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Winter Leagues Recap: Marte Drops Down in the Order

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In Winter League action last night, Starling Marte went 0-for-4, dropping his average to .299 in 18 games. He moved from his normal three spot in the lineup, down to the five hole. The move in the lineup was due to the additions of Cleveland catcher Carlos Santana and Detroit Tigers infielder Ramon Santiago to the Leones lineup in the last two days.

In other action in the Dominican, Anderson Hernandez went 1-for-3 with an RBI and a walk. He has a .651 OPS in 31 games. Felix Pie went 1-for-5 with a single and a strikeout. He has a .248/.357/.330 line through 109 AB’s. Alex Valdez went 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk, raising his average to .299 after 97 AB’s.

In Venezuela, Ramon Cabrera had his first multi-hit game of the Winter League season. He went 2-for-4, with two singles and a run scored. After his fifth inning single, Cabrera was thrown out trying to steal. He was also unsuccessful in all three attempted steals during the regular season. In 14 games this year, he is hitting .156 with four walks and six RBI’s.

In Mexico, lefty reliever Jovany Lopez allowed a single to the only batter he faced. It was the second day in a row he threw just one pitch during his appearance and the third consecutive game he has pitched. Lopez has faced just one batter in eight straight outings dating back to his November 3rd appearance. Over those eight games, he has thrown a total of 28 pitches.

John Dreker
John Dreker
John started working at Pirates Prospects in 2009, but his connection to the Pittsburgh Pirates started exactly 100 years earlier when Dots Miller debuted for the 1909 World Series champions. John was born in Kearny, NJ, two blocks from the house where Dots Miller grew up. From that hometown hero connection came a love of Pirates history, as well as the sport of baseball. When he didn't make it as a lefty pitcher with an 80+ MPH fastball and a slider that needed work, John turned to covering the game, eventually focusing in on the prospects side, where his interest was pushed by the big league team being below .500 for so long. John has covered the minors in some form since the 2002 season, and leads the draft and international coverage on Pirates Prospects. He writes daily on Pittsburgh Baseball History, when he's not covering the entire system daily throughout the entire year on Pirates Prospects.

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