old has played nine games in LIDOMin which he batted .300 with an on-base percentage (OBP) of .333 and slugging percentage (SLG) of .425, good for an OPS of .758, one home run, four RBIs and four runs scored.
Liover Peguero debuted in Big leagues in 2022 together with its current organization Pittsburgh Pirates.
On its part, the acquisition of Johan Rojas continues the trend that the Giants to strengthen and renew your group of gardeners. However, the time of Rojas in LIDOM has been extremely reduced and taking into account that he is one of the starting players of Philadelphia Phillies, the doubt remains about the availability it will have for the coming seasons. However, considering that he is now with his hometown team, the chances of him playing have to be positively affected.
In seven games (including two in the postseason), Rojas He has not gotten a hit in eleven official at-bats (twelve plate appearances). He has struck out three times, stolen a base and scored one run. The OPS of him in LIDOM es .083.
As mentioned above, this is the second change of the offseason between Tigers y Giantswho last February exchanged outfielder Jorge Bonifacio for Steven Moya.
Source: ESPN
2024-04-14 01:01:29
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