When the 2025 Major League Baseball season opened on Friday, 28 March 2025, there were 89 Dominicans on the rosters. MLB reports 265 foreign players from 18 countries are on the rosters of the 30 teams. Foreign players make up around 25% of all MLB players.
All the major stars were present, including Vlad Guerrero Jr, Juan Soto, the US$700 million man, and Rafael Devers, Fernando Tatis Jr., and Manny Machado. Four Dominican pitchers threw their team’s first pitch.
In addition to the 89 on the active rosters, there are at least two dozen more Dominican players who are on the inactive list because of injuries and a few more who are hustling to make one of the last spots on the roster of their big-league team.
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Listin Diario
31 March 2025