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… Read more →
All stats are from the period between December 9 and 16. The Giants signed a few minor league free agents in the last month or so and a few of them have turned up in the winter leagues. Also, I found Gregor Blanco playing in the Venezuelan league so he’s been added to the updates. Let’s get started with the… Read more →
All stats are from the period between December 3 and 8. This week’s update includes World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval’s winter debut, Hector Sanchez being off the chain, few precious details about the guys in the lesser known Colombian and Nicaraguan leagues, and a neat little note about an upcoming All-Star Game. Let’s get into it with notes from the… Read more →
All stats are from the period between November 25 through December 2. With the Arizona Fall League over, it’s all about the Caribbean Leagues (and the Australian Baseball League, I guess). A few new and old faces have turned up for the Giants in the Dominican and Venezuelan Leagues and I was finally able to get some intel on the… Read more →
All stats are from the period between November 11 and 24. The Arizona Fall League ended last week and a few other Giants, new and established, joined the fray in the Caribbean leagues. The AFL section includes a final wrap of the stats for each player. In the Dominican League, a pair of minor league journeymen got their start in… Read more →
All stats are from the period between November 4 and 10. Trying a new format for the Winter Leagues Digest, plus peep the additional reporting on the Puerto Rican League, the Nicaraguan League, and notes about the Colombian League. As always, let’s start with the Dominican League. Name Position League Team 2012 club Acquired Edward Concepcion RHP DWL Cibao San… Read more →
All stats are from the period between October 24 and November 3. Last week, something sorta big happened. Please forgive the long layoff between these posts. The magnitude of a Giants World Series sweep delayed us, but only a bit. Let’s get started with what the Giants are doing in the Dominican League. Name Position League Team 2012 club Acquired… Read more →
Here’s the middle of the pack in our series on the State of the System address: #11-20. rank name position 2011 team 11 Jacob Dunnington RHP San Jose (Advanced-A) 12 Kelvin Marte LHP San Jose 13 Roger Kieschnick OF Richmond (AA) 14 Brandon Crawford SS San Jose/Richmond/San Francisco/Fresno (AAA) 15 Adam Duvall 3B Augusta (A) 16 Chris Dominguez 3B San… Read more →
Earlier this week I posted that Wendell Fairely was going to make his debut in the AZL later this month. It turns out I was wrong and that Fairely is going to turn up in the Northwest League with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes. An article detailing the S-K roster popped up today and Fairely is on the list. It’s anyones guess… Read more →