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Winter Leagues Recap: Marte Returns to Lineup

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In Winter League action yesterday, Starling Marte returned to the lineup after leaving Tuesday’s game early. He went 1-for-5, with a single and three strikeouts. Marte has a .306/.393/.510 line, with seven walks and 14 strikeouts in 49 AB’s.

It was a slow day for Pirates players in Winter Ball, just one game was played in the Dominican and the Australian Baseball League is still off until next Thursday. The Pirates players in Australia will take part in an All-Star game today, though it isn’t the ABL All-Star game. Adelaide will take on the best players of the South Australian Baseball Clubs.

In Venezuela League action, Darren Ford went 2-for-5 with a double. He has raised his average to .289 with eight hits in his last three games.

In Puerto Rico, Benji Gonzalez came off the bench in the sixth inning and finished the game at shortstop. He went 1-for-2 with a strikeout and an infield single. He is 2-for-6 on the year in three games played.

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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