On Thursday, the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico, Mexico’s winter professional league, conducted its Foreign Player Draft and Mexican Player Draft, with each team in the league making selections.
A full list of the players chosen by each team in each draft is below. The order of selection for each draft was drawn on March 11, and each team is required to release a player from its roster to select another player unless the team has an open roster spot. After the first round, the draft order reverses, so the team that selected 10th in the first round selects first in the second round, with each draft continuing until no team selects a player in a round.
Players born in Mexico whose rights are not currently held by any team in the LAMP are eligible to be selected in the Mexican Player Draft, while players born outside of Mexico who are currently playing in Mexico are eligible to be selected in the Foreign Player Draft. A player who is selected in either draft must still negotiate a contract with the team who selected him.
A team can select a player in either draft, but that does not mean that player will play for that team in the winter. For example, the Naranjeros de Hermosillo selected Trevor Bauer in the 2024 Foreign Player Draft, which gave them the exclusive right to his services had he decided to play winter ball in the LAMP. Ultimately, Bauer didn’t play winter ball — not in LAMP, not anywhere — but the Naranjeros held his rights if he decided he wanted to come back to Mexico for the winter. Often, the players taken in the LAMP’s Foreign Player Draft are committed to other winter league teams in other countries, and LAMP teams select them just in case they decide they want a change of scenery.
2025 Foreign Player Draft Results
Teams Listed In Order of Selection In First Round
Venados de Mazatlan – Art Charles, IF; Cameron Aldred, P.
Algodoneros de Guasave – Julio Robaina, P; Jared Carr, OF; Trevor Kelley, P; Robert Emery, C.
Aguilas de Mexicali – Cade Gotta, OF; Jorge Garcia, RHP; Daniel Zamora, LHP.
Tomateros de Culiacan – JP Martinez, OF; Joe Record, P; Jonathan Arauz, IF; Ken Giles, P; Aledmys Diaz, IF.
Charros de Jalisco – Connor Hollis, IF; Stephen Gonsalves, LHP; Nolan Blackwood, RHP; Kyle Garlick, IF.
Caneros de Los Mochis – Yurisbel Gracial, OF; Danis Correa, RHP; Deylen Miley, RHP, Michel Baez, RHP.
Tucson Baseball Team – Devin Smeltzer, P; Clayton Andrews, P; Jimmy Kerrigan, OF; Christian Young, P.
Yaquis de Obregon – Taylor Williams, RHP; Jimmy Yacabonis, P; Joshua Lester, IF; Zac Grotz, RHP.
Naranjeros de Hermosillo – Paul Fry, LHP; Tyler Danish, RHP; Donny Sands, C; JJ Matijevic, OF.
Jaguares de Nayarit – Nathan Antone, RHP; Caleb Baragar, LHP; Julio Teheran, RHP; Christopher Ellis, RHP.
2025 Mexican Player Draft Results
Teams Listed In Order of Selection In First Round
* – Fabela was selected twice
Algodoneros de Guasave – Ichiro Armando Rodriguez Seki, IF; Carlos Sandoval Campos, OF; Yohangel Yoel Garcia Garcia, OF; Ismael Coronado Silva, P; Paul Sebastian Mendoza Coronado, P; Miguel Pena, P; Gonzalo Sanudo Avalos, P.
Charros de Jalisco – Julio Gonzalez, RHP; Jose Ramon Gonzalez, RHP; Adrian Emmanuel Ruiz, RHP; Carlos Mendivil, C; Roberto Paul Castellanos, RHP; Isaias Felix Carrizoza, LHP; Brayan Lozano Flores, RHP; Victor Manuel Encinas, OF; Jesus Angel Cordova, OF.
Tucson Baseball Team – Eduardo Mares, P; Luis Villavicenio, P; Alejandro Quezada, OF; Alejandro Quezada, OF; Cesar Vivanco, RHP; Manuel Delgado, OF; Aaron Granados, RHP; Nomar Meza, P; Alexander Ibarra, RHP; Roberto Garza, OF; Marcos Valenzuela, IF; Hans Chacon, OF.
Aguilas de Mexicali – Jose Miguel Burciaga, OF; Carlos Durstewitz, OF; Kevin Machorro, LHP; Alberto Enrique Quesney, RHP; Angel Sebastian Lopez Atondo, LHP; Oliver Rosas, LHP; Claudio Antuan, IF; Carlos Arellano Perla, IF.
Caneros de Los Mochis – Andres Perez Martinez, RHP; Erick Lucero, LHP; Valentin Ernesto Hernandez Fabela, OF*; Raul Castellon Andrade, RHP; Juan Francisco Castillo Bernal, RHP; Yanixan Resendiz Lugo, RHP; Christopher Alfredo Pacheco Agundez, RHP.
Naranjeros de Hermosillo – Sebastian Lopez Garcia, LHP; Sergio Noe Rodriguez Pardo, RHP; Derek Jiram Ayala Cornejo, RHP; Rey Jesus Didier Pacheco Ruiz, RHP; Jorge Rodriguez Flores, LHP; Jose Maria Albertos, RHP; Jesus Guillermo Rodriguez Encinas, RHP; Francisco Eduardo Coronado Guerrero, IF; Hector Gerardo Hernandez Leon, OF.
Tomateros de Culiacan – Dahel De Jesus Lopez Herrera, RHP; Valentin Ernesto Hernandez Fabela, OF*; Jose Octavio Navarrete Ramirez, RHP; Maximiliano Villanueva Valdivia, RHP; Santiago Alfonso Retamoza, C; Juan Jose Marquez Navarro, RHP; Edwin Guillermo Valenzuela Calvillo, RHP; Angel Emiliano Barboza, C.
Yaquis de Obregon – Bryan Lara Ortega, RHP; Ever Ignacio Ortiz, LHP; Esau Beltran Valenzuela, RHP; Luis Armando Canonico, IF; Orlando Lara Bravo, LHP.
Venados de Mazatlan – Jorge Luis Franco, LHP; Dustin Escarrega, IF; Jeremy Lozano, IF; Juan Manuel Garza, IF; Jesus Eduardo Peraza, P; Gerardo Castaneda, No Position Listed; Edgar Rodriguez, P.
Jaguares de Nayarit – Daniel Cornejo, OF; Miguel Emmanuel Martinez, RHP; Joseph Maximiliano Mochetto, RHP; Luis Manuel Ramos, RHP; Jesus Villalobos, IF; Fausto Gerardo Hernandez Murillo, RHP; Jose Maria Sanchez, RHP; Sebastian Sanchez, IF; Alain Zarza, LHP; Angel Bonilla, IF; Juan Carlos Torres, LHP.
Photo: Pitcher Wilmer Rios (L ) of the Naranjeros de Hermosillo of Mexico serves as a bat boy with teammate Aaron Altherr (R) during a game between Mexico and Nicaragua at loanDepot Park as part of Serie del Caribe 2024 on February 6, 2024 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Luis Gutierrez/Norte Photo/Getty Images)
