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Winter Leagues: Jung-Ho Kang Continues Slow Start with Rough Friday Night

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Thursday was a slow day for winter league action, as the Dominican League had the day off. Below you will find action from the last two days in winter ball around the Dominican, Venezuela and Mexico.

On Thursday in Venezuela, Elvis Escobar went 0-for-3 with a walk. It broke his seven-game hit streak, but he still has a season-long nine-game on base streak after his performance on Friday night (see below).

On Thursday in Mexico, Carlos Munoz went 1-for-4 with an RBI single. He becomes a minor league free agent next month unless he re-signs with the Pirates before that happens, so Munoz is playing for a 2018 job at this point.

Friday’s Action

In the Dominican, Jung-Ho Kang had his toughest night so far, going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts and his third error. He is now 1-for-17 with eight strikeouts in five games. His lone hit came on Opening Day.

Pablo Reyes went 0-for-3 with a walk and a run scored. He is 2-for-13 with two walks through his first five games.

Montana DuRapau made his third appearance and did well in a big spot, retiring the only batter he faced on a grounder, stranding two runners in the process. He needed just one pitch for the out. He came into the day with 1.2 innings pitched, allowing five runs on three hits, three walks and a hit batter.

In Venezuela, Elvis Escobar went 2-for-3 and drove in two runs. He had a single, double, walk and picked up an outfield assist. He’s hitting .343 in 35 at-bats this winter.

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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