The Japan Breeze will participate in the Hexagonal Monumental event at Estadio Monumental in Caracas, Venezuela, from Oct. 8 to 11.
Major League Baseball officials approved the Hexagonal Monumental event due to the Winter League Agreement having a big effect on players in the minor leagues affiliated with any of the 30 organizations to play with permission from front office officials. The active players can be reserves for winter league teams and will be able to participate at other exhibition games or on active rosters for the 2024-25 regular season.
Alex Ramirez confirmed on his X account that he will manage the Japan Breeze in Venezuela for the Hexagonal Monumental event.
The Cangrejeros de Santurce from Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic’s Tigres del Licey, Venezuela’s Leones del Caracas, Tiburones de La Guaira, and Navegantes del Magallanes will participate in the Hexagonal Monumental event.
The Cangrejeros de Santurce, who play in the Liga Beisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rico’s winter league, were founded in 1939 and have won 16 league championships and five Caribbean Series titles, most recently in 2000.
The Tigres del Licey, known as “El Glorioso” in the Dominican Republic, has won 24 LIDOM titles and 11 Caribbean Series championships, including the title in 2023 at Estadio Monumental in Caracas.
Estadio Monumental’s primary tenant, the Leones del Caracas, will play in the event, along with the defending Caribbean Series champions, the Tiburones de La Guaira and the Navegantes de Magallanes, giving Venezuela three entries in the event. The Leones have won 21 championships in the Liga Venezolana Béisbol Profesional and a pair of Caribbean Series, most recently in 2006. The Navegantes have won the Caribbean Series twice, in 1970 and 1979, and have 13 LVBP titles, while the Tiburones have won the LVBP championship eight times.
This will be the second time Estadio Monumental has hosted an inter-club tournament event since the venue opened during the 2023 Caribbean Series.
Photo Credit: Hexagonal Monumental event socials
