All stats are from the period between December 17 to 22.

It’s the final weeks of the winter leagues. The Dominican League ended Saturday, so all the notes from the DR will have the players’ final statistical lines. The Venezuelan and Puerto Rican leagues end December 30.

Here is the final Dominican Leagues report for 2012.

Name	Position	League	Team	2012 club	Acquired
Joaquin Arias	SS	DWL	Aguilas	Fresno (AAA)/San Francisco	FA 11
Edward Concepcion	RHP	DWL	Cibao	San Jose (A+)	FA 06
Adalberto Mejia	LHP	DWL	Cibao	Augusta (A-)	FA 11
Luis Rojas	RHP	DWL	Cibao	San Jose/AZL (rookie)	Rule V 11
Francisco Peguero	OF	DWL	Cibao	Fresno (AAA)/San Francisco	FA 06
Rafael Rodriguez	OF	DWL	Cibao	Salem-Keizer (short-season)	FA 09
Wilson Valdez	SS	DWL	Cibao	Cincinnati	FA 12
Jackson Williams	C	DWL	Escogido	Fresno	07 (supp.)
Justin Fitzgerald	RHP	DWL	Escogido	Richmond (AA)	08 (11th round)
Kelvin Marte	LHP	DWL	Escogido	San Jose/AZL	FA 07
Roger Kieschnick	OF	DWL	Escogido	Fresno/AZL	FA 08
Omar Javier	RHP	DWL	Estrellas	York (Atlantic)/Newark (Can-Am)	FA 12
Fabio Castillo	RHP	DWL	Este	Houston org (AA/AAA)	FA 12
Angel Villalona	1B	DWL	Este	Dominican Summer League (rookie)	FA 06
Willy Lebron	RHP	DWL	Licey	Kansas City org (AAA) in 2011	FA 12
Juan Ciriaco	2B	DWL	Licey	Fresno	Rule V 07

Aguilas: Joaquin Arias did not play last week. He was (8-for-33) with three RBIs, two strikeouts, no walks on the season. His final batting line was .242/.242/.273 (average/OBP/slugging).

Cibao: Edward Concepcion did not play. He made two appearances and finished with a 27.00 ERA in one inning: three runs, two hits, and a home run allowed. Concepcion had one strikeout and one walk…Francisco Peguero did not play. He ended the year 12-for-62 with six doubles, six RBIs, two walks, 21 strikeouts (ouch), and three stolen bases. His final line was .194/.231/.290… Wilson Valdez went 1-for-15 with one walk and three strikeouts over the final week. His final batting result was 15-for-79 with three RBIs, two walks, 11 strikeouts, and four runs scored. His final line was .190/.217/.190…Adalberto Mejia, Luis Rojas, and Rafael Rodriguez did not play at all this winter though they were listed on the Cibao roster.

Escogido: Jackson Williams did not play. He ended the year 12-for-44 with three doubles, a triple, and five RBIs. He had two walks and 11 strikeouts and a final batting line of .273/.304/.386…Justin Fitzgerald did not play. The last time he pitched this winter was November 11. He finished the season at 1-1 with a 5.00 ERA over five starts. Fitzgerald pitched 18 innings and allowed 13 runs (10 allowed) with nine walks and 15 strikeouts…Kelvin Marte hadn’t pitched since November 7. He wound up 0-1 with an 18.00 ERA over four appearances where he only logged one inning total. He allowed three runs (two earned), no walks, and one strikeout…Roger Kieschnick hadn’t played since November 17 and was hitless over his last 18 at-bats before the layoff. He finished the winter 21-for-92 with a double, a triple, four home runs, and 18 RBIs. Kieschnick had 11 walks and 27 strikeouts. His final line was .228/.308/.391.

Estrellas: Omar Javier did not play. His final pitching line was 1-0 with a 2.27 ERA over 31 2/3 innings. Javier had 11 walks and 27 strikeouts in 11 appearances with six starts.

Este: Fabio Castillo was excellent in his last two appearances of the winter, pitching two scoreless innings with two strikeouts. He ends the year 0-1 with a 1.86 ERA in 23 appearances. He allowed two runs (four earned) over 19 1/3 innings with six walks and 13 strikeouts…Angel Villalona hadn’t played since November 28. He ends the year 9-for-33 with a double, a home run, and four RBIs. Villalona had 3 walks and nine strikeouts. His final line is .273/.351/.394.

Licey: Willy Lebron pitched two games at the end of the week and allowed two runs and three hits in two innings in his first appearance. Lebron’s final outing of the year was much better, a scoreless inning with one strikeout. He finished the year 1-1 with a 2.28 ERA over 23 2/3 innings. He had seven walks and 14 strikeouts in 16 relief appearances…Juan Ciriaco appeared in one game the entire winter and didn’t have an at-bat. He entered the game as a pinch runner and stayed in as the right fielder. Therefore there is no line for his winter season.

We’re down to the final week in the Venezuelan league. Yusmeiro Petit and Gregor Blanco continue to do well there.

