2024–25 LIDOM season

2024–25 Dominican Professional Baseball League season
LeagueLIDOM
SportBaseball
Duration16 October 2024 – 27 January 2025
Number of games50 games (Serie Regular)
18 games (Serie Semifinal)
Best-of-seven (Serie Final)[1]
Number of teams6
Streaming partner(s)MLB.tv (United States)[2]
Serie Regular
Season championsEstrellas Orientales
Season MVPAderlin Rodríguez (Águilas Cibaeñas)
Serie Semifinal
Serie Semifinal championsTigres del Licey
  Serie Semifinal runners-upLeones del Escogido
Serie Final
ChampionsLeones del Escogido
  Runners-upTigres del Licey

The 2024–25 Dominican Professional Baseball League season is the 57th consecutive season of winter league baseball in the Dominican Republic, and 70th overall season. The regular season started on 16 October 2024, and ended 29 December 2024.[3]

Tigres del Licey were the defending champions, having won their 24th championship during the 2023–24 season and back-to-back titles. They eventually lost in the Serie Final in their bid for a three-peat to the Leones del Escogido. The Leones win their 17th championship and first since the 2015–16 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-nine series to determined the season championship to qualify for the 2025 Caribbean Series.

Season review

The Tigres del Licey and Águilas Cibaeñas played three games as part of the Titanes del Caribe series on 10 November 2024, at Citi Field in Queens, New York,[4] and 7-8 December 2024, at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.[5] The Estrellas Orientales participated in the Choque de Gigantes, the weekend of 8-10 November 2024, at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida.[6]

Current teams

Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) teams locations
Team City Stadium Capacity Founded Manager
Águilas Cibaeñas Santiago de los Caballeros Estadio Cibao 18,077 1933 Yadier Molina[7][8]
Estrellas Orientales San Pedro de Macorís Estadio Tetelo Vargas 8,000 1910 Fernando Tatís[9]
Gigantes del Cibao San Francisco de Macorís Estadio Julián Javier 12,000 1996 Wellington Cepeda[10]
Leones del Escogido Santo Domingo Estadio Quisqueya 13,186[11] 1921 Albert Pujols[12]
Tigres del Licey 1907 Gilbert Gómez[13]
Toros del Este La Romana Estadio Francisco Micheli 8,838[14] 1983 Carlos Febles[15][16]

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.

As a result of postponements due to rain towards the final days of the season, LIDOM changed the Serie Final format from a best-of-nine to a best-of-seven series. The regular season was also extended until the 29 December 2024, to make up games that were postponed.[1] Two games – Gigantes del Cibao v Toros del Este (29 December), Tigres del Licey v Leones del Escogido (30 December) – were cancelled due to these games not affecting standings at the end of the regular season which meant those four teams only played 49 games, respectively.

Standings

As of 30 December 2024[17]
# Team GP W L PCT. GB Home Road STK RS RA DIFF.
1 Estrellas Orientales 50 30 20 .600 – 16–9 14–11 W3 229 189 +40
2 Águilas Cibaeñas 50 28 22 .560 2.0 14–11 14–11 L2 244 235 +9
3 Tigres del Licey 49* 27 22 .551 2.5 13–12 14–10 L1 211 165 +46
4 Leones del Escogido 49* 24 25 .490 5.5 12–12 12–13 W3 220 238 -18
5 Gigantes del Cibao 49* 22 27 .449 7.5 11–14 11–13 L2 226 237 -11
6 Toros del Este 49* 17 32 .347 12.5 7–17 10–15 P8 183 249 -66
Classified to Serie Semifinal
  • Indicates game #50 cancelled as they did not affect standings.

Head to head

2024—25 Serie Regular record vs. opponents

Source: LIDOM Standings Grid – 2024—25

Team AC EO GC LE TL TE
Águilas Cibaeñas — 6-4 4-6 7-3 7-3 4-6
Estrellas Orientales 4-6 — 5-5 7-3 5-5 9-1
Gigantes del Cibao 6-4 5-5 — 3-7 4-6 4-5
Leones del Escogido 3-7 3-7 7-3 — 4-5 6-4
Tigres del Licey 3-7 5-5 6-4 4-5 — 9-1
Toros del Este 6-4 1-9 5-4 4-6 1-9 —

Schedule

Time zone: UTC−04:00

Serie Regular stats

League leaders

As of 1 January 2025[18]

Weekly Awards

Serie Regular Awards & Honors

Award Player Team Source
Rookie of the Year Luis Moreno Estrellas Orientales [29]
Mr. Congeniality of the Year Kelvin Gutiérrez Gigantes del Cibao [30]
General Manager of the Year Ángel Ovalles Águilas Cibaeñas [31]
Manager of the Year Fernando Tatís Estrellas Orientales [32]
Pitcher of the Year Enny Romero Águilas Cibaeñas [33]
Most Valuable Player Aderlin Rodríguez [34]

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.

