Sunday, January 31, 2010

Winter Ball Recap

Here is the final winter ball report from Big Guy. I'd like to thank him for all of these throughout the winter, they've been great.

Final Fall and Winter league stats including playoffs are listed below for all Yankees who played this offseason. Reegie Corona and Jon Weber were the final 2 Yankee players still playing in the playoffs this past week. Corona’s Maganelles team was eliminated Friday in the Venezuelan championship series. Corona hit .300 in that series. Weber’s Mazatlan team got knocked out in a 1-0 loss in game 7 Saturday night. Weber led the team with a .462 average in the series. The Caribbean World Series begins this week and can be seen on MLB Network for those interested.

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE:

Colin Curtis--OF--Curtis had a terrific fall league. In 20 games he hit .397 (31-78), with 5 homers, 7 doubles, 18 rbi, 19 runs and an OBP of .472. He’ll be starting 2010 at AAA SWB.

Brandon Laird--Laird had a very good fall league hitting .333 (30-90) in 22 games. He added homers, 9 doubles, 24 rbi, 18 runs and an OBP of .406.

Austin Romine--Romine only played in 4 games at the AFL hitting .400 (6-15) with 2 rbi. He had no extra base hits. He’ll be starting 2010 at AA Trenton.

Grant Duff--Duff appeared in 10 games in relief picking up 2 saves. 9.1 innings, 3 ER, 7 hits, BAA .212.

DOMINCAN WINTER LEAGUE:

Ivan Nova-- The righty pitcher had a terrific winter league. He made 5 appearances, 4 starts going 1-0 with a very impressive 1.05 ERA. In 25.2 innings he allowed only 3 earned runs, 17 hits, 17 K’s--4 walks. Whip 0.82, BAA .187 Nova will be starting 2010 in the SWB rotation.

Edwar Ramirez--The righty reliever appeared in onl 3 games. He tossed 2.2 innings allowing 1 run on 4 hits and 1 walk. He added 3 strikeouts. Whip 1.88, BAA .333.

Zack Segovia--RHP--recently picked up by the Yankees on a minor league deal. Segovia converted 6 of 7 save opportunites with a 0.71 ERA.

Jonathan Ortiz--The righty reliever appeared in 6 games for 4.0 innings. He did not allow a run, 4 hits, 3 K’s--1 walk. Whip 1.25, BAAA .267.

Wilkins Arias--had a busy winter league relieving in 26 games. 17.0 innings, 9 earned runs, 17 hits, 18 K’s--7 walks, Whip 1.41, BAA .258.

Noel Castillo--Castillo appeared in only 3 games. 2.0 innings, 5 earned runs, 5 hits, 1 K--4 walks.

MEXICAN WINTER LEAGUE:

Ramiro Pena--Pena’s Culican team made the playoffs and Pena had an excellent postseason hitting at a .414 clip with 1 homer, 4 rbi and 5 runs scored. Pena appeared in 26 regular season games hitting .247 (21-85). He scored 10 runs, with 4 rbi, 3 doubles and 1 triple. OBP .340.

Reid Gorecki--recently signed to a minor league deal by the Yankees. Gorecki hit .250 with 5 homers. He added 17 stolen bases, 4th in the MWL.

Jon Weber--Weber was signed as a minor league free agent. His Mazatlan team made it to the Mexican League Championship series and he led the team in hitting with a .462 in the championship series. Overall in the postseason Weber hit .373 with 8 rbi, 7 runs, and 3 doubles. Weber hit .396 (65-164) in 40 MWL regular season games. He pounded 7 homers and 13 doubles to go along with 29 rbis and 30 runs scored. OBP .429, OPS 1.032. He’ll be playing at SWB in 2010.

Jorge Vasquez--Vaszuez had a rough postseason going just 3-21 with 1 solo homer for his only rbi and run scored. Vasquez played in 32 regular season games and showed some great power, hitting 11 homers and 5 doubles. He hit for a .252 average (31-123), with 26 rbi and 16 runs scored. He also struck out 25 times. OPS .877.

Walter Ibarra--Ibarra played in 34 games, hitting .250 (16-64) with 4 rbi and 10 runs scored.

VENEZULAN WINTER LEAGUE:

Francisco Cervelli--Cervelli only played in 6 games, hitting .214 (3-14) with 1 double, 4 K’s--3 walks. OBP .389.

Jesus Montero--Montero got in 9 games as a DH hitting just .115 (3-26) with 1 rbi. He had 3 K’s--3 walks.

Reegie Corona--Corona had a very good winter league. His Maganelles team made the VWL postseason going all the way to the championship series but they were defeated. He hit .344 overall in the postseason with 6 rbi, 6 runs, and 4 doubles. He hit an even .300 in the championship series. In 44 regular season games he hit .317 (44-129) with 2 HR, 17 doubles, 36 runs, 18 rbi, OBP. .435.

Luis Nunez--Nunez played in 17 games hitting .289 with 7 rbi, 3 doubles and 2 runs scored. OBP .319.

Romulo Sanchez--Sanchez appeared in 24 regular season games in relief. 35 innings, 14 earned runs, 26 hits, 49 K’s--22 walks. BAA .218, Whip 1.42. His Zulia team made the playoffs, but he struggled with 3 blown saves and 3 losses in his first 3 postseason games. He appeared in 6 postseason games, 4.2 innings, 8 runs, 8 hits, 4 K’s--3 walks.

Josh Schmidt--Schmidt had a solid winter league. In 13 starts he posted a 3.58 ERA in 75.1 innings. 30 earned runs, 61 hits, 71 K’s--31 walks, Whip 1.22, BAA .222

Pat Venditte--The switch-pitcher only appeared in 7 games posting 4.82 ERA in 9.1 innings. 5 earned runs, 11 hits (2 homers), 7 K’s--3 wlkas, Whip 1.50, BAA .314.

Eric Wordekemper--Eric had rough winter league, relieving in 5 games. 8.1 innings, 9 earned runs, 12 hits, 3 K’s--5 walks. Whip 2.04, BAA .343.

Juan Marcano--The youngster appeared in only 3 games. 6.1 innings, 5 earned runs, 8 hits, 3 K’s--2 walks.

PUERTO RICAN WINTER LEAGUE:

Amaury Sanit---Sanit was the only Yankee player who played in the PRWL this season. He appeared in relief in 6 games posting 1 save. 4.1 innings, 4 earned runs on 9 hits.

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