Tag: Yoandy Fernandez
Winter Leagues: Starling Marte Collects His First Hit of the Winter
On Saturday night in the Dominican, Starling Marte played his third game of the winter. After being used as the DH on Friday, he was back in left field on Saturday night. Marte went 0-for-6 with a walk and a sacrifice fly in his first two games. On this night, he went 1-for-5 with two […]
Winter Leagues: Jung-Ho Kang Continues to Slump at the Plate
In the Dominican on Sunday night, Jung-Ho Kang went 0-for-4, driving in a run with a sacrifice fly. He struck out twice, giving him 15 strikeouts and a .128 average through 11 games. It will be interesting to see how often he plays if he continues to struggle. Winter leagues are notorious for giving up […]
Winter Leagues: Espinal Starts Off Strong; Santana has Second Straight Tough...
On Tuesday in the Dominican, Jung-Ho Kang couldn’t build off his first home run from the day before. He went 0-for-4 with three strikeouts, giving him a .107 average through his first eight games of the winter. He has struck out 13 times in 28 at-bats. Two of his strikeouts on Tuesday came against Onelki […]
Winter Leagues: Escobar and Munoz Off to Hot Starts; Granberry Makes...
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 Monday, Australia is going to be a bit busier this year than usual. On Tuesday night in the Dominican, Pablo Reyes went 0-for-2 off of the bench, coming into the game […]
Winter Leagues: Strong Hitting from Elvis Escobar; Yoandy Fernandez Gets Start...
Winter League baseball began Tuesday night in Venezuela and Mexico, and it starts tonight in the Dominican. We posted our winter league preview here on Wednesday morning. Here’s a recap of the action from the first three days of winter ball. More players will start to see action as the season progresses and the articles […]
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 Pittsburgh Pirates in the league begins tonight. Throughout the entire off-season, we will have coverage of the winter league action, with articles posted 5-6 times a week, depending on how many […]
Pittsburgh Pirates Sign Veteran Cuban Pitcher Yoandy Fernandez
Pirates Prospects has learned that the Pittsburgh Pirates have signed 28-year-old Cuban right-handed pitcher Yoandy Fernandez to a minor league contract. Neal Huntington confirmed to Tim Williams on Monday morning that the deal was in the final stages, and we learned that the deal was finalized on Monday. Fernandez has reported to Extended Spring Training […]
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