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Winter Leagues: Rough Debut for Luis Heredia

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A recap of the winter league action for the last three days. Still only two leagues in action, so the news has been slow. The Dominican League begins on Thursday. Puerto Rico starts up one week later, then Australia and Colombia both start in November.

Wednesday

In Venezuela, Jose Osuna went 0-for-4 with his first strikeout (took 21 plate appearances).

Elvis Escobar went 3-for-5, including an eighth inning RBI triple in his team’s 5-4 win.

Julio Vivas pitched the ninth inning of his team’s 3-2 loss. He walked the lead-off batter, then got a double play and an infield pop out to end the inning.

Thursday

In Venezuela, Jhondaniel Medina had a tough outing, allowing a single and then an intentional walk to the only two batters he faced before being removed. Both runners would come around to score.

Jose Osuna went 2-for-4 with two singles and a walk, scoring two runs.

Elvis Escobar went 1-for-4 with a single and a run scored. He stole his second base of the season.

In Mexico, Luis Heredia made his season debut and it did not go well. Coming on to start the bottom of the seventh inning, he allowed three consecutive singles before recording his only out. One run scored while he was on the mound, and a two-run single with two outs scored the other runners, giving him an unsightly 81.00 ERA. Heredia threw just 11 pitches.

Carlos Munoz went 1-for-4 with an RBI single. He was not in the Opening Day lineup on Tuesday.

Friday

In Venezuela, Jose Osuna went 1-for-3 with a single and a HBP. Through seven games, he is hitting .280/.400/.400 in 25 at-bats.

Elvis Escobar went 1-for-5 with a double and a run scored. He is hitting .400/.400/.520 through 25 at-bats. While he played a total of 25 games last winter, they were almost all off the bench, and he had just 20 plate appearances.

In Mexico, Carlos Munoz was used as a pinch-hitter and he was hit by a pitch.

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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