The Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente’s Cangrejeros de Santurce signed four players for the upcoming 2025-26 winter season in Puerto Rico. Three of the four have experience in Major League Baseball.
According to The Baseball Aficionado on Instagram, catchers Christian Vázquez and Adrián Del Castillo will join the Cangrejeros. Additionally, pitchers Alexis Díaz and Eduardo Rivera will represent the club from Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Vázquez has played in parts of five seasons with the Cangrejeros, logging nine plate appearances during the 2024-25 campaign. The 11-year MLB veteran hit .189/.271/.274 with three home runs and a .545 OPS in 65 games this past season with the Minnesota Twins. The 35-year-old is an unrestricted free agent this winter.
Del Castillo served as the Arizona Diamondbacks’ third-string catcher and hit four home runs with 17 RBIs in 44 contests in 2025. The University of Miami product first played for Santurce during the 2023-24 LBPRC season.
Díaz is the younger brother of New York Mets closer Edwin Díaz and pitched for three teams (Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta Braves) in 2025, posting an unimpressive 8.15 ERA over 17 ⅔ innings. He made four relief appearances for the
Cangrejeros during the 2021-22 season and represented Puerto Rico at the 2022 Caribbean Series in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
Rivera split the year at High-A Greenville and Double-A Portland in the Boston Red Sox organization. The lefty made a combined 20 appearances with 15 starts, posting a 2.48 ERA in 87 innings. Rivera will return to the Cangrejeros after splitting time as a reliever and starter the previous two LBPRC seasons.
Santurce finished the regular season with a 21-19 record last year, losing in the semifinal four games to one against the Senadores de San Juan. They open the 2025-26 season on the road against the Senadores on Friday, Nov. 7, at Estadio Hiram Bithorn in San Juan.
Photo: Alexis Diaz will pitch for the Cangrejeros de Santurce in the LBPRC this winter. (Photo by Emilee Chinn/Cincinnati Reds/Getty Images)
