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Winter Leagues: Alen Hanson Returns Again, Sebastian Valle Continues to Hit

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In the Dominican on Sunday night, Alen Hanson went 2-for-4 with two singles and a strikeout. He didn’t play in the playoff opener. Hanson played second base on Sunday and made a throwing error. He played just seven regular season games, missing significant time with a hand injury, and just recently he missed a week with a stomach virus.

Mel Rojas Jr. went 1-for-2 with a single and he was hit by a pitch. Rojas played left field and picked up an outfield assist. He also had an outfield assist on Saturday. Rojas went 0-for-5 on Saturday night in the first game of the playoffs. Each team has 16 games left in the round robin tournament.

Gustavo Nunez went 2-for-5 with two singles and a strikeout.

In Venezuela, Elias Diaz went 0-for-3 with a walk. He committed his third error on a pickoff throw, but threw out 2-of-3 attempted base stealers. Diaz is hitting .163 through 14 games, with a .577 OPS.

Gorkys Hernandez went 1-for-5 with a run scored. This was his second game back after missing five weeks with a finger injury on his right hand.

Junior Sosa went 1-for-3 with a triple, walk and run scored. The triple is his third of the season.

Jhonathan Ramos picked up his first loss, giving up a run on one hit. He recorded two outs before being removed and the run scored after he left the game.

In Mexico, Sebastian Valle went 3-for-4 with two doubles and he drove in two runs. In 43 games, he has an .875 OPS. While he doesn’t have enough plate appearances to qualify for the league leaders, his OPS ranks behind just two players that do have enough to qualify.

Felipe Gonzalez retired both batters he faced, lowering his ERA to 2.81 through 25.2 innings over 23 appearances.

In Puerto Rico, Yhonathan Barrios faced three batters, striking out one, getting a ground ball out and he hit a batter. In nine appearances, he has given up ten runs on 15 hits, six walks and 12 strikeouts in nine innings.

In Panama, Edgar Munoz went 0-for-4 with a walk. He was hitting the ball well the first week of the season, but his stats have really dropped off. Through 12 games, he has a .277/.370/.404 slash line.

Ashley Ponce went 3-for-5 with a doubles and an RBI. He has a .650 OPS through ten games.

In Australia on Monday, Sam Kennelly started at third base again and went 0-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout. He didn’t have one play in the field the entire game. He is hitting .294 through seven games.

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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