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Winter Leagues: Edwin Espinal Continues to Hit as He Nears Possible Free Agency

In the Dominican on Saturday night, Edwin Espinal collected his first home run of the winter (see video below). He homered 15 times for...

Winter Leagues: Big Games From Edwin Espinal and Carlos Munoz

From Friday night in the Dominican, Edwin Espinal went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs. Both hits were singles and the RBIs were his...

Winter Leagues: Winter Debut for a Recent International Signing

Two days of action from winter ball in this article. The Dominican league had off on Thursday and Jung-Ho Kang was a healthy scratch...

Winter Leagues: Edgar Santana Makes His Winter Debut

On Saturday night in the Dominican league, Edgar Santana made his winter debut. The 26-year-old right-handed pitcher, who just celebrated his birthday last Monday,...

Winter Leagues: Starling Marte’s Winter Plans

In the Dominican on Friday night, Starling Marte joined his winter team for their pregame practice and later told reporters that he plans to...

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

Thursday was a slow day for winter league action, as the Dominican League had the day off. Below you will find action from the...

Winter Leagues: Escobar and Munoz Off to Hot Starts; Granberry Makes Debut

It's still slow early in the winter season, so we have games from the last two days listed below. If you missed it from...

Winter Leagues: Debuts for Edwin Espinal, Pablo Reyes and Montana DuRapau

The Dominican winter league had it's first full day of action on Saturday night. Pablo Reyes and Edwin Espinal made their first starts, while...

Winter Leagues: Jung-Ho Kang Makes His Winter Debut in the Dominican

Friday night marked the winter debut of Jung-Ho Kang, who is playing for Aguilas Cibaenas in the Dominican winter league. Kang batted fourth in...

Winter Leagues: Strong Hitting from Elvis Escobar; Yoandy Fernandez Gets Start in Mexico

Winter League baseball began Tuesday night in Venezuela and Mexico, and it starts tonight in the Dominican. We posted our winter league preview here...

Winter Leagues Preview: Jung-Ho Kang Highlights This Year’s Winter Coverage

The Venezuelan League began play last night, kicking off the 2017-18 winter league coverage. There was also one game in Mexico, though action for...

A Country in Turmoil: Getting Out of Venezuela is Difficult For Minor Leaguers and Their Families

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part two of a multi-part series on the current political climate in Venezuela, and how it impacts players in the...