Pasig City MPBL team

{{More citations needed|date=March 2024}} {{Redirect|Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors|other teams backed by Sta. Lucia Land|Sta. Lucia Realtors (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2022}} {{Use Philippine English|date=December 2022}} {{Short description|Professional basketball team in Pasig, Philippines}} {{Infobox basketball club | name = Pasig City MPBL team | current = 2026 Pasig City MPBL team season | logo = | logo_size = | league = MBA (1998–2000) '''MPBL (2018–2023, 2025–present)''' FilBasket (2021–2022) | founded = {{start date and age|1998}} (first incarnation) {{start date and age|2018}} (second incarnation) | history = '''Pasig Blue Pirates''' 1998 '''Pasig-Rizal Pirates''' 1999–2000 '''Pasig Pirates''' 2018–2019 '''Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors''' 2019–2021 '''Pasig City''' 2022, 2025–present '''Pasig City MCW Sports''' 2022–2023 | arena = Ynares Sports Arena | location = Pasig | colors = {{color box|#60C1F7}} {{color box|#231F45}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} | sponsor = | coach = Ryan De Ramos | championship = | pattern l= |body l= |patterns l= |shorts l= |title l= | pattern d= |body d= |patterns d= |shorts d= |title d= }}

The '''Pasig City MPBL team''' is a Filipino professional basketball team based in Pasig. The team competes in the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League (MPBL) as a member of the league's North Division. The team plays its home games at Ynares Sports Arena.

The team's first incarnation was established in 1998 with the '''Pasig Blue Pirates''' of the Metropolitan Basketball Association (MBA), which ran until 2000. The Pirates would later be revived with an MPBL expansion team for the 2018–19 season.<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 6, 2018 |title=Laguna, Pasig pormal nang kabilang sa MPBL |trans-title=Laguna and Pasig, formally part of the MPBL |url=https://www.abs-cbn.com/sports/04/06/18/laguna-pasig-pormal-nang-kabilang-sa-mpbl |access-date=November 14, 2023 |website=ABS-CBN News}}</ref> Pasig then took a leave of absence in 2024 before returning in 2025.

The Pasig franchise is one of four teams based in the Eastern Manila District of Metro Manila. They also took part in FilBasket and in the Chooks-to-Go Pilipinas 3x3.

==History==

=== First incarnation (1998–2000) === Pasig's basketball franchise was established in 1998 with the Pasig Blue Pirates of the Metropolitan Basketball Association. In 1999, the team was renamed as the Pasig-Rizal Pirates and would remain in the league until 2000.

=== Second incarnation (2018–present) === thumb|Logo of the Pasig City MCW Sports from late 2022 to 2023.

The Pasig Pirates were revived in 2018, when they became one of sixteen teams that were part of the Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League's national expansion for its 2018–19 season. The Mark Andaya-led Pirates finished with a league-worst 4–21 record.

In the 2019–20 season, Sta. Lucia Land became the title sponsors of the Pasig franchise, becoming the Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors, reviving the Realtors moniker used in the Philippine Basketball Association and Pilipinas Commercial Basketball League.

Ahead of the 2022 MPBL playoffs, the team gained the sponsorship of MCW Sports, an online sports news portal in the Philippines.<ref name="MCW Sports">{{ cite web |title=MCW Sports inks sponsorship deal with Pasig City Basketball team |url=https://ph.mcwsports.com/mpbl/mcw-sports-inks-sponsorship-deal-with-pasig-city-basketball-team | website=MCW Sports Philippines |access-date=October 18, 2022}}</ref>

