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Winter Leagues: Jose Osuna Homers; Marte Remains Out of the Lineup

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We have some late night action from Wednesday night, along with results from Thursday and Friday. I separated the players by country.

Dominican

On Friday, Anderson Feliz went 1-for-2 with two walks, two runs scored and his third stolen base. He’s hitting .270/.349/.405 through 27 games.

After leaving Tuesday’s game after one inning due to the flu, Starling Marte still hasn’t returned to the lineup. His team gave an update after last night’s game and said that he still wasn’t ready to play due to the flu.

Venezuela

In game one of a doubleheader on Friday, Jose Osuna went 1-for-3 with his second home run, a solo homer in the sixth inning. He also added a walk. Osuna played his sixth game at third base and his only play was a pop up. He has just ten total chances at third base, with six being grounders. He has committed two errors. Osuna was the DH in game two and he went 1-for-3 with a single and a run scored. He’s batting .222 through ten games, with one double, two homers and four walks.

Danny Ortiz made his winter debut and went 1-for-4 with a double in game one of a doubleheader. He was 0-for-4 in the second game. He usually plays in his hometown Puerto Rico, but the hurricane damage on the island pushed back the start of the league until January. Ortiz is a minor league free agent and the Pirates have already signed two minor league outfielders this off-season, so his return is unlikely at this point.

Australia

On Friday, Michael Suchy went 0-for-2 with two walks and an RBI in his team’s 5-4 loss. He is hitting .219/.316/.438 through nine games.

Jin-De Jhang went 0-for-3 with a walk. He is hitting .207/.258/.310 through eight games.

The Saturday doubleheader for Sydney was rained out. They will play two games on Sunday now.

Mexico

On Thursday, Carlos Munoz went 0-for-3 with a walk. He was 2-for-4 with an RBI on Friday. Munoz is hitting .265/.367/.356 through 41 games.

Colombia

In Colombia from Wednesday night, Francisco Acuna extended his on base streak to 13 games with a walk and HBP. He also scored a run. Acuna is hitting .228/.371/.298 through 18 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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