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Winter Leagues: Ji-Hwan Bae and Robbie Glendinning Have Big Nights in Australia

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In Australia on Saturday, two Pittsburgh Pirates were again the opposing shortstops in the Perth vs Geelong-Korea contest. Ji-Hwan Bae had a nice night, going 1-for-3 with three walks, three runs scored and an RBI. He also stole his fourth base. He hasn’t committed an error since (or before) his four-error game two weeks ago. Bae is hitting .311/.436/.556 in 14 games.

Robbie Glendinning had a bigger game than Bae, homering for the fifth time, doubling for the seventh time, and driving in four runs. He scored twice and also added a walk. He’s batting .339/.391/.712 in 15 games.  Glendinning has driven in 21 runs, which leads the league. His slugging percentage also led going into Sunday’s action. Here’s the home run:

In Puerto Rico, Chris Sharpe went 0-for-2 with a walk and hit-by-pitch. He is hitting .222/.348/.278 in 19 games.

In Mexico, Randy Romero finally got a plate appearance! He came into the game as a defensive replacement in center field in the sixth inning due to an injury and grounded out to the pitcher in his only at-bat. Romero is hitting .179/.207/.214 in 25 games. His last plate appearance was back on November 30th, though this was his seventh game since then.

Fernando Villegas went 0-for-3 with two strikeouts. In 16 games, he has a .286/.318/.429 slash line.

In Colombia, Edgar Barrios went 0-for-3, splitting his game between shortstop and second base. He’s hitting .153/.219/.153 in 22 games. He has committed just one error in 81 chances in the field.

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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