==Personnel== {{MPBL roster header | team = Pasig City MPBL team }} {{player2 | num = 0 | first = Marc | last = Plamenco | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = | DOB = | college = LPU | note = }} {{player2 | num = 1 | first = Warlo James | last = Batac | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 1 | college = Bulacan State | DOB = }} {{player2 | num = 2 | first = Loren | last = Brill | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = | DOB = 1997–01–14 | college = Old Dominion }} {{player2 | num = 2 | first = Mark | last = Maloles | pos = F | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = | DOB = | college = UE }} {{player2 | num = 4 | first = Flever | last = Dignadice | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 0 | lbs = | DOB = 2002-07-08 | college = Adamson | note = FF }} {{player2 | num = 4 | first = Jonjon | last = Gabriel | pos = F/C | ft = 6 | in = 6 | lbs = | college = San Lorenzo | DOB = 1993–01–06 }} {{player2 | num = 8 | first = Ahron | last = Estacio | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | lbs = | DOB = 1999-09-08 | college = La Consolacion College| note = }} {{player2 | num = 11 | first = Keith | last = Pido | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 10 | college = Perpetual | DOB = }} {{player2 | num = 14 | first = Marc Lester | last = Tamayo | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | college = PCC | DOB = | note = HG }} {{player2 | num = 16 | first = Andrei | last = Romenez | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 11 | lbs = | college = | DOB = | note = }} {{player2 | num = 17 | first = Jerald | last = Bautista | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = STI | DOB = | note = }} {{player2 | num = 26 | first = JR | last = Raflores | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | lbs = | DOB = 1994–09–17 | college = Mapúa }} {{player2 | num = 27 | first = Aljien Paul | last = Gadin | pos = G | ft = 6 | in = 3 | lbs = | DOB = | college = UE }} {{player2 | num = 29 | first = Jacob | last = Galicia | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 2 | lbs = | college = PMMS | DOB = }} {{player2 | num = 31 | first = Jared Loi | last = Vento | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 4 | college = ICC | DOB = }} {{player2 | num = 35 | first = John Felix | last = Corpuz | pos = F | ft = 6 | in = 1 | college = ICC | DOB = }} {{player2 | num = 44 | first = Jerome | last = Garcia | pos = G/F | ft = 6 | in = 0 | college = EAC | DOB = | note = HG }} {{player2 | num = 73 | first = Erwin Van | last = Peña | pos = G | ft = 5 | in = 7 | lbs = | DOB = | college = De La Salle Araneta | note = HG }} {{MPBL roster footer | head_coach = * Ryan De Ramos | asst_coach = * Richard Rosales * Reyner Sadsad | team_con = | team_man = | roster_url = https://mpbl.web.geniussports.com/competitions/?WHurl=%2Fteam%2F95562%2Froster%3F Roster – via Genius Sports | accessdate = May 3, 2026 }}

===Head coaches=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! colspan="6" style="{{MPBL color cell|Pasig City MPBL team}}" | Pasig City MPBL team head coaches |- ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}}" | # ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}}" | Name ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}}" | Start ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}}" | End ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}}" class="unsortable" | Achievements ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}}" class="unsortable" | Ref. |- | align=center | 1 || {{sortname|Joel|Banal}} | 1998 || 2001 | align=center | — | |- | align=center | 2 || {{sortname|James|Machate}} | 2018 || 2019 | align=center | — | |- | align=center | 3 || {{sortname|Ronjay|Enrile}} | 2019 || 2019 | align=center | — | |- | align=center | 4 || {{sortname|Bong|Dela Cruz}} | 2019 || 2022 | align=center | — | |- | align=center | 5 || {{sortname|Ogie|Gumatay}} | 2022 || 2023 | align=center | — | |- | align=center | 6 || {{sortname|Boyet|Fernandez}} | 2023 || 2023 | align=center | — | |- | align=center | 7 || {{sortname|Aldrin|Morante}} | 2025 || 2025 | align=center | — | |- | align=center | 8 || {{sortname|Ryan De|Ramos}} | 2026 || ''current'' | align=center | — | |}

== Notable players == === Individual award winners === {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} {{col-end}} === MPBL All-Star Day === === PBA players === {{col-begin}} {{col-3}} '''Ex-PBA players''' {{col-end}} * Josan Nimes

====Metropolitan Basketball Association==== * Paul Alvarez<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.philstar.com/sports/2001/01/20/109477/alvarez-staying-pasig-pirates|title=Alvarez staying with Pasig Pirates|date=January 20, 2001|work=Philstar|access-date=May 30, 2018}}</ref> * Bong Ravena * Jonathan De Guzman * Jay Magat * Dorian Peña * John Dumont

====Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League==== {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center" |- ! colspan="5" style="{{MPBL color cell|Pasig City MPBL team}};"|Pasig City MPBL team notable players |- ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}};"|Player ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}};"|Position ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}};"|Tenure ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}};"|Awards ! style="{{MPBL color cell2|Pasig City MPBL team}};"|All-Star |- | Mark Andaya || || 2018–2019 || — || align=left | 1 (2019) |- | Jeric Teng || || 2019–2020 || align=left | 1x All-MPBL First Team (2020) || align=left | 1 (2020) |- | Carlo Lastimosa || || 2022 || — || align=left | 1 (2022) |- | Jason Ballesteros || || 2022–2023 || align=left | 1x Defensive Player of the Year (2023) || align=left | 1 (2023) |- | Ryan Costelo || || 2022–2023 || align=left | 1x All-MPBL Second Team (2023) || align=left | 1 (2023) |}

==Season-by-season records== {|class="wikitable" |style="background:#FFFFCF; width:2em"| || '''League champions''' |- |style="background:#CFCFFF; width:2em"| || Division champions |- |style="background:#CFFFCF; width:2em"| || Qualified for playoffs |- |style="background:#FFCFCF; width:2em"| || Best regular season record |}

===Maharlika Pilipinas Basketball League=== {|class=wikitable style="width:100%; text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" | Season ! colspan="7" | Regular season ! colspan="2" | Playoffs |- ! Division ! Finish ! GP ! W ! L ! PCT ! GB ! Stage ! Results |- | colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Pasig Pirates|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Pasig Pirates|1}};"|'''Pasig Pirates''' |- | 2018–19 ''Datu Cup'' || North || 13th || 25 || 4 || 21 || {{Winning percentage|4|21}} || 19 || colspan="2" | ''Did not qualify'' |- | colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors|1}};"|'''Pasig Sta. Lucia Realtors''' |- | 2019–20 ''Lakan Season'' || North || bgcolor="CFFFCF" | 7th || 30 || 18 || 12 || {{Winning percentage|18|12}} || 8 || First Round || lost vs. Manila, 0–2 |- | colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Pasig City MCW Sports|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Pasig City MCW Sports|1}};"|'''Pasig City MCW Sports''' |- | 2022 || North || bgcolor="CFFFCF" | 2nd || 21 || 14 || 7 || {{Winning percentage|14|7}} || 7 || Division quarterfinals {{nowrap|Division semifinals}} || '''{{nowrap|won vs. Quezon City, 2–0}}''' lost vs. San Juan, 0–2 |- | 2023 || North || bgcolor="CFFFCF" | 5th || 28 || 19 || 9 || {{Winning percentage|19|9}} || 7 || Division quarterfinals|| lost vs. Caloocan, 1–2 |- | colspan=10 | Did not participate in 2024 |- | colspan=10 style="{{box-shadow border|a|#{{MPBL color|Pasig City MPBL team|3}}|2px}}; background-color:#{{MPBL color|Pasig City MPBL team|1}};"|'''Pasig City MPBL team''' |- | 2025 || North || 10th || 29 || 12 || 17 || {{Winning percentage|12|17}} || 16 || colspan=2 | ''Clinched play-in; did not qualify playoffs'' |- ! colspan="3" | All-time regular season record !! {{Sum|67|66}} !! 67 !! 66 !! {{Winning percentage|67|66}} !! rowspan="3" | !! colspan="2" | 3 playoff appearances |- ! colspan="3" | All-time playoff record !! {{Sum|3|6}} !! 3 !! 6 !! {{Winning percentage|3|6}} !! colspan="2" | 0 finals appearances |- ! colspan="3" | All-time overall record !! {{Sum|70|72}} !! 70 !! 72 !! {{Winning percentage|70|72}} !! colspan="2" | 0 championships |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Pasig City MCW Sports}} {{navboxes|list= {{MPBL}} {{Metro Manila Sports}} }}

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