After an incredible run in LIDOM that culminated in him hitting a game-winning home run in the championship series, Tampa Bay Rays youngster Junior Caminero earned league MVP honors.

Playing this winter for the hometown Escogido team he grew up rooting for was important to Rays third baseman Junior Caminero. He certainly made the most of it. Caminero capped the experience Monday with a monstrous go-ahead home run in the ninth inning of Game 7 of the Dominican league championship series,

Over the past few seasons, the Tampa Bay Rays have built a model for developing young, consistent talent, which has helped propel them toward success. With the team needing to operate with a small budget,

Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero stole the show on Monday night, hitting a game-winning home run in Game 7 of the Dominican Winter League Championship S

In Game 7 of the Dominican Winter League's championship series, Tigres del Licey encountered Albert Pujols' Leones del Escogido. With the score knotted up at five apiece in the bottom of the ninth inning, the 21-year-old rising star of the Tampa Bay Rays, Caminero, delivered quite the unforgettable moment.

Junior Caminero just set the bar for home run trots so impossibly high after this.

Junior Caminero takes his sweet time rounding the bases after his clutch ninth-inning home run helps Leones del Escogido win the LIDOM championship.

With one bat swing, Tampa Bay Rays infielder Junior Caminero turned a tense championship game into an unforgettable home run celebration.

As Caminero’s Leones des Escogido matched up with Tigres de Licey in Game 7 of the LIDOM championship, Junior Caminero provided an epic swing and perhaps an even better celebration that proved to be the difference in a 6-5 win.