Winter League Recap: Polanco and Marte Have Strong Debuts

Posted by on October 29, 2012 | 4 Comments

Catching up on the winter league action over the last two days, as two of the top young players in the system made their winter league debuts this weekend.

**Gregory Polanco made his debut in the Dominican League. On Saturday he went 2-for-4 with a double. On Sunday he went 0-for-2 with a strikeout.

**Starling Marte made his debut in the Dominican League yesterday, going 4-for-5 with a triple and three RBIs.

**Daniel McCutchen gave up four earned runs on six hits in two innings in a start on Saturday. It was his second start of the year in the Dominican league.

**Anderson Hernandez combined to go 3-for-8 with a walk and a stolen base this weekend.

**Jose Diaz pitched a shutout inning on Saturday, striking out one.

**Jovany Lopez pitched 1.2 shutout innings on Sunday, giving up two hits and striking out four in the Mexican league.

**Brandon Boggs combined to go 2-for-8 with a walk over the weekend.

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4 Responses

  1. Ian Rothermund
    October 30, 2012 at 12:04 am

    That Marte guy seems legit.

  2. whiteAngus
    whiteAngus
    October 30, 2012 at 9:23 am

    I thought Polanco couldnt play. Lost a leg or something.

  3. emjayinTN
    October 30, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    Polanco is a another CF from the Pirates system who has Marte speed and power only from the left side. 400+ AB’s at Lo A with 26 doubles, 16 HR’s, 85 RBI’s, and 40 SB’s, and he just turned 21 in September. Oh, and he has remarkable recuperative powers.