Rays prospects and winter leagues: Pham joins Solak in Dominican Republic

In Australia, attention often goes to the hitters putting up big numbers, but Joe Peguero — who entered the season as Baseball America’s No. 31 prospect in the organization — has pitched well in three appearances there so far.

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: 14 AB, 3 R, 4 H, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 44 AB, .273 BA/.360 OBP/.341 SLG

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: 16 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 7 K
Offseason: 46 AB, .261 BA/.370 OBP/.609 SLG

Chester’s four-game home run streak crashed to an end with a rough handful of games.

OF Moises Gomez, Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional

This week: 22 AB, 4 R, 6 H, 3 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 9 K
Offseason: 115 AB, .261 BA/.283 OBP/.461 SLG

Gomez recently had a seven-game hitting streak with five more extra-base hits.

IF Tristan Gray, ABL

This week: 17 AB, 3 R, 4 H, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 7 K
Offseason: 41 AB, .341 BA/.473 OBP/.634 SLG

None of the Rays’ hitters in Australia had notable weeks.

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: 19 AB, 1 R, 3 H, 1 2B, 7 K
Offseason: 46 AB, .217 BA/.250 OBP/.304 SLG

OF Tommy Pham, LIDOM

This week: 2 AB, 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 0/1 SB
Offseason: 2 AB, .500 BA/.667 OBP/.500 SLG

For the second straight week, Leones del Escogido added a Rays ringer as Pham joins Solak in the Dominican Republic.

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, 1 H, 1 K
Offseason: 90 AB, .300 BA/.330 OBP/.433 SLG

After a nice start to the offseason, Rodriguez is batting just .143 in his last 10 games with a .369 OPS.

OF Jesus Sanchez, LIDOM

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

2B/OF Nick Solak, LIDOM

This week: 20 AB, 2 R, 3 H, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 8 K
Offseason: 35 AB, .171 BA/.262 OBP/.229 SLG

Solak has continued to exclusively play second base.

Pitchers

LHP Kyle Bird, LMP

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

RHP Yoel Espinal, LIDOM

This week: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 1 IP, 9.00 ERA, 2.00 WHIP

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, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Offseason: 7 IP, 1.29 ERA, 1.14 WHIP

If Peguero can continue his success in Australia, perhaps he will have something to build on in 2019.

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 ²⁄₃ IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
Offseason: 6 ¹⁄₃ IP, 2.84 ERA, 1.74 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 2. All other stats are through games of Dec 1.