San Juan once again has reached out to a former Puerto Rican PEBA star to join its coaching ranks. It announced Jorge Núñez, who posted 170 of his career 222 saves for the organization, as pitching coach for its Port Royal rookie league team. The announcement was made on Groundhog Day, Núñez’ 38th birthday. Three […]
San Juan completed its Cinderella Story in dramatic fashion. A franchise that had not made the playoffs since 2023 (as the Rio Grande Valley Ocelots) and only five times in its 25-year history stunned the storied Shin Seiki Evas, postseason participants for 22 consecutive years and looking for their third title in five. The Evas […]
As pennants go, this was improbable as any. The hapless San Juan franchise, which hadn’t made the playoffs since 2023 (and that was as the Rio Grande Valley Ocelots), celebrating in the middle of Havana’s Campos Peloteros having just beaten a team that has owned them since…forever. “It was the final hump for us,” declared […]
San Juan General Manager Mike Best took a call from Suezo Azuma on Monday morning, May 26. The Santo Domingo (AAA) manager was calling from Fayetteville where the Tourists were in the third day of a three-day series. On Friday’s day off, pitcher Jorge Pagán had been joking around with fellow Cuban Pedro Morán about […]
They call it the frog jump. And it refers to the jump San Juan’s base stealers are getting. The Coqui have smashed the Imperial League record for stolen bases in a season, now at 334 and counting. They are just one short of the PEBA mark set by Crystal Lake Lake last season. The Sandgnats […]
Most see Cristián Contreras as a roster placeholder until Pete Scammell’s bone chips heal. But the 28-year old rookie, now that he has shrugged off the initial nerves of pitching in the big leagues, is the talk of San Juan after his last two outings. Contreras, who has toiled in the minors for 11 full […]
The Port Royal Privateers, the minor league baseball team that will begin play next year in the newly formed Intercontinental Baseball Coalition, have partnered with the Port Royal Development Company and distiller Diageo on building a baseball park on a massive barge to be situated off a recently built pier for cruise ships. Rising sea […]
The city Luis Bonilla was born in – Puente Alto, Chile, population roughly a half million – features one sports attraction according to Wikipedia: A 1,900-seat stadium, mostly geared for soccer, with a perk of…yes, wait for it…four bathrooms. Baseball in Chile is semi-pro at best and statistics are hard to come by for Bonilla […]
Alfredo Velázquez was mostly a $25 million bust when he returned home to Puerto Rico to finish his career with the Coqui. His last two years in the PEBA were noted more for a couple torn rotator cuffs and a host of smaller injuries as he went just 3-7 in 17 starts. It was a […]
