Minor League Baseball Daily Thread for January 28th, 2020
Congratulations to Lara as the new Venezuela Winter League champions! The Dominican Winter League could finish today while the Australian Baseball League opens playoff baseball today. Excellent lead up to spring training!
Minor League Baseball Statistical Leaders
Australian Baseball League
AVG – Colin Willis .427, Yuma Mune .387, Aaron Whitefield .376, Zach Wilson .368, Delmon Young .345
OBP – Colin Willis .520, Jordan Qsar .465, Chang-ki Hong .465, Yuma Mune .457, Aaron Whitefield .455
SLG – Delmon Young .662, Jared Walker .631, Colin Willis .612, Zach Wilson .603, Won-Seok Kim .574
HR – Delmon Young 13, Niko Hulsizer/Won-Seok Kim 10, Jordan Qsar/Jared Walker 8
SB – Aaron Whitefield 23, Mikey Reynolds 10, Michael Crouse/Jared Walker 9, Yonny Hernandez/Jordan Qsar/Kodai Sano/Jacob Younis 8
ERA – Jon Kennedy 0.35, Kih-Yun Yang 0.86, Darin Downs 0.95, Elliot Johnstone 1.09, Ryan Chaffee 1.25
G – Todd Van Steensel 23, Ty’Relle Harris/Kook-Hurn Jang/Luke Wilkins 21, Tae-Seung Jung 20
IP – Dylan Unsworth 71, Thomas Dorminy 56 2/3, Tim Atherton/Phil Pfeifer 52 1/3, J.J. Hoover 52
K – Dylan Unsworth 75, Tim Atherton 71, Phil Pfeifer 60, Thomas Dorminy 53, J.J. Hoover 51
WHIP – Tyler Beardsley 0.6471, Josh Hendrickson 0.6964, Dylan Unsworth 0.7887, Darin Downs 0.7895, Steven Kent 0.8065
Minor League Baseball Top Performers
Hitters
Australian Baseball League
No games scheduled
Dominican Winter League
Eric Filia, Licey, 3-4, K, 2B
Others with home runs: Jeimer Candelario, Toros; Junior Lake, Toros; Jordany Valdespin, Toros
Mexican Winter League
Carlos Munoz, Mazatlan, 3-4, RBI, K
Rico Noel, Culiacan, 3-5, R, 2 RBI, K, 2 SB
Puerto Rican Winter League
No games scheduled
Venezuelan Winter League
Josmar Cordero, Lara, 3-4, R, RBI
Yonathan Mendoza, Lara, 2-3, R, BB
Others with home runs: Gorkys Hernandez, Caribes; Gabriel Lino, Caribes; Carlos Rivero, Lara
Pitchers
Australian Baseball League
No games scheduled
Dominican Winter League
Luis Cruz, Licey, 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Raul Valdes, Toros, 5 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Mexican Winter League
Manny Barreda, Culiacan, 7 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Ignacio Marrujo, Mazatlan, 6 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Puerto Rican Winter League
No games scheduled
Venezuelan Winter League
Felix Doubront, Caribes, 5 2/3 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K
Williams Perez, Lara, 5 2/3 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Today’s games
Australian Baseball League
No games scheduled
Dominican Winter League
Toros @ Licey, Game 8, 7:15 PM ET (Toros lead series 4-3)
Mexican Winter League
No games scheduled
Puerto Rican Winter League
No games scheduled
Venezuelan Winter League
No games scheduled