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2024-25 LBPRC Preview: Indios de Mayagüez Look to Return to the Postseason

 Conor Liguori - World Baseball Network  |    Oct 16th, 2024 6:00pm EDT

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After defeating the Gigantes de Carolina in the 2022-23 LBPRC championship, the Indios de Mayagüez looked promising heading into last year’s campaign.

However, the team went 18-22 and was on the outside looking in on the playoffs. The season differed from the one Indios de Mayagüez fans expected after a trip to the Caribbean Series in Venezuela in 2023.

Manager – Wilfredo Cordero

2023-24 Record – 18-22

2023-24 Playoff Results – Did not qualify

Manager Wilfredo Cordero, born in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, played 14 years in Major League Baseball for six organizations from 1992-2005, primarily with the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals. He hit a career-high 18 home runs with the Boston Red Sox in 1997.

Cordero replaces former Indios de Mayagüez manager Mako Oliveras, who helped guide them to the league championship in 2022-23. Oliveras, a former minor-league player for the Red Sox and Pittsburgh Pirates, began his managerial career in 1984 in the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol with the Truchas de Toluca.

Notable Offseason Additions (2024 Stats/MLB Organization or Team(s)/League)  

• RHP Josimar Cousin (30 G, 2.80 ERA, 8.7 K/9, Double-A Birmingham, Triple-A Charlotte/Chicago White Sox)
• RHP Carlos Espinosa (42 G, 3.90 ERA, 11.4 K/9, High-A Tri-City, Double-A Rocket City/Los Angeles Angels)
• 1B David MacKinnon (72 G, .294/.381/.386, .767 OPS, Samsung Lions/KBO)
• C Ivan Luciano (NA, El Shaddai Christian Academy/ 2nd Overall Pick in 2024-25 LBPRC Draft)
• 2B Shed Long Jr. (95 G, .310/.409/.467, .877 OPS, Cleburne Railroaders/American Association of Professional Baseball)

Championship History

The Indios de Mayagüez have won 19 LBPRC league championships, winning their first in 1949. Before taking the title during the 2022-23 season, the organization had not won the championship since 2014.

The Indios de Mayagüez’s last Caribbean Series title was in 1992 when manager Pat Kelly led them. Kelly is currently the manager of the Louisville Bats, the Cincinnati Reds’ Triple-A affiliate.

The Indios de Mayagüez will look to add a 20th LBPRC league championship in franchise history at the end of the 2024-25 season and an opportunity to represent Puerto Rico in the 2025 Caribbean Series in Mexicali, Mexico.

First Game

The Indios de Mayagüez will play their first game of the 2024-25 LBPRC season at home against the Senadores de San Juan at Estadio Isidoro Garcia in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, on Saturday, November 9, at 7 p.m. EST.

Photo Credit: Pitcher of Puerto Rico’s Indios de Mayaguez, Luis Leroy Cruz, throws the ball. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)