If you’ve got a few minutes of free time, I suggest listening to Wednesday’s Baseball Today podcast. Keith Law gives some serious praise to Mason Williams (starting around the 27:30 mark), calling him the most exciting prospect in the Yankees’ system. “I absolutely think he’s going to be a star,” said KLaw. “Two years from now … that guy’s untouchable, don’t even think about trading him. I think he’s going to be that good.” I assume the only reason he stopped short of calling him the next Ken Griffey Jr. is his anti-Yankees bias.
Anyway, the Yankees have re-signed both Noel Castillo and Kelvin Perez after they became minor league free agents. The winter ball leagues in Latin America are winding down, so we’ve only got another update or two before baseball is officially closed for business in 2011. Go back a few weeks to see the final Arizona Fall League stats…
Dominican Winter League
Abe Almonte, OF: 28 G, 6 for 37, 3 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K, 2 SB, 2 CS (.162/.205/.162)
Zoilo Almonte, OF: 11 G, 6 for 35, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 CS (.171/.206/.200)
Melky Mesa, OF: 16 G, 9 for 41, 6 R, 2 2B, 3 3B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 9 K, 1 SB, 1 HBP (.220/.273/.415)
Gary Sanchez, C/DH: 7 G, 5 for 15, 2 R, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 7 K (.333/.412/.333) – hasn’t played in about three weeks
Cesar Cabral, LHP: 18 G, 0 GS, 11 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 12 K, 1 WP (0.82 ERA, 0.82 WHIP) – one of their two Rule 5 Draft selections
Juan Cedeno, LHP: 14 G, 0 GS, 7.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (1.17 ERA, 1.30 WHIP) – recently signed out of an independent league
Ronny Marte, RHP: 1 G, 0 GS, 0 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 2 BB (? ERA, ? WHIP)
Hector Noesi, RHP: 9 G, 9 GS, 40.2 IP, 40 H, 20 R, 12 ER, 7 BB, 24 K, 2 WP (2.66 ERA, 1.18 WHIP) – now he’s up to 121.2 IP on the season
Mexican Pacific League
Jose Figueroa, OF: 3 G, 1 for 2, 1 K (.500/.500/1.000) – 19-year-old spent this year in the Dominican Summer League
Walt Ibarra, IF: 35 G, 17 for 104, 13 R, 3 2B, 3 RBI, 7 BB, 24 K, 1 SB, 1 CS, 1 HBP (.163/.223/.192)
Ramiro Pena, IF: 21 G, 20 for 79, 7 R, 4 2B, 3 HR, 13 RBI, 8 BB, 9 K, 1 SB, 1 CS (.253/.322/.418)
Jorge Vazquez, 1B/DH: 47 G, 63 for 179, 30 R, 7 2B, 17 HR, 55 RBI, 17 BB, 54 K, 3 HBP (.352/.415/.676) – he’s played 165 games between winter ball and the regular season this year, hitting .287/.342/.562 with 49 homers, 40 unintentional walks, and 220 strikeouts in exactly 700 plate appearances
Felipe Gonzalez, RHP: 1 G, 0 GS, 1 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB (9.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP) – 20-year-old has spent the last four seasons in the Dominican Summer League
Cesar Vargas, RHP: 1 G, 0 GS, 1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 1 K, 1 HB (9.00 ERA, 3.00 WHIP)
Pat Venditte, SwP: 25 G, 0 GS, 31.2 IP, 22 H, 10 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 32 K, 1 WP (2.84 ERA, 0.76 WHIP) – holy K/BB ratio!
Puerto Rican League
Ray Kruml, OF: 20 G, 13 for 59, 5 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 2BB, 9 K, 6 SB, 2 CS (.220/.273/.415)
Venezuelan Winter League
Dan Brewer, OF: 6 G, 1 for 19, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 10 K, 1 HBP (.053/.174/.053)
Colin Curtis, OF: 25 G, 25 for 87, 13 R, 6 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 12 BB, 14 K, 2 SB, 1 HBP (.287/.386/.425)
Jose Gil, C/1B: 27 G, 20 for 27, 16 R, 8 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 7 BB, 13 K, 1 SB (.278/.342/.458)
Jose Pirela, IF: 45 G, 54 for 177, 20 R, 6 2B, 4 3B, 2 HR, 30 RBI, 10 BB, 21 K, 3 SB, 1 CS, 4 HBP (.305/.351/.418) – pretty nice winter
Rich Martinez, RHP: 1 G, 0 GS, 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 4 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA, 2.50 WHIP)
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