2025–26 LIDOM season

2025–26 Dominican Professional Baseball League season
LeagueLIDOM
SportBaseball
Duration15 October – TBD
Games50 games (Serie Regular)
18 games (Serie Semifinal)
Best-of-seven (Serie Final)[1]
Teams6
Streaming partnerMLB.tv (United States)
Serie Regular
Serie Final

The 2025–26 Dominican Professional Baseball League season is the 58th consecutive season of winter league baseball in the Dominican Republic, and 71st overall season. The regular season started on 15 October 2025, and will end on 23 December 2025.[1] BanReservas is the main sponsor for the 2025–26 season.[2] The season is also being played in dedication to hall of famer Juan Marichal for his baseball trajectory and contribution to baseball both nationally and internationally.[3]

Leones del Escogido are the defending champions, having won their 17th championship in the 2024–25 season.

Competition format

Each team plays a 50-game regular season schedule (Serie Regular). The top four teams in the standings then play an 18-game round-robin playoff format (Serie Semifinal), to determine the top two teams that will play the Serie Final. The Serie Final is set to be a best-of-seven series to determined the season champion who will represent the Dominican Republic at the 2026 Caribbean Series.

Season review

The Águilas Cibaeñas and Gigantes del Cibao were scheduled to play the Copa del Cibao Serie New York 2025 in a three-game series on November 7–9 at Citi Field in New York.[4] On 6 November 2025, the Águilas Cibaeñas announced the Copa del Cibao Serie would be played at Estadio Cibao in Santiago.[5]

All-Star Game

LIDOM and Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC) from Puerto Rico scheduled an all-star game in New York on the 15 November 2025, billed as the RD vs PR Showdown NYC. The LIDOM All-Stars won the game by a score of 6–2 over the LBPRC All-Stars in front of a crowd of 20,057 at Citi Field.

15 November 2025 13:45 at Citi Field in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, New York 47 °F (8 °C), Partly Cloudy
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LIDOM All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 6 11 2
LBPRC All-Stars 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 0
WP: Huascar Ynoa (1–0)   LP: Yacksel Ríos (0–1)
Home runs:
DOM: Emmanuel Rodríguez (1)
PUR: None
Attendance: 20,057
Boxscore

Teams

LIDOM teams locations.

Team Locations

Cap Logo Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Manager League Titles
Águilas Cibaeñas Santiago de los Caballeros Estadio Cibao 18,077 1933 Luis Urueta 22
Estrellas Orientales San Pedro de Macorís Estadio Tetelo Vargas 8,000 1910 Carlos Paulino (Interim) 3
Gigantes del Cibao San Francisco de Macorís Estadio Julián Javier 12,000 1996 Jose Leger 2
Leones del Escogido Santo Domingo Estadio Quisqueya 13,186[6] 1921 Ramón Santiago (Interim) 17
Tigres del Licey 1907 Gilbert Gómez 24
Toros del Este La Romana Estadio Francisco Micheli 8,838[7] 1983 Víctor Estévez 3

Managerial changes

Date Team Former Manager Reason New Manager Source
29 November 2025 Estrellas Orientales Fernando Tatís Fired Carlos Paulino (Interim) [8]
1 December 2025 Leones del Escogido Alex Cintrón Fired Ramón Santiago (Interim) [9]

Serie Regular

Each team plays 50 games in the regular season. A team's schedule is organized into 10 games versus each opponent, respectively, with 5 games at home and 5 games away against the same opponent from 15 October 2025, to 23 December 2025.

Games scheduled to be played from 21 October 2025, to 26 October 2025, were postponed due to heavy rain and flooding as a result of Hurricane Melissa.

Standings

As of 18 December 2025[10]
Team GP W L PCT. GB Home Road STK RS RA DIFF. Qualification
Águilas Cibaeñas – x 45 30 15 .667 – 16–6 14–9 L1 241 208 +33 Qualified to Serie Semifinal
Toros del Este – x 45 25 20 .556 5 13–10 12–10 L3 240 226 +14
Estrellas Orientales 46 21 25 .457 9.5 11–12 10–13 W3 223 232 -9
Leones del Escogido 46 21 25 .457 9.5 11–11 10–14 W1 222 208 +14
Gigantes del Cibao 45 20 25 .444 10 13–10 7–15 W3 202 219 -17
Tigres del Licey 45 19 26 .422 11 11–12 8–14 L5 163 198 -35

Head to head

2025-26 Serie Regular record vs. opponents

Source: LIDOM Standings Grid – 2025-26

Team AC EO GC LE TL TE
Águilas Cibaeñas — 7-1 7-3 5-5 6-3 5-3
Estrellas Orientales 1-7 — 4-5 5-4 7-3 4-6
Gigantes del Cibao 3-7 5-4 — 2-6 2-6 8-2
Leones del Escogido 5-5 4-5 6-2 — 5-5 1-8
Tigres del Licey 3-6 3-7 6-2 5-5 — 2-6
Toros del Este 3-5 6-4 2-8 8-1 6-2 —

