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2 months ago | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 2 minutes reading time. The Leones de Leon (Nicaragua) and the Águilias Metropolitans (Panama) have reached the Serie de Las Americas finals. Leones de Leon Infielder Emmanuel Trujillo, 23, has been the best hitter in the tournament, leading all hitters with four home runs, 10 RBI, eight runs, and a slugging percentage of 1.389 in 18 at-bats. Trujillo is a right-handed hitter who has played two seasons in Nicaragua with Tigres de Chinandega in Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional.
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2 months ago | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 3 minutes reading time. The Australian Baseball League was created in 2010 and has been giving out regular-season awards for 14 seasons. The ABL also announced a Team of the Year award consisting of one player at each position on January 27.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 2 minutes reading time. WBN’s International Player of the Week is the Cardenales de Lara’s third baseman, Ildemaro Vargas, in Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional. Vargas, 33, is a Venezuelan-born outfielder who also played for the Washington Nationals last season. He has been on fire in his previous four games of the LVBP championship against the Bravos de Margarita with three straight three-hit games.
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Jan 24, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 5 minutes reading time. The 2025 Serie de Las Americas (SDLA) Event will have six countries from their leagues participating.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 4 minutes reading time. The 2024-25 Australian Baseball League regular season has concluded, and the ABL Playoffs begin on January 24. The Sydney Blue Sox are the top-seeded team out of the four ABL Playoff teams with a record of 24-16. The Adelaide Giants finished one game behind them in second place at 23-16. Third place went to the Perth Heat, with a record of 20-20, and were four games behind the Sydney Blue Sox.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 10 minutes reading time. World Baseball Network has listed minor league contracts with Major League Baseball organizations as January approaches its end. The signing acquisitions listed below are not in chronological order from when the players joined the MLB organizations. Luis Patiño Returns to San Diego Padres On Minor League Deal Patiño, 25, signed a minor league deal to return to the Padres on January 6, according to the MLB.com transaction log.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 4 minutes reading time. On January 6, the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana (LIDOM) announced its “Primos Apollo,” the regular season award winners. Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP) also announced its regular season awards on January 6.
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Jan 11, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte |Puerto Rico
About 3 minutes reading time. The first Puerto Rican baseball game was played on January 9, 1898, at the Velodrome of Stop 15 in Santurce. Anos Iglesias Van Pelt, who organized the game, was one of the pitchers. Van Pelt was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1879, and his father, Emilio Iglesias, was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Van Pelt learned to play baseball as a child in the United States. When he moved to Puerto Rico at age 16, he noticed that baseball was not played there.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 2 minutes reading time. WBN’s International Player of the Week is Tren Del Norte infielder Alay Lago in Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional (LPBN) in Nicaragua. The Cuban Lago, 33, is a right-handed hitter who leads the LBPN with 34 RBI despite hitting just one home run in 181 at-bats this season. His batting average of .370 is tied for fifth in the LBPN, and the only players hitting higher than him have 45 at-bats or less.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
worldbaseball.com | Julian Guilarte
About 7 minutes reading time. This offseason, there has been a flurry of activity overseas in Asia, with Nippon Professional Baseball, Korea Baseball Organization, and the Chinese Professional Baseball League. Moreover, two Asian players have even secured MLB deals. Taiwanese right-handed pitcher Chung-hsiang Huang signs with Arizona Diamondbacks Huang, 19, signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks on December 13 as part of the 2025 international class for $500,000 per CPBL stats x account.
