Chris Colabello continues to do well.
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Aaron Hicks continues to do well.
Winter Wonderland: Games of 10/14
Oswaldo Arcia gets it going. A big game for Chris Colabello. Pedro Florimon and Drew Butera hit about like you'd expect.
Winter Wonderland: Games of 10/13
A big day for Aaron Hicks. A Trent Oeltjen sighting!
Winter Wonderland: Games of 10/12
Sightings of Boof Bonser and Bobby Korecky!
Winter Wonderland: Games of 10/11
The Venezuelan League gets underway!
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Winterball Whiparound: The Pitchers
With the winter leagues completed, a final look at how Twins players fared. We did the batters yesterday; we do the pitchers today.
The good: Cole DeVries (Mesa) was 2-1, 3.12, 0.92 with 19 strikeouts in 26 innings. Terry Doyle (Mesa) was 4-0, 1.98, 0.62 with 22 strikeouts in 27.1 innings. Nelvin Fuentes (Mayaguez) was 1-0, 2.49, 0.83 with 16 strikeouts in 21.2 innings. Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) was 2-1, 3.71, 1.05 with 23 strikeouts in 26.2 innings. Pedro Guerra (Magallanes) was 1-1, 3.67, 1.25 with 32 strikeouts in 34.1 innings. Lester Oliveros (Anzoategui) was 1-1, 1.33, 1.33 with 18 strikeouts in 20.1 innings. Luis Perdomo (Aguilas) was 0-0, 2.11, 0.80 with 16 strikeouts in 21.1 innings. Anthony Slama (Mazatlan) was 0-1, 1.76, 0.85 with 19 strikeouts in 15.1 innings. Todd Van Steensel (Sydney) was 0-0, 3.32, 1.06 with 25 strikeouts in 21.2 innings.
The average: Casey Fien (Guasave) was 4-2, 4.40, 1.27 with 31 strikeouts in 30.2 innings. Deinys Suarez (Ponce) was 1-1, 3.56, 1.68 with 19 strikeouts in 30.1 innings.
The bad: Tim Atherton (Canberra) was 0-1, 9.53, 1.59 with 8 strikeouts in 11.1 innings. Cesar Ciurcina (Aragua) was 0-0, 5.74, 1.79 with 7 strikeouts in 15.2 innings. Brett Jacobson (Mesa) was 1-2, 6.94, 1.17 with 12 strikeouts in11.2 innings. Bruce Pugh (Mesa) was 0-1, 12.21, 2.93 with 13 strikeouts in 14 innings. Aaron Thompson (Este) was 0-1, 6.10, 1.84 with 3 strikeouts in 10.1 innings. Dakota Watts (Mesa) was 0-1, 5,65, 1.74 with 9 strikeouts in 14.1 innings.
The insignificant: Samuel Deduno (Aguilas) was 0-0, 1.50, 1.67 with 13 strikeouts in 6 innings. Sam Gibbons (Melbourne) was 0-1, 9.00, 1.89 with 5 strikeouts in 9 innings. Yorman Landa (La Guaira) was 0-0, 6.75, 2.25 with 1 strikeout in 2.2 innings. Francisco Liriano (Domincan Republic) was 1-0, 0.00, 1.60 with 5 strikeouts in 5 innings. Gonzalo Sanudo (Culiacan) was 0-0, 0.00, 1.50 with 3 strikeouts in 2 innings. Markus Solbach (Melbourne) was 0-0, 6.35, 1.76 with 4 strikeouts in 5.2 innings. Manuel Soliman (Escogido) was 0-0, 0.00, 3.30 with 3 strikeouts in 3.1 innings. Junior Subero (Carolina) was 0-0, 9.00, 3.00 with 0 strikeouts in 1 inning. Esmerling Vasquez (Estrellas) was 1-1, 3.00, 1.56 with 5 strikeouts in 9 innings. Brendan Wise (Perth) was 0-0, 0.00, 1.00 with 2 strikeouts in 4 innings.
Winterball Whiparound: The Batters
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.
Spanning the Globe
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Escogido 5, Aguilas 2 in Escogido. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-3 and drove in a run with a sacrifice fly for Escogido. Luis Perdomo worked a scoreless inning for Aguilas, giving up one hit.
Sunday
Aguilas 9, Escogido 2 in Aguilas. Luis Perdomo pitched a perfect inning for Aguilas, striking out one. Pedro Florimon was 1-for-4 for Escogido. Francisco Liriano started and allowed five runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out four in 3.2 innings. He took the loss for Escogido.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Aragua 7, La Guaira 1 in La Guaira. Pedro Guerra pitched a perfect inning with a strikeout for Aragua.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Saturday
Perth 9, Melbourne 4 in Perth. Joshua Hendricks was 0-for-4 for Melbourne. Sam Gibbons worked a scoreless inning for Melbourne, walking one.
Sunday
Sydney 10, Adelaide 4 in Adelaide (Game 1). Jacob Younis was 0-for-5 for Sydney.
Sydney 1, Adelaide 0 in Adelaide (Game 2). Jacob Younis was 1-for-3 for Sydney.
Perth 3, Melbourne 1 in Perth. Joshua Hendricks was 2-for-4 for Melbourne.
PLAYOFF UPDATES
Dominican League—Aguilas and Escogido are tied at four games apiece in the best-of-nine championship series. Game nine is scheduled for tonight.
Mexican League—Obregon won the championship.
Puerto Rican League—Mayaguez won the championship.
Venezuelan League—Our congratulations go to the Tigres de Aragua, who defeated La Guaira four games to two to win the championship.
Australian League—Perth defeated Melbourne three games to one in the first round. Sydney defeated Adelaide three games to one in the first round. Sydney now plays Melbourne in the best-of-five semi-finals, which will begin Wednesday.
Spanning the Globe
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Aguilas 2, Escogido 1 in Aguilas. Pedro Florimon was 0-for-2 with a walk for Escogido.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Adelaide 8, Sydney 3 in Adelaide. Jacob Younis was o-for-1 with two walks and a run for Sydney. Todd Van Steensel surrendered three runs on three hits and a walk in three innings while striking out three for Sydney.
Perth 9, Melbourne 5 in Perth. Luke Hughes was 2-for-3 with a double, two walks, two runs, and an RBI for Perth. Joshua Hendricks was 2-for-3 as a reserve for Melbourne. Markus Solbach allowed three runs on six hits while striking out four in four innings for Melbourne.
PLAYOFF UPDATES
Dominican League—Aguilas and Escogido are tied at three games apiece in the best-of-nine championship series.
Mexican League—Obregon has won the league championship.
Puerto Rican League—Mayaguez has won the league championship.
Venezuelan League—Aragua and La Guaira are tied at two games apiece in the best-of-seven championship series.
Australian League—Melbourne and Perth are tied one game apiece. Adelaide and Sydney are tied one game apiece. Each playoff series is best-of-five.