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Winter Leagues: Jose Osuna Plays His First Game at Third Base

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On Wednesday night in Venezuela, Jose Osuna played his first game at any level of pro ball at third base. It was a quiet night on defense, with just one ground ball hit his way, which he handled cleanly. He has been taking grounders off and on all year, starting back during the early stages of Spring Training and continuing through the end of the regular season. Osuna went 1-for-4 with an RBI single and through four games, he is 3-for-15, with a double and a walk.

Elvis Escobar began the game on the bench, before coming in as a defensive replacement in right field during the fourth inning. He batted twice, striking out and walking. He’s hitting .261/.312/.313 in 34 games.

In the Dominican, Starling Marte went 1-for-4 with a single and an outfield assist. He’s hitting .190/.238/.345 through 16 games.

Pablo Reyes went 0-for-2 with two walks. He has reached base safely ten times in his last four games. Reyes is hitting .260/.345/.329 through 24 games.

Jung-Ho Kang was a healthy scratch the last two days before returning on Wednesday. He went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. He’s hitting .143/.219/.202 through 24 games.

Anderson Feliz went 2-for-4 with a double. He’s hitting .275 through 21 games, with three doubles, two triples and one homer.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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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