Estrellas Orientales Re-Sign Cuban Outfielder Dairon Blanco
The Estrellas Orientales are bringing back Cuban outfielder Dairon Blanco for a third stint with the club.
Key points
- This is Dairon Blanco's third stint with the Estrellas Orientales.
- He is hitting .290 in 114 Dominican League games.
- He has 45 stolen bases in 57 attempts in the Dominican League.
- The team expects him to be available starting next week.
The Estrellas Orientales signed Cuban outfielder Dairon Blanco, who joined the team's workouts Wednesday at Estadio Tetelo Vargas in San Pedro de Macorís, the club said in a press release.
Blanco returns to wear the Estrellas uniform for the third time, after playing with the club in the 2023-24 and 2025-26 seasons. In his first stint, he appeared in 27 regular-season games, hitting .286 with 18 stolen bases. He also hit .345 in 15 Round Robin games and .267 in seven Final Series games.
His second stint with the eastern club was limited to nine regular-season games due to an injury.
The outfielder debuted in the Dominican League in the 2019-20 season with the Toros del Este, then played for the Gigantes del Cibao and Tigres del Licey in 2022-23. In 114 games in Dominican winter ball, across all tournament stages, he has a .290 batting average, .343 on-base percentage and .707 OPS.
This year, he played 38 games with the Saltillo and León teams in the Mexican League, hitting .294 and stealing 13 bases in 16 attempts.
The Estrellas did not specify when Blanco will make his debut this season, though they hope to have him available starting next week.