Schedule

Time zone: UTC−04:00
Week 10 – 15 to 23 December 2025
Date Time Road team Result Home team Stadium
15 December 2025 5:00 p.m. Tigres del Licey 1–2 Toros del Este Estadio Francisco Micheli
16 December 2025 4:00 p.m. Águilas Cibaeñas 5–2 Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya
Tigres del Licey 2–4 Estrellas Orientales Estadio Tetelo Vargas
Toros del Este 1–8 Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Julian Javier
7:00 p.m. Toros del Este 8–11 Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Julian Javier
7:15 p.m. Águilas Cibaeñas 5–8 Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya
7:30 p.m. Tigres del Licey 3–4 (10) Estrellas Orientales Estadio Tetelo Vargas
17 December 2025 7:30 p.m. Estrellas Orientales 10–2 Tigres del Licey Estadio Quisqueya
Gigantes del Cibao 2–1 Toros del Este Estadio Francisco Micheli
Leones del Escogido 8–5 Águilas Cibaeñas Estadio Cibao
19 December 2025 6:15 p.m. Toros del Este Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya
7:30 p.m. Gigantes del Cibao Estrellas Orientales Estadio Tetelo Vargas
Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas Estadio Cibao
20 December 2025 5:00 p.m. Leones del Escogido Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Julian Javier
Toros del Este Tigres del Licey Estadio Quisqueya
7:30 p.m. Águilas Cibaeñas Estrellas Orientales Estadio Tetelo Vargas
21 December 2025 4:00 p.m. Estrellas Orientales Águilas Cibaeñas Estadio Cibao
Gigantes del Cibao Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya
5:00 p.m. Tigres del Licey Toros del Este Estadio Francisco Micheli
22 December 2025 7:00 p.m. Tigres del Licey Gigantes del Cibao Estadio Julian Javier
7:15 p.m. Estrellas Orientales Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya
7:30 p.m. Águilas Cibaeñas Toros del Este Estadio Francisco Micheli
23 December 2025 7:30 p.m. Gigantes del Cibao Tigres del Licey Estadio Quisqueya
Toros del Este Águilas Cibaeñas Estadio Cibao

Statistics

As of 15 December 2025[18]

Weekly Awards

As of 17 December 2025
Players of the Week
Week Position Pitcher Source
Week 1 Miguel Sanó (EO) Aaron Sánchez (TE) [19]
Week 2 Not awarded due to Hurricane Melissa
Week 3 Miguel Sanó (EO) Aaron Sánchez (TE) [20]
Week 4 Jake Holton (GC) Aaron Sánchez (TE) [21]
Week 5 Gilberto Celestino (TE) Grant Gavin (LE) [22]
Week 6 Raimel Tapia (EO) Abdiel Mendoza (AC) [23]
Week 7 Bryan De La Cruz (TE) Jorge Tavarez (AC) [24]
Week 8 Jeimer Candelario (TE) Travis Lakins (LE) [25]
Week 9 Alexander Canario (LE) Aaron Brooks (TE) [26]
Week 10

Awards & Honors

As of 18 December 2025
Award Name Source
Rookie of the Year
Mr. Congeniality of the Year
General Manager of the Year
Manager of the Year
Pitcher of the Year
Most Valuable Player

Serie Semifinal

Each team plays 18 games round-robin schedule. A team's schedule is organized into 6 games versus each opponent, respectively, with 3 games at home and 3 games away against the same opponent.

Standings

As of 16 October 2025
Team GP W L PCT. GB Home Road STK RS RA DIFF. Qualification
Águilas Cibaeñas 0 0 0 .000 – 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 0
Toros del Este 0 0 0 .000 – 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 0
0 0 0 .000 – 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 0
0 0 0 .000 – 0–0 0–0 – 0 0 0

Head to head

2025-26 Serie Semifinal record vs. opponents

Source: LIDOM Standings Grid – 2025—26

Team AC TE
Águilas Cibaeñas — 0-0 0-0 0-0
Toros del Este 0-0 — 0-0 0-0
0-0 0-0 — 0-0
0-0 0-0 0-0 —

Schedule

Time zone: UTC−04:00

Statistics

As of 16 October 2025[27]

Most Valuable Player

Player Team Source


References

  1. ^ a b "Serie Regular calendar" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 12 June 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ^ "BanReservas named main sponsor" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 15 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  3. ^ "The 2025-26 season dedicated to Juan Marichal" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 14 August 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  4. ^ "Copa del Cibao Serie New York 2025" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Copa del Cibao Series moved to Estadio Cibao" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 6 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  6. ^ "Stadium seating" (in Spanish). licey.com. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  7. ^ "Stadium seating" (in Spanish). torosdeleste.com. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Tatís relieved of duties" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 29 November 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  9. ^ "Cintrón relieved of duties" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  10. ^ "Standings". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Start delayed to 10:00 p.m due to rain - scheduled for 7:15 p.m." (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Games postponed due to Tropical Storm Melissa" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 21 October 2025. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  13. ^ "Games postponed again due to Tropical Storm Melissa" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 22 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  14. ^ "Games postponed for a third day due to Tropical Storm Melissa" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Hurricane Melissa postpones Friday games" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 24 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  16. ^ a b "Hurricane Melissa wipesout weekend games" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 25 October 2025. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  17. ^ "Game suspended due to a light tower malfunction in the bottom of the 4th inning - resumption TBA" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 29 October 2025. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
  18. ^ "Statistics". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 20 October 2025.
  19. ^ "Week 1 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 23 October 2025. Retrieved 23 October 2025.
  20. ^ "Week 3 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  21. ^ "Week 4 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 18 November 2025.
  22. ^ "Week 5 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 19 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
  23. ^ "Week 6 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 25 November 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  24. ^ "Week 7 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 2 December 2025. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
  25. ^ "Week 8 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 10 December 2025. Retrieved 11 December 2025.
  26. ^ "Week 9 - Players of the Week" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 16 December 2025. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
  27. ^ "League leaders". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 12 January 2025.
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