Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for January 27th, 2020
Monday will be an exciting day in offseason minor league baseball. Two winter leagues play a game seven today to decide their league and the Australian League in the middle of the morning (in the United States) has a play-in game to open their postseason!
Minor League Baseball Top Performers
Hitters
Australian Baseball League
Kent Blackstone, Auckland, 2-3, R, RBI, 3B
Chang-ki Hong, Geelong, 1-2, 2 R, 2 BB, K
Sung-Won Ju, Geelong, 2-4, R, 3 RBI, BB
Tae-Seung Jung, Geelong, 2 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
David Kandilas, Canberra, 3-5, 2 R, RBI, 2 2B, SB
Grant Kay, Brisbane, 2-2, R, 2 RBI, BB, HR
Mitch Lightbody, Adelaide, 2-4, R, BB
Logan O’Hoppe, Adelaide, 2-5, R, RBI, K, HR
Kyle Perkins, Canberra, 1-2, R, 3 RBI, BB, K, HR
Kris Richards, Auckland, 1-1, R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, HR
Randy Santiesteban, Sydney, 3-4, R, 2B
Logan Wade, Brisbane, 2-4, R, RBI, K, HR
Zach Wilson, Canberra, 2-4, R, BB, K, 2B
Dominican Winter League
Socrates Brito, Licey, 2-3, R, BB
Mexican Winter League
None qualified
Puerto Rican Winter League
No games scheduled
Venezuelan Winter League
Oswaldo Arcia, Caribes, 2-4, R, 2 RBI, K, 2B, HR
Osman Marval, Lara, 4-5, 2 R, 2B
Others with home runs: Yordanys Linares, Lara; Denis Phipps, Caribes
Pitchers
Australian Baseball League
Elliot Johnstone, Auckland, 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Dominican Winter League
Evan MacLane, Licey, 4 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Mexican Winter League
Manny Banuelos, Culiacan, 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Edgar Torres, Mazatlan, 6 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Puerto Rican Winter League
No games scheduled
Venezuelan Winter League
Henry Centeno, Lara, 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Today’s games
Australian Baseball League
Perth @ Canberra, 3:00 AM ET (Tuesday)
Dominican Winter League
Licey @ Toros, Game 7, 7:30 PM ET (Series tied 3-3)
Mexican Winter League
Culiacan @ Mazatlan, Game 5, 10 PM ET (Series tied 2-2)
Puerto Rican Winter League
No games scheduled
Venezuelan Winter League
Caribes @ Lara, Game 7, 5:00 PM ET (Series tied 3-3)