The Generales de Durango (English: Durango Generals) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League (LMB) that was established in November 2016. The team is based in
Durango
Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
, the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of
Durango
Durango (), officially named Estado Libre y Soberano de Durango ( en, Free and Sovereign State of Durango; Tepehuán: ''Korian''; Nahuatl: ''Tepēhuahcān''), is one of the 31 states which make up the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico, situated in ...
. They entered the league in 2017 as a replacement for the departed
Delfines del Carmen
The Delfines del Carmen (English: Carmen Dolphins) were a Mexican Baseball League expansion club based in Ciudad del Carmen, Campeche. They played their home games at the Estadio Resurgimiento in Ciudad del Carmen.Piratas de Campeche in 1980. A remodeled
Estadio de Béisbol Francisco Villa
Estadio Francisco Villa is a baseball stadium in Durango City, Durango, Mexico. It is the home field of the Generales de Durango baseball team, which competes in the Mexican League and the Alacranes de Durango
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in Durango was announced as the home venue. The move was nearly put in danger by economic risk, as reports circulated that the Generales would not play in 2017 due to the owner's lack of financial resources and delays in the remodeling of the stadium. The franchise managed to begin play, though a delay of the planned opening game in the stadium was necessary.
Initial season
The Generales finished the 2017 season with a 43–66 record, last in the North Division.
Yadir Drake
Yadir Drake Dominguez (born April 12, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Leones de Yucatán of the Mexican Baseball League.
Career Amateur career
Drake played for the Matanzas team in the Cuban National Series.
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led the team in hitting with a .385 average; he and Jairo Perez had 14 home runs. Perez led the team in RBI with 65.
Fernando Nieve
Fernando Alexis Nieve 'knee-EH-veh''(born July 15, 1982) is a Venezuelan former right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and New York Mets and in Korea Baseball Organization (K ...
had the lowest ERA, 2.25. Mario Gonzalez led the team in strikeouts with 77. Amilcar Gaxiola had the most wins, seven.
Suspension and reinstatement
In September 2017, the league announced that the Generales would take the 2018 season off, to reorganize their finances, and return in 2019. However, this decision was appealed by the Generales. At a subsequent league meeting in November 2017, the decision was made that the Generales would compete in 2018, subject to a two-year guarantee of financial solvency.Generales jugará en 2018 (Spanish). ''El Siglio de Durango.'' November 9, 2017.