Name	Position	League	Team	2012 club	Acquired
Jon Meloan	RHP	VWL	Anzoategui	Yankees org (AA/AAA)	FA 12
Boof Bonser	RHP	VWL	Margarita	Fresno/AZL	FA 11
Mitch Lively	RHP	VWL	Margarita	Fresno	FA 08
Yusmeiro Petit	RHP	VWL	Margarita	Fresno/San Francisco	FA 11
Edwin Escobar	LHP	VWL	Lara	Augusta	Trade 10
Guillermo Quiroz	C	VWL	Lara	Tacoma (Seattle org)	FA 12
Daniel Mayora	C	VWL	Caracas	Richmond	FA 12
Jesus Galindo	OF	VWL	Caracas	Augusta	FA 09
Pablo Sandoval	3B	VWL	Magallanes	San Francisco	FA 02
Jean Machi	RHP	VWL	Magallanes	Fresno/San Francisco	FA 11
Gregor Blanco	OF	VWL	La Guaira	San Francisco	FA 11
Javier Herrera	OF	VWL	La Guaira	Oakland org (AA) in 2009	FA 12
Hector Sanchez	C	VWL	La Guaira	Fresno/San Francisco	FA 06
Ehire Adrianza	SS	VWL	La Guaira	Richmond	FA 06

Anzoategui: Jon Meloan did not play.

Margarita: Yusmeiro Petit pitched well again December 17, tossing 6 1/3 innings with two runs (one earned) and four strikeouts. He got a no-decision…Boof Bonser and Mitch Lively did not play.

Lara: Guillermo Quiroz went 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in his only game last week, December 21 against La Guaira…Edwin Escobar did not play.

Caracas: Daniel Mayora returned from a 10-day layoff on December 18 to play in three games last week. He went 1-for-9 with an RBI double…Jesus Galindo did not play.

Magallanes: Jean Machi pitched in two games last week and was roughed up a bit December 21. He allowed three runs in one inning against Caracas. The bad day broke Machi’s streak of five straight scoreless appearances…Pablo Sandoval did not play.

La Guaira: Gregor Blanco got hot in the December 18 doubleheader against Margarita, when he went 2-for-4 in the nightcap. Since then, Blanco hit 7-for-15 with a home run and two RBIs. He also scored seven runs over the week…Javier Herrera kept on hitting, going 7-for-24 with two doubles and a home run, his eighth of the winter. Herrera picked up two more RBIs and pushed his season average to .373…Hector Sanchez started his week hot with four hits in his first two games, including a home run December 17. He had a hit in each of the next two games before going 0-for-7 to end the week. Sanchez had five RBIs over the week…Ehire Adrianza did not play.

I added a new name to the Puerto Rican report: right-handed reliever Edwin Quirarte. Too bad it’s the second to last report.

Name	Position	League	Team	2012 club	Acquired
Cristian Otero	SS	PR	Manati	AZL	11 (18th round)
Gaspar Santiago	LHP	PR	Santurce	Salem-Keizer	10 (28th round)
Edwin Quirarte	RHP	PR	Caguas	Richmond	08 (5th round)
Johnny Monell	C	PR	Caguas	Richmond	07 (30th round)

Gaspar Santiago earned his first win of the winter with 2 1/3 scoreless innings against Mayaguez. He allowed one hit and one walk while striking out one…Edwin Quirarte has been pitching for Caguas since December 11 and I missed it. He’s allowed two runs (one earned) over five innings this winter. Quirarte is 0-1 in three appearances. The right-hander pitched 45 1/3 innings over 39 games in Double-A Richmond this year. He was the Giants’ fifth round pick in the 2008 Draft…Johnny Monell went 3-for-3 with a double and 3 RBIs December 18, then went 0-for-7 over the final two games of the week. Monell is hitting .184 since December 5…Cristian Otero did not play.

The lesser known winter leagues in Colombia and Nicaragua run into mid-January. After next week’s report I might just do a final wrap-up in January due to the very small amount of info I get from both these leagues.

Name	Position	League	Team	2012 club	Acquired
Mark Minicozzi	1B/3B	LBPN	Boer	Richmond/Augusta	FA 12
Carlos Teller	LHP	LBPN	Boer	Pittsburgh org (2008)	FA 12
Wilber Bucardo	RHP	LBPN	Leon	DNP	FA 04

In Nicaragua, Mark Minicozzi suddenly found his stroke with a big week at the plate. He went 5-for-10 with a double and a home run…Carlos Teller dropped another start despite throwing pretty well, with seven strikeouts in six innings in his turn this week. He’s at 0-5 for the season…Wilber Bucardo’s record went to 4-2 after he lost a poor start, 2 2/3 innings with two strikeouts.

Name	Position	League	Team	2012 club	Acquired
Carlos Willoughby	2B	LCPB	Monteria	Augusta	FA 07
Leonardo Fuentes	OF	LCPB	Cartagena	AZL	FA 09

The Colombian League only has box scores listed through December 19, and neither Carlos Willoughby nor Leonardo Fuentes played.

See you next week with the final report from Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Happy holidays!