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Winter Leagues: Osuna Breaks Boscan’s Shutout Streak With Home Run

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The Pirates added 1B/3B Jason Rogers to their roster on Thursday, acquiring him from the Brewers in a trade. He has been playing for Tigres del Licey this winter, where he is hitting .272/.316/.388 in 38 games. Rogers has six doubles, a triple and three homers. He has been on base in each of his last ten games, which seems like a good stretch, yet his OBP actually dropped during that time.

In Venezuela, Jose Osuna continues to play on while he appeals his suspension and Wilfredo Boscan wished that he just accepted his punishment. Boscan came into Thursday with 18.2 shutout innings over his last three starts. That streak was quickly ended with Osuna batting with two outs in the first inning. He connected on his eighth homer of the winter(see video below). Boscan ended up allowing three runs on seven hits and four walks in six innings. Osuna had a strong game, going 3-for-4 with a walk. He now has a .922 OPS, which ranks fourth in the league.

Elias Diaz went 1-for-4 with a strikeout, while committing his second error. He is hitting .247/.319/.407 in 23 games.

Elvis Escobar flew out as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning. He isn’t getting a lot of at-bats(5-for-18, one walk), but he has played in 24 games this winter after getting into 15 total during his first two seasons in Venezuela.

Jorge Rondon made his third appearance and gave up a hit and a walk, while throwing a shutout inning. He threw 1.2 perfect innings over his first two games.

In Mexico, Carlos Munoz went 0-for-3 with a strikeout. He is hitting .250/.349/.409 in 52 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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