Although he is relatively young as a manager, Sergio Omar Gastelumnamed yesterday pilot of the Yucatan Lionshas built an important profile, standing out as a strategist in the Mexican League.
GastelumLMB champion with the Puebla Parakeets in 2023will be the pilot in 2026, after a disaster last season with three different strategists.
Profile of Sergio Omar Gastélum, new manager of the Leones de Yucatán
He “Blond”47 years old (born October 19, 1978 in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora), began his career as a manager in 2018 with the Warriors of Oaxacataking them to the King Series (and after eliminating the Lions in the final of the South Zone).
Since then, he has demonstrated his ability to guide teams at the highest competitive level. They lost the championship that year against the Sultanes de Monterrey.
His peak moment came in 2023, when he conquered the Mexican League championship with the Puebla Parakeetssurpassing the cotton growers of Laguna Union in the Serie del Rey and leaving his mark as a leader capable of building champion teams.
In winter baseball, he has also left an important mark.
was named Manager of the Year in the Mexican Pacific League in the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 seasons with the Yaquisthe team from his homeland, also becoming the first Mexican helmsman to reach 40 victories in a winter campaign.
Last season he led the Saraperos of Saltillo in the summer, and currently serves as bench coach for the Yaquis in the Pacific League.
“The arrival of Sergio Omar Gastélum marks the beginning of a new stage for the Leones de Yucatán, an organization committed to remaining the protagonist of Mexican baseball“.
“With his leadership, knowledge of the game, winning mentality and history of 22 seasons as a professional player, the club is confident of achieving new goals, great challenges and roars of glory”says the Lions newsletter.
The long-haired people described the postseason in 2025after a campaign in which they were first led by the Dominican Ramon Santiagothen by Oswaldo Morejonand they finished with the Venezuelan Eliezer Alfonzo in the two final series and the first playoff.