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Winter Leagues: Big Games From Lambo and Polanco

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In the Dominican on Wednesday night, Alen Hanson got his first start of the Winter. He played two games off the bench prior to his team’s 6-3 loss last night. Hanson went 2-for-4 with a run scored and a stolen base. He handled both chances in the field cleanly.

Alen Hanson got his first start in Winter ball
Alen Hanson got his first start in Winter ball

Gregory Polanco went 2-for-4 with two runs scored, two walks, a double, a stolen base and a run scored. He is hitting .323 with 24 runs scored, 25 walks and 25 RBIs in 35 games.

Carlos Paulino came into the game as a defensive replacement in the top of the seventh inning and singled in his only at-bat.

In Venezuela, Andrew Lambo went 3-for-5 with a run scored and RBI. He started in right field, but moved to first base in the eighth inning. Lambo turned a 3-6-3 double play in the eighth. In his last eight games, he is 10-for-30 at the plate with nine RBIs.

When Lambo moved to first base in the eighth, Elvis Escobar went into right field on defense. It was the seventh game for the 19-year-old Escobar, all off the bench. He did not get an at-bat.

Junior Sosa went 1-for-1 with a walk and sacrifice bunt. He is 9-for-26 at the plate in ten games.

Elias Diaz went  0-for-1 with a walk, before being pinch hit for in the sixth inning. He is batting .313 through 14 games.

In Puerto Rico, Benji Gonzalez went 2-for-5 with a double and run scored in his team’s 4-1 win. His double play partner, Ivan De Jesus Jr., went 1-for-3 with an RBI and two walks. Gonzalez is hitting .389 through his first seven games.

In Colombia from Tuesday night, Harold Ramirez went 2-for-5 to raise his average to .360 through 20 games. He has a .950 OPS. Tito Polo came in late as a pinch-runner and scored a run.

Edinson Volquez, who was signed by the Pirates yesterday, is on the roster of the Toros del Este of the Dominican League. He has not pitched yet this Winter.

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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