As a result of Tigres del Licey and Leones del Escogido classifying to the Serie Final in the 14th game and 15th game, respectively, the final three games of this round-robin for each team were cancelled as they were not necessary.

Standings

As of 19 January 2025[35]
# Team GP W L PCT. GB Home Road STK RS RA DIFF.
1 Tigres del Licey 15 11 4 .734 – 5–3 6–1 L1 60 59 +1
2 Leones del Escogido 15 10 5 .667 1.0 4–3 6–2 W1 99 57 +42
3 Estrellas Orientales 15 5 10 .333 6.0 3–5 2–5 L6 59 75 -16
4 Águilas Cibaeñas 15 4 11 .267 7.0 2–5 2–6 W2 42 69 -27
Classified to Serie Final

Head to head

2024—25 Serie Semifinal record vs. opponents

Source: LIDOM Standings Grid – 2024—25

Team AC EO LE TL
Águilas Cibaeñas — 2-3 2-3 0-5
Estrellas Orientales 3-2 — 1-4 1-4
Leones del Escogido 3-2 4-1 — 3-2
Tigres del Licey 5-0 4-1 2-3 —

Schedule

Time zone: UTC−04:00

Serie Semifinal stats

League leaders

As of 21 January 2025[36]

Most Valuable Player of Serie Semifinal

Player Team Source
Junior Caminero Leones del Escogido [37]

Serie Final

The championship round was set for a best-of-seven-games series played between the Tigres del Licey and Leones del Escogido. All games were played at Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal as both teams share stadium; however, Tigres del Licey had home field advantage. This was the tenth meeting in the Serie Final for both teams from the Capital, with Tigres winning sixth of the nine meetings played.

Summary

Leones win series 4–3

Game Date Road team Result Home team Stadium Time
1 20 January 2025 Leones del Escogido 3–4 (14) Tigres del Licey Estadio Quisqueya 5:04
2 21 January 2025 Tigres del Licey 2–3 Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya 2:53
3 22 January 2025 Leones del Escogido 6–0 Tigres del Licey Estadio Quisqueya 2:45
4 24 January 2025 Tigres del Licey 9–3 Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya 3:24
5 25 January 2025 Leones del Escogido 4–1 Tigres del Licey Estadio Quisqueya 3:08
6 26 January 2025 Tigres del Licey 7–4 (13) Leones del Escogido Estadio Quisqueya 4:40
7 27 January 2025 Leones del Escogido 6–5 Tigres del Licey Estadio Quisqueya 3:43

Most Valuable Player of Serie Final

Player Team Source
Junior Caminero Leones del Escogido [38]

References

  1. ^ a b "Changes to Serie Final schedule" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 25 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  2. ^ "2024–25 LIDOM Season Preview". MLB.com. 22 October 2024. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  3. ^ "LIDOM publishes calendar for 2024–25 season" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Titanes del Caribe at Citi Field". MLB.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Titanes del Caribe in San Juan". MLB.com (in Spanish). 8 December 2024. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Choque de Gigantes at LoanDepot Park". MLB.com. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Águilas team sheet". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Yadier Molina new Águilas manager" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  9. ^ "Estrellas team sheet". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
  10. ^ "Gigantes team sheet". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
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  13. ^ "Tigres team sheet". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
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  15. ^ "Toros team sheet". LIDOM.com. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
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  20. ^ a b "Week 2 MVP" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 29 October 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Week 3 MVP" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 5 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  22. ^ a b "Week 4 MVP" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  23. ^ a b "Week 5 MVP" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 19 November 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
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  26. ^ a b "Week 8 MVP" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  27. ^ a b "Week 9 MVP" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  28. ^ a b "Week 10 MVP" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 26 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
  29. ^ "Rookie of the Year" (in Spanish). LIDOM. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  30. ^ "Mr. Congeniality of the Year" (in Spanish). LIDOM. 6 January 2025. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  31. ^ "General Manager of the Year" (in Spanish). LIDOM. 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  32. ^ "Manager of the Year" (in Spanish). LIDOM. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  33. ^ "Pitcher of the Year" (in Spanish). LIDOM. 9 January 2025. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  34. ^ "Most Valuable Player" (in Spanish). LIDOM. 10 January 2025. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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  37. ^ "Caminero chosen MVP of Round-Robin" (in Spanish). LIDOM.com. 21 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
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