{"id":135740,"date":"2020-01-30T13:09:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:09:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=135740"},"modified":"2020-01-30T19:37:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T19:37:18","slug":"toros-del-este-prepare-for-caribbean-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/toros-del-este-prepare-for-caribbean-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Toros del Este prepare for Caribbean Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"546\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Toros-del-Este-win-Diario-Libre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135803\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Toros-del-Este-win-Diario-Libre.jpg 546w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Toros-del-Este-win-Diario-Libre-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the third time that the La Romana team, Los Toros del Este competes for the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series, the regional championship league. The Toros had won the Dominican Professional Baseball Championship in 1994-1995, 2010-2011 and this 2019-2020. For their win this year, the Toros set a record for most wins in a championship with 51. Of these, 34 were in the regular season, 12 in the round robin and 5 in the playoffs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Toros say on their roster will be Yunesky Maya, Jorge Martinez, Carlos Hernandez, Raul Valdes and Paolo Espino. Also relief pitchers Frankie De la Cruz, Jhan Mar\u00ed\u00f1ez, Luis Santos and Warner Madrigal. Also, Tim Peterson, Anthony Carter, Warner Madrigal, closer Ramon Ramirez, as well as Wirfin Obispo, Jumbo Diaz and left-handed Romanista Fernando Abad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Offensive players will include Peter O&#8217;Brien, Alen Hanson, Jorge Mateo, Jordany Valdesp\u00edn, Junior Lake, F\u00e9lix Pie and Rub\u00e9n Sosa. Joining them from other Dominican teams will be Diego Goris (Aguilas), Gustavo Nunez (Estrellas Orientales), Wilkin Castillo and Jimmy Paredes (Leones) and Carlos Paulino (Gigantes del Cibao)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are very confident that this team will win the trophy,\u201d said Raymond Abreu, general manager of Los Toros. &#8220;We are still making adjustments and if we see any possibility of improving the team we will do it,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year the Caribbean Series will be played in San Juan, Puerto Rico from 1 to 7 February 2020. The contenders are:<br>\nCangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico)<br>\nToros del Este (Dominican Republic)<br>\nCardenales de Lara (Venezuela)<br>\nVaqueros de Monter\u00eda (Colombia)<br>\nAstronautas de Chiriqu\u00ed  <br>\nVenados de Mazatl\u00e1n orTomateros de Culiac\u00e1n (yet to be decided in Mexico)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic plays Mexico on the opening day of Saturday, 1 February at the Hiram Bithorn ball park in San Juan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seriedelcaribe.net\/\">Serie del Caribe<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.septimaentrada.com\/liga-mexicana-del-pacifico\/serie-del-caribe-2020-equipos-participantes-puerto-rico-fechas-juegos-calendario\">Septima Entrada<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.septimaentrada.com\/liga-mexicana-del-pacifico\/calendario-serie-del-caribe-2020-puerto-rico-juegos-mexico\">Septima Entrada<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.diariolibre.com\/deportes\/beisbol\/toros-del-este-preparan-equipo-para-serie-del-caribe-DD16731156\">Diario Libre<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>30 January 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the third time that the La Romana team, Los Toros del Este competes for the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series, the regional championship league. The Toros had won the Dominican Professional Baseball Championship in 1994-1995, 2010-2011 and this 2019-2020. For their win this year, the Toros set a record for most wins &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/01\/30\/toros-del-este-prepare-for-caribbean-series\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135740"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135804,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135740\/revisions\/135804"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}