Puerto Rico’s winter league, the LBPRC, is currently in the final stages of the 2025-26 season. The Cangrejeros de Santurce hold a 2-0 series lead over the Leones de Ponce in the championship round.
The league announced the All-Star team and Rawlings Gold Glove Award winners for the regular season on Monday. Three pitchers were selected as All-Stars.
Of the nine players who earned a Gold Glove, the Leones lead the six-team league with four players selected. The Criollos de Caguas, Gigantes de Carolina, and Ponce each had three players selected to the All-Star team.
The LBPRC also revealed the Most Valuable Player of the 2025-26 season this past Friday.
Most Valuable Player – Gigantes de Carolina left fielder Johnathan Rodríguez was named the MVP of the 2025-26 LBPRC season this past Friday.
Rodríguez, 26, hit .265/.335/.347 with one home run and 23 RBIs in 40 games. He was a third-round draft pick of the Cleveland Guardians in 2017, making his MLB debut in 2024. The right-handed hitter spent most of this past affiliated baseball season at Triple-A Columbus but appeared in 31 games at the Major League level with the Guardians, hitting two home runs but 22 strikeouts compared to just six walks in 77 plate appearances.
This is Rodríguez’s second MVP award in professional baseball, winning the 2024 International League MVP Award at the Triple-A level. He has a .586 OPS in 117 career MLB plate appearances.
Gold Glove Winners
C – Will Simoneit, Leones de Ponce
1B – Calvin Estrada, Senadores de San Juan
2B – Jesmuel Valentin, Leones de Ponce
3B – Emmanuel Rivera, Indios de Mayagüez
SS – Luis Vázquez, Criollos de Caguas
LF – Roberto Enríquez, Senadores de San Juan
CF – Dalton Guthrie, Leones de Ponce
RF – Nelson Velázquez, Criollos de Caguas
P – Bryant Salgado, Leones de Ponce
All-Star Team
C – Will Simoneit, Leones de Ponce
1B – Yariel González, Senadores de San Juan
2B – Shed Long Jr., Cangrejeros de Santurce
3B – Emmanuel Rivera, Indios de Mayagüez
SS – Luis Vázquez, Criollos de Caguas
LF – Johnathan Rodríguez, Gigantes de Carolina
CF – Bryan Torres, Criollos de Caguas
RF – Nelson Velázquez, Criollos de Caguas
LHP – RJ Martínez, Gigantes de Carolina
LHP – Eric Torres, Leones de Ponce
RHP – Ashton Goudeau, Indios de Mayagüez
