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Joe Dunand will be there. now with the Tigres del Licey.
The Tigres del Licey announced the acquisition of infielder Joe Dunand from the Leones del Esgido in exchange for catcher Pedro Severino.< /p>
The information was provided by The general manager Audo Vicente through the portal Licey.com, who informed With this change, the blue team continues to add key pieces with a view to the upcoming 2022-2023 Dominican winter baseball season.
Dunand, who is the nephew of former major leaguer Alex Rodríguez, can be He played both first base and third base, and this year he made his Major League debut with the Miami Marlins and hit 1-0. a home run in his first time at bat.
“This is a move done to strengthen the corners. Dunand is a proven player who knows this league and has a great potential both on offense and defense”, expressed manager Vicente.
In all he saw action in three games with the Marlins and went 3-for-10 for a .300 batting percentage with a pair of runs scored. In Triple-A Jacksonville, he is batting .242 with two home runs, six doubles, 15 runs and nine RBIs in 20 games.
He has seen action in the Dominican League in the ; last three seasons. In 44 challenges, he has hit .259 with three home runs, 11 doubles, a triple, 12 runs scored and 18 RBIs.
His best performance came in the 2020-21 campaign when he batted ; He hit .319 with three home runs and 12 RBIs, in addition to five runs scored and seven doubles. He had a .542 slugging percentage and a .939 OPS.
Severino had come to the Tigers from the Eagles in a trade for Arismendy Alcántara made in May 2020 , but did not arrive to put on the uniform of the glorious blue team.