La Romana.- The East Bulls announced a renewed team of coaches who will accompany the director Víctor Estévez for the 2025-26 season of the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), which will start on October 15 next.
Along with Estévez, several figures of great experience in professional baseball will be debuting in the orange jersey.
Brayan Peña will serve as the bench coach. The Cuban, with a vast career as a player and coach in the Dominican league, played seven seasons — five with the Giants and two with the Lions — and reinforced the Bulls in the 2005-06 Round Robin, standing out notably. He has been a coach with the Cibao Giants, a director in minor leagues, and in 2024 was promoted to the MLB team as a catcher coordinator and bullpen coach.
Jordan Norberto will be the pitching coach. The left-hander, with experience as a pitcher in LIDOM with the Stars and Lions, performed the same function with the Cibao Giants. Like Peña, he will return to work under the direction of General Manager Jesús Mejía, who announced the hires.
Raywilly Gómez, after several seasons as a coach of the Licey, will assume as the hitting coach. Currently, he fulfills that role with the Tri-City Dust Devil, Class A Advanced of the Los Angeles Angels.
Daniel De Mondesert will be the assistant to the director Víctor Estévez. Although it will be his first experience in LIDOM, he currently holds the same position in the MLB with the Milwaukee Brewers.
Cristopher Madera and Juan Ciriaco will be in charge of the third base and first base, respectively. Madera, with experience as a coach of the Escogido, will also be the outfield coach, while continuing his work in minor leagues with the Baltimore Orioles.
Ciriaco, a former player of the Bulls, currently works in minor leagues with the San Francisco Giants.
Gabriel Hernández will make his debut as a pitching strategist coach, while Danilo Sánchez will be the catcher instructor.
The Romanese José R. Díaz, known as “Jumbo”, will be the bullpen coach, adding his experience after a distinguished career as a pitcher in LIDOM. After his retirement, he has worked as a pitching coach in minor leagues with the Tampa Bay Rays.
Also, the Romanese Rafael Rijo and Julián Yan will repeat in the technical staff, with Yan being the assistant to the hitting coach.
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