Rays prospects and winter leagues: Hulsizer has big week

Negotiations between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball regarding the next Professional Baseball Agreement took place at the Winter Meetings, and the public statements from each side were heated. Baseball America’s J.J. Cooper had the latest.

Hitters

C Roberto Alvarez, Australian Baseball League

This week: 11 AB, 3 R, 5 H, 1 2B, 1 K
Offseason: 42 AB, .262/.311/.286

2B Jonathan Aranda, Liga Mexicana del Pacífico

This week: 0 AB, 1 R, 1 BB
Offseason: 12 AB, .167/.231/.167

SS Wander Franco, Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 26 AB, .192/.192/.308

OF Niko Hulsizer, ABL

This week: 17 AB, 6 R, 8 H, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 1 K, 1/1 SB
Offseason: 53 AB, .264/.