The 2024-25 Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional regular season champions in Nicaragua, Leones de Leon, finalized their official roster under manager Sandor Guido on January 23 for the 2024-25 Serie De Las Americas event in Managua, Masaya, and Leon after their practice alignments at Estadio Jackie Robinson and Estadio Nacional Soberania over the past week and a half.
¡El Equipo Liga de Nicaragua lista para la Serie de las Américas! ????⚾️
Te compartimos el roster oficial de la Tropa Pinolera que representará con orgullo nuestra nación. ⚾????????
¡Vamos, Nicaragua! ????#SeriedelasAméricas #EquipoNica #Béisbol #SelecciónNacional pic.twitter.com/fI4uTUmJ59
— Selección de Nicaragua (@selebeisbolnic) January 23, 2025
United States pitcher Cole Cook, outfielder Chase Dawson, and Dominican Republic player Luis Pena are the only three foreign players on Nicaragua’s 2025 SDLA official roster.
Leones de Leon southpaw Cole Cook won the LBPN best-of-seven championship series MVP and threw 12 innings, posting a 1-0 record with a 0.75 ERA in three appearances and one start, allowing 11 hits, one earned run, four walks, and 10 strikeouts.
Nicaragua will play in the 2025 WBCQ for the 2026 event next March at the Taipei Dome in Xinyi, Taipei, Taiwan, from February 21 to 25, against host nation Chinese Taipei, Spain, and South Africa.
Nicaragua’s starting rotation was announced for the 2025 SDLA on January 21.
#Nicaragua || Sandor Guido y el Cuerpo Técnico de la @selebeisbolnic , han definido a los 5 abridores para la Serie de las Américas que se pone en marcha este 24 de enero
El zurdo estadounidense Cole Cook, MVP de la recién finalizada Serie Final de LBPN, será el encargado de… pic.twitter.com/y9P3UfrYCb
— BeisbolGPO (@beisbolgpo) January 21, 2025
Freddvil Chevez, Santos Jarquin, Juan Carlos Ramirez, Osman Gutierrez, and Sandy Bermudez were removed from the 2025 SDLA official roster and the 2025 Pre-WBC convocatoria roster.
Leones de Leon 2025 SDLA Official Roster:
Pitchers:
Luis Pena
Cole Cook
Fidencio Flores
Kenword Burton
Leonardo Crawford
Jesus Garrido
Yeris Gonzalez
Axel Zapata
Angel Obando
Carlos Teller
Roniel Raudes
Dilmer Mejia
Ernesto Glasgon
Bryan Torres
Catchers:
Melvin Novoa
Rodolfo Bone
Ronald Rivera
Infielders:
Brandon Leyton
Milkar Perez
Emanuel Trujillo
Elian Miranda
Cheslor Cuthbert
Benjamin Alegria
Jose Orozco
Outfielders:
Cristhian Sandoval
Omar Mendoza
JD Montes
Chase Dawson
2025 SDLA – Nicaragua Coaching Staff
Sandor Guido – Manager
Lenin Picota – Pitching Coach
Cairo Murillo – Bullpen Coach
Anibal Vega – Hitting Coach
Julio Sanchez
Dorian Garcia
William Calderon
Jorge Luis Avellan
Run Down For Nicaragua in SDLA:
The Latin American Series featured champions from club teams in the winter leagues: the Argentine Baseball League in 2019, Liga Profesional De Béisbol Colombia from 2013-119, the Curaçao National Championship AA League in 2018, the Liga Invernal Veracruzana in Mexico from 2013-19, the Veracruz State League in Mexico from 2017-18, the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional in Nicaragua from 2013-19, and the Panama Probeis league from 2013- 19.
Nicaragua won the Latin American Series with the Gigantes de Rivas in 2016, the Tigres de Chinandega in 2017 and 2018, and the Leones de Leon in 2019 before being invited by the Confederacion de Beisbol Profesional de Caribe to play in the 2024 Caribbean Series in Miami at loanDepot Park. However, the team went winless, going 0-6.