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Winter Leagues: Rodolfo Castro Debuts in the Dominican

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Here’s a recap of winter league action from Friday and Saturday for Pittsburgh Pirates players. In case you missed it, we posted our weekly winter league report yesterday.

Friday

In Venezuela, Diego Castillo’s team played a doubleheader. He went 0-for-1 with a walk and an RBI on a sacrifice fly in game one. He played shortstop in that game, then switched to second base for the second game and went 1-for-4 with a single.

Newly acquired catcher Ali Sanchez was on the other side of that doubleheader. He caught game two and went 1-for-4 with a single.

In Mexico, Fabricio Macias went 1-for-4 with a single and a walk.

Saturday

In the Dominican, Osvaldo Bido tossed four innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks, with one strikeout. He has a 3.65 ERA in four starts this winter.

Rodolfo Castro made his winter debut at third base and batted lead-off. He went 1-for-4 with a double, run, RBI and stolen base. Check the video below for a look at his defense from yesterday.

In Venezuela, Diego Castillo went 1-for-4 with his first double. He is 5-for-15 with three walks in five games.

In Mexico, Fabricio Macias went 0-for-4 with a walk. He’s hitting .262 with a .696 OPS in 20 games.

Jared Oliva switched teams in Mexico, after not playing for a few days. He had quite the debut with his new team, going 3-for-3 with a walk and his seventh stolen base of the winter. He’s playing in the same outfield as Bligh Madris, who was his teammate for much of the 2022 season in Indianapolis, but now belongs to the Tampa Bay Rays.

The first full day of action in Puerto Rico was rained out, with all three games postponed.

Castro’s glovework

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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