Thursday, January 8, 2009

1/8 Winter Ball Report

Dominican Winter League

- Melky Cabrera (Aguilas) went 2-for-4 with two double and a run scored. He's hitting .371 in the DWL playoffs.

- Juan Miranda (Licey) went 0-for-2. He's now hitting .267 in the DWL playoffs.

Puerto Rican Winter League

- Jonathan Albaladejo (Mayaguez) pitched one scoreless inning with one strikeout.

Venezuelan Winter League

- Edwar Gonzalez (Lara) played but did not have an official at-bat.

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

Dominican Winter 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 Juan Mirana and Amaury Sanit are playing for Tigres del Licey.

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

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

Venezuelan Winter 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.

4 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Keep swinging Melky, you're my '09 sleeper.

Greg Cohen said...

He really has been great this winter.

Anonymous said...

Albaladejo is still on fire! Let Joba start, have Albaladejo set up.

Greg Cohen said...

I also think Albaladejo will have a major role in this bullpen. I don't know about setup man, but he's have a big role.