With a few players seeing their season end last weekend, and Jose Osuna attending the Pirates mini-camp in Bradenton, the action in winter ball has been very light this week. There won’t be much going on unless some players of note return to action, so there might only be a couple more winter articles left. Here is all of the action from the last six days.
Sunday
In the Dominican, Jason Rogers went 3-for-5 with his second double of the playoffs.
Eury Perez went 2-for-4 with a run scored.
In Puerto Rico, Danny Ortiz went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout. He re-signed with the Pirates over the weekend and was invited to Spring Training as a non-roster player.
Monday
In the Dominican, Jason Rogers went 2-for-4 with two singles and a run scored.
Eury Perez went 1-for-4 with a single.
Miguel Rosario recorded two outs, while allowing one run on one hit. He struck out Jason Rogers and allowed a triple to Mel Rojas Jr.
In Venezuela, Elvis Escobar played the last two innings on defense in left field without getting a plate appearance. He has appeared in each of the last five playoff games, though he has only batted three times.
Tuesday
In the Dominican, Eury Perez went 1-for-4 with a single and a run scored.
Jason Rogers went 0-for-4 with his first error of the winter in left field.
In Venezuela, Elvis Escobar played the ninth inning in left field and didn’t bat. His team won their first round series over Jose Osuna’s club. Osuna missed the last two games while he was at Pirate City for mini-camp.
In Puerto Rico, Danny Ortiz went 0-for-4 in his team’s 2-1 loss.
Wednesday
In the Dominican, Eury Perez went 1-for-5 with a solo homer in his team’s 4-2 victory. You can view the home run at the bottom of the article. Some of you might recognize the pitcher as long-time MLB closer Jose Valverde.
Jason Rogers went 1-for-4 with a single in his team’s 6-0 loss.
In Puerto Rico, Danny Ortiz went 1-for-3 with a double. His team was eliminated from the playoffs in seven games and Ortiz hit .125 during the series, after leading the league in average and OPS during the regular season this winter.
Through four playoff games in Nicaragua, Anderson Feliz went 2-for-13, with a single, a walk and a sacrifice bunt. His team won their first round series and now move on to the finals.
Thursday
Jason Rogers went 2-for-4 with two singles and drove in two runs in his team’s 4-1 win.
In Venezuela, Elvis Escobar pinch-ran in the seventh and scored a run, then stayed in the game in left field. He grounded out to second base in his only plate appearance.
Friday
In the Dominican, Eury Perez went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt and a run scored. He is hitting .356 through 14 playoff games.
Jason Rogers went 0-for-4 and now has a .333 average through 14 playoff games.
In Venezuela, Elvis Escobar pinch-ran in the seventh inning and scored a run, then stayed in the game in left field. To switch things up from the previous day, he popped out to shortstop in his only plate appearance. In eight playoff games, he is 1-for-5 with four runs scored.
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