With the winter leagues completed, a final look at how Twins players fared. We’ll do the batters today and the pitchers tomorrow.
The good: Aaron Bates (Caguas) hit .356/.396/.556 in 45 at bats. Sean Burroughs (Margarita) hit .316/.396/.382 in 136 at-bats. Alexi Casilla (Cibao) hit .336/.419/.412 in 119 at-bats. Brian Dozier (Mesa) hit .296/.358/.454 in 108 at-bats. Pedro Florimon (Escogido) hit .300/.413/.400 in 90 at-bats. Chris Herrmann (Mesa) hit .380/.456/.620 in 50 at-bats. Aaron Hicks (Mesa) hit .294/.400/.559 in 102 at-bats. Luke Hughes (Perth) hit .344/.500/.656 in 64 at-bats.
The average: Joe Benson (Aragua) hit .216/.355/.373 in 51 at-bats. Darin Mastroianni (Zulia) hit .255/.369/.363 in 102 at-bats. Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) hit .246/.246/.404 in 57 at-bats. Jairo Perez (Lara) hit .231/.375/.269 in 26 at-bats. Wilkin Ramirez (Este) hit .247/.307/.358 in 81 at-bats. Dereck Rodriguez (Caguas) hit .273/.273/.364 in 11 at-bats. Jacob Younis (Sydney) hit .252/.319/.290 in 131 at-bats.
The bad: Matt Carson (Estrellas) hit .115/.233/.192 in 26 at-bats. Estarlin De Los Santos (Cibao) hit .158/.200/.211 in 19 at-bats. Joshua Hendricks (Melbourne) hit .118/.211/.118 in 17 at-bats. Angel Morales (Ponce) hit .220/.313/.305 in 59 at-bats. Rory Rhodes hit .170/.284/.330 in 100 at-bats. Rene Rivera (Carolina) hit .211/.242/.267 in 90 at-bats. Deibinson Romero (Escogido) hit .176/.300/.176 in 17 at-bats. Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) hit .214/.313/.286 in 42 at-bats. Rene Tosoni (Lara) hit .195/.283/.195 in 41 at-bats.
The insignificant: Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 0-for-2. Josmil Pinto (Aragua) was 1-for-5. Ramon Santana (Este) was 0-for-7.
The line for Hicks is encouraging. Dido Hughes, once he heals. Dozier looks to be ready for AAA and possibly MLB come midseason.