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January 27, 2014

Minor League Update

International Winter League Games of January 24-26

by Jeff Moore

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Friday, January 24th

Eury Perez, RF, Nationals (Leones del Escogido, DWL): 3-5, 2 R, BB, 2 K. A solid hit tool and plus speed will continue to earn Perez chances, but his utter lack of plate discipline and power will keep him from ever being an everyday player.
Gregory Polanco, CF, Pirates (Leones del Escogido, DWL): 3-4, BB. It’s going to be tough for the Pirates to keep Polanco off of their Opening Day roster, but their history says they’ll do it.
Jordan Lennerton, 1B, Tigers (Lenoes del Escogodo, DWL): 2-4, R, BB. Walks and power may be enough to give him some value at the major-league level, but it will likely take an injury for him to get a chance.
Eddie Rosario, CF, Twins (Indios de Mayaguez, PRWL): 1-4, R, HR. Rosario really has bounced back nicely from an atrocious winter, and his better bat has coincided with him playing more center field than second base.
Major Leaguer of the Day: Pablo Sandoval, 3B, Giants (Navegantes del Magallanes, VWL): 3-4, R. Skinny appears to be working for Sandoval, who is hitting .355 in the Venezuelan League playoffs. He also homered on Saturday night.

Saturday, January 25th

Eduardo Escobar, SS, Twins (Caribes de Anzoategui, VWL): 1-3, HR, K. A rare home run for Escobar doesn’t change how little power he has. It’ll be his glove that earns him a spot on the Twins’ major-league roster this season. Just to prove me wrong, however, Escobar hit another home run on Sunday night, this time of the walk-off variety.
Deolis Guerra, RHP, Twins (Navegantes del Magallanes, VWL): 1 IP, 2 K. Guerra continued his scoreless innings streak, which spans the entire VWL postseason.

Sunday, January 26th

Gregory Polanco, CF, Pirates (Leones del Escogido, DWL): 1-2, 3 R, 4 BB, K. The former leadoff hitter in me has a huge soft spot for games like this. It’s always impressive when a non-power hitter (which Polanco is at the moment) draws a ton of walks.
Lew Ford, DH, Free Agent (Tigres del Licey, DWL): 3-4, 3 R, 2 HR, K. Because winter ball.

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