We have winter league results from the last two days here and Saturday was just two players of note as three leagues took off for a Christmas break. We lost a lot of the big names with Starling Marte, Jose Osuna and Jin-De Jhang being shut down recently, so future winter updates will be spread out a little covering multiple days each time unless some big news happens.
In Mexico on Friday, Jerrick Suiter went 2-for-4 with two singles in his second winter game. He went 0-for-4 in his debut on Thursday.
Carlos Munoz went 0-for-3.
In Colombia, Francisco Acuna went 1-for-4 with a single. He has reached base safely now in 28 of his 32 games. Acuna is hitting .237/.368/.309, with five doubles, a triple and he’s 3-for-3 in stolen bases.
In Venezuela, Elvis Escobar started in center field and went 0-for-4. He’s now hitting .260/.317/.318 through 58 games.
The round robin playoffs begin in the Dominican on Tuesday. Each of the four teams plays 18 games, with six games against each team. The league held a draft on Friday, where the four teams that made the playoffs, were able to strengthen their roster by selecting players from the two teams that didn’t make the playoffs. Nik Turley was added to the Licey roster, while Anderson Feliz was added to the Gigantes roster.
Saturday
Jerrick Suiter played his third game and went 0-for-6 with three strikeouts in a 14-inning loss. He had a chance to tie the game in the bottom of the 14th, but struck out to end the game against Casey Coleman, who has spent parts of four seasons in the majors. Suiter is now 2-for-14 through three games.
Carlos Munoz popped out as a pinch-hitter in the 14th inning. He’s now hitting .269/.365/.371 through 60 games. It sounds like he might sign with an AL team soon, so he may not be part of our winter coverage for much longer.
