Final Winter Ball Update

The regular season in the various Caribbean leagues is basically over, so this is your final update of the season. DotF will start back up when the 2010 season starts on April 8th.

Dominican Winter League
Abe Almonte: 19 G, 5 for 17 (.294), 8 R, 3 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K, 2 SB
Jamie Hoffmann: 21 G, 16 for 68 (.235), 8 R, 5 2B, 5 RBI, 7 BB, 14 K, 3 SB – hasn’t played since the trade
Juan Miranda: 13 G, 18 for 44 (.409), 9 R, 5 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, 4 BB, 7 K, 1 SB – apparently his elbow was never injured, the team just played a local fan favorite for a few games
Eduardo Nunez: 4 G, 2 for 10 (.200), 1 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 CS
Wilkins Arias: 26 G, 17 IP, 17 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 7 BB, 18 K – rocked early, but he’s been very good over the last month or so
Noel Castillo: 3 G, 2 IP, 5 H, 8 R, 5 ER, 4 BB, 1 K – fugly
Edwar Ramirez: 3 G, 2.2 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K

Mexican Pacific League
Walt Ibarra: 34 G, 16 for 64 (.250), 10 R, 1 2B, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 18 K, 1 SB
Ramiro Pena: 26 G, 21 for 85 (.247), 10 R, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 9 K, 1 SB, 2 CS
Jorge Vazquez: 32 G, 31 for 123 (.252), 16 R, 5 2B, 11 HR, 26 RBI, 12 BB, 25 K – mashin’

Puerto Rican League
Amaury Sanit: 6 G, 4.1 IP, 9 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 1 K

Venezuelan Winter League
Frankie Cervelli: 6 G, 3 for 14 (.214), 3 R, 1 2B, 3 BB, 4 K
Reegie Corona: 44 G, 44 for 139 (.317), 36 R, 17 2B, 2 HR, 18 RBI, 28 BB, 19 K, 3 SB, 1 CS
Jesus Montero: 9 G, 3 for 26 (.115), 2 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 4 K – he’s playing every day in the playoffs (4 for 10 with a homer in three games) at first base … I’m an idiot, that was Miguel Montero of the D-Backs
Luis Nunez: 15 G, 13 for 45 (.289), 2 R, 3 2B, 7 RBI, 2 BB, 6 K
Juan Marcano: 3 G, 6.1 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Ivan Nova: 5 G, 4 GS, 25.2 IP, 17 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 17 K
Jon Ortiz: 6 G, 4 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
Romulo Sanchez: 26 G, 32.1 IP, 23 H, 16 R, 13 ER, 19 BB, 44 K
Josh Schmidt: 16 G, 13 GS, 75.1 IP, 61 H, 38 R, 30 ER, 31 BB, 71 K – 13 hit batters too
Pat Venditte: 7 G, 9.1 IP, 11 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 7 K
Eric Wordekemper: 5 G, 1 GS, 8.1 IP, 12 H, 10 R, 9 ER, 5BB, 3 K