Tuesday, December 23, 2008

12/23 Winter Ball Report

Not much going on in winter ball yesterday, both the Mexican Pacific League and Dominican Winter League had off. The only real news is that Bernie Williams made his debut for Carolina.

Puerto Rican Winter League

- Bernie Williams (Carolina) made his winter league debut, and went 1-for-3

The SWB Yanks and Trenton Thunder have named their coached for the upcoming season.

Here's the SWB staff:


Manager - Dave Miley
Hitting Coach Butch Wynegar
Pitching Coach Scott Aldred
Infield Coach - Aaron Ledesma
Athletic Trainer - Darren London
Strength and Conditioning Coach - Lee Tressel

And Trenton:

Manager - Tony Franklin
Hitting Coach - Frank Menechino
Pitching Coach - Tommy Phelps
Coach - Vic Valencia
Athletic Trainer - Tim Lentych

Here are both press releases via Peter Abraham.

Here's a full list of Yankees playing in the Venezuelan, Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Dominican winter leagues:


Dominican League:
Robinson Cano and Wady Rufino are playing for Estrellas de Oriente. Melky Cabrera and Wilkins Arias are playing for Aguilas Cibaenas. Abraham Almonte is playing for Leones del Escogido. And Oneli Perez and Amaury Sanit are playing for Tigres del Licey.

Puerto Rican League:
Ian Kennedy and Jonathan Albaladejo are on Indios de Mayaguez. And Bernie Williams will play for Gigantes de Carolina.

Mexican League: Ramiro Pena and Jorge Vasquez are playing for Tomateros de Culiacan. And Walter Ibarra is on Naranjeros de Hermosillo.

Venezuelan League:
Francisco Cervelli, Edwar Gonzalez and Carlos Mendoza are playing for Cardenales de Lara. And Edgar Soto and Luis Nunez are on Aguilas del Zulia.

You can check out all of their Winter Ball stats here.

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