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Winter Leagues: Week in Review Highlighted by Eury Perez Home Run

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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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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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