Rays prospects and winter leagues: Heredia has big week

This weekend in Venezuela, the focus was not on baseball following the car crash that killed Luis Valbuena and Jose Castillo. According to reports, bandits caused the crash in order to rob them, and four people with stolen property have been detained.

Hitters

2B Jonathan Aranda, Liga Mexicana del Pacífico

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 2 AB, .000 BA/.000 OBP/.000 SLG

C Chris Betts, Australian Baseball League

This week: 13 AB, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 57 AB, .298 BA/.394 OBP/.368 SLG

This week, Betts reached base in all four of his appearances, including a four-hit game.

2B Vidal Brujan, Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 13 AB, .077 BA/.077 OBP/.077 SLG

OF Carl Chester, ABL

This week: 15 AB, 1 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 5 K
Offseason: 61 AB, .262 BA/.357 OBP/.541 SLG

OF Moises Gomez, Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional

This week: 10 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 3 K
Offseason: 125 AB, .248 BA/.270 OBP/.432 SLG

IF Tristan Gray, ABL

This week: 17 AB, 2 R, 4 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 6 K, 0/1 SB
Offseason: 58 AB, .310 BA/.425 OBP/.517 SLG

OF Emilio Gustave, LIDOM

This week: 5 AB, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K
Offseason: 27 AB, .333 BA/.379 OBP/.333 SLG

OF Guillermo Heredia, LIDOM

This week: 11 AB, 2 R, 5 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Offseason: 57 AB, .263 BA/.288 OBP/.421 SLG

OF Tommy Pham, LIDOM

This week: 20 AB, 2 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 7 K, 2/2 SB
Offseason: 22 AB, .318 BA/.423 OBP/.364 SLG

Pham has gotten on base in all six of his games this offseason.

C Rene Pinto, LVBP

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 53 AB, .208 BA/.263 OBP/.358 SLG

C David Rodriguez, LVBP

This week: 8 AB, 2 R, 3 H, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 98 AB, .306 BA/.340 OBP/.449 SLG

OF Jesus Sanchez, LIDOM

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 15 AB, .200 BA/.294 OBP/.267 SLG

2B/OF Nick Solak, LIDOM

This week: 2 AB, 1 H, 2 BB, 0/1 SB
Offseason: 37 AB, .189 BA/.304 OBP/.243 SLG

Solak is now listed on the reserve list.

Pitchers

LHP Kyle Bird, LMP

This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 18 IP, 2.00 ERA, 0.89 WHIP

RHP Yoel Espinal, LIDOM

This week: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 3 IP, 3.00 ERA, 1.33 WHIP

After walking two and getting charged with a run without recording an out in his first appearance this offseason, Espinal has three straight scoreless outings.

LHP Resly Linares, LIDOM

This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 7 IP, 2.57 ERA, 1.29 WHIP

LHP Luis Moncada, LVBP

This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 12 ¹⁄₃ IP, 2.92 ERA, 1.14 WHIP

RHP Jesus Ortiz, Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

This week: 1 ¹⁄₃ IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Offseason: 4 IP, 6.75 ERA, 1.25 WHIP

RHP Joe Peguero, ABL

This week: 2 ²⁄₃ IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 9 ²⁄₃ IP, 0.93 ERA, 1.14 WHIP

Peguero seems to be pitching once a week, and he’s been pretty effective.

RHP Angel Rodriguez, LVBP

This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 1 ¹⁄₃ IP, 0.00 ERA, 1.50 WHIP

RHP Jhonleider Salinas, LVBP

This week: 0 IP
Offseason: 5 ²⁄₃ IP, 7.94 ERA, 1.76 WHIP

LHP Cristopher Sanchez, ABL

This week: 2 IP, 0 R, 1 R (0 ER), 1 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 8 ¹⁄₃ IP, 2.16 ERA, 1.44 WHIP

Done for the offseason

OF Ryan Boldt, Arizona Fall League

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 18 AB, .278 BA/.350 OBP/.278 SLG

SS Lucius Fox, AFL

This week: 10 AB, 3 R, 3 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 86 AB, .326 BA/.437 OBP/.384 SLG

C Ronaldo Hernandez, AFL

This week: 7 AB, 3 R, 4 H, 1 3B, 2 RBI
Offseason: 14 AB, .357 BA/.438 OBP/.500 SLG

LHP Matt Krook, AFL

This week: 3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K
Offseason: 13 ²⁄₃ IP, 5.93 ERA, 1.54 WHIP

RHP Brandon Lawson, AFL

This week: 1 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 15 ²⁄₃ IP, 7.47 ERA, 1.79 WHIP

OF Joe McCarthy, AFL

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 46 AB, .239 BA/.375 OBP/.370 SLG

LHP Dalton Moats, AFL

This week: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
Offseason: 10 ²⁄₃ IP, 0.84 ERA, 0.47 WHIP

RHP Phoenix Sanders, AFL

This week: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 13 ²⁄₃ IP, 7.90 ERA, 1.90 WHIP

Australian stats are through games of Dec 9. All other stats are through games of Dec 8.