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2024-25 LBPRC Preview: Roberto Alomar’s Senadores de San Juan Make Their Return

 Conor Liguori - World Baseball Network  |    Oct 15th, 2024 5:30pm EDT

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For four consecutive LBPRC seasons from 2020-21 to 2023-24, the RA12, founded by former Major League Baseball Hall of Fame second baseman and Puerto Rican Roberto Alomar, finished in last place in the LBPRC.

While playing under the name RA12, the organization went 35-105. Ten years have passed since the Senadores de San Juan played their last game in the LBPRC, but the club will be back in business during the 2024-25 season, hoping for better results than the RA12.

Manager – Ricky Rivera

2023-24 Record – 11-29, Last in LBPRC

2023-24 Playoff Results – Did not qualify

Manager Ricky Rivera, born in Dorado, Puerto Rico, is just 31. He began his coaching career in 2021 with the Florida Complex League Astros, leading the team to a 28-28 record. After a 15-38 finish with the FCL Astros Blue in 2022, Rivera was promoted to manager of the Astros’ Single-A affiliate, the Fayetteville Woodpeckers.

In two seasons at the helm for the Woodpeckers, the team went 115-147. Rivera played baseball at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College and the University of Central Missouri. The general manager of the Senadores de San Juan is Alex Cintron, the Houston Astros hitting coach.

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

• 1B Jose Abreu (35 G, .124/.167/.195, .361 OPS/Houston Astros)
• INF Aledmys Diaz (14 G, 34 PA, .209 OPS/Oakland Athletics, Houston Astros)
• SS Randal Diaz (59 G, .360/.437/.632, 1.069 OPS, Indiana State University/ NCAA)
• LHP Brady Tedesco (20 G, 5.15 ERA, 8.0 K/9, Lancaster Stormers/ATLL)
• SS Johnny Olmstead (126 G, .251, .322, .409, .731 OPS, Single-A Jupiter, High-A Beloit, Double-A Pensacola/ Miami Marlins)

Championship History  

The Senadores de San Juan won eight LBPRC titles from 1945 to 1995 and the Caribbean Series in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in 1995.

The 1995 Caribbean Series championship team went 6-0 and featured MLB players such as Roberto Alomar, Bernie Williams, Juan Gonzalez, Edgar Martinez, Ruben Sierra, and Carlos Delgado.

The Senadores seek its 9th LBPRC championship in 2024 and an opportunity to represent Puerto Rico in the 2025 Caribbean Series in Mexicali, Mexico.

First Game

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

Photo Credit: Hall of Famer Roberto Alomar walks on the field to throw out the first pitch before Game 4 of Pool F of the 2017 World Baseball Classic between Team USA and Team Puerto Rico on Friday, March 17, 2017 at Petco Park in San Diego, California. (Photo by Andy Hayt/San Diego Padres/Getty Images)