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Winter Leagues Recap: Hanson Gets a Start

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In Winter League action last night in the Dominican League, Alen Hanson got his first start of the off-season and played his first game since November 2nd. Hanson went 0-for-3, with a walk and a run scored. He has yet to pick up a hit in five AB’s.

In that same game, Starling Marte went 2-for-4, with two singles, two runs scored, a walk and three stolen bases. He now has a .333/.415/.509 line in 15 games, with six steals in six attempts.

Recently signed Felix Pie went 1-for-5, with two walks and two strikeouts in his team’s 4-3 win in 16 innings. Pie stole his sixth base and scored a run. He has played 27 games this off-season, batting .250 with two homers and 16 walks.

Another new signing announced today, Alex Valdez went 0-for-1 yesterday. He is hitting .287 in 25 games with eight doubles and three homers.

Anderson Hernandez went 0-for-4 with a strikeout. He was moved down to seventh in the batting order, due in part to the addition of Hanley Ramirez to the Tigres del Licey lineup.

In Puerto Rico, Benji Gonzalez went 1-for-2, with a single and a walk. He is now 3-for-8 in five games, with two walks.

In Venezuela, Ramon Cabrera went 0-for-2, with two walks and two RBI’s. In 13 games he is hitting .107 with six RBI’s. Cabrera was just added to the 40 man roster.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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