A great season in Culiacan last winter helped Anthony Gose return to Major League Baseball with the Kansas City Royals this season.
Yasiel Puig made more than $50 million playing professional baseball, but is now bankrupt, with nearly $10 million in liabilities and less than $2 million in assets, according to a court filing.
Vargas has signed with Lara for the 2026-27 Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional season, and unlike most active MLB players who make cameo appearances in winter ball, the Arizona Diamondbacks infielder is the rare everyday MLBer who sticks around for much of the winter ball.
Collin Wiles, Carlos De La Cruz, and Elian Leyva have all signed with the Mayos de Navojoa for the 2026-27 season.
Ramon Santiago, who led the Leones del Escogido to the 2025-26 LIDOM title and a berth in the 2026 Caribbean Series, will return as manager for the coming season, with Charlie Valerio serving as assistant manager and Ronny Paulino as bench coach.
The 2026 Caribbean Series champions, the Charros de Jalisco of the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico, will head to Texas to face the Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional's Cardenales de Lara in preseason action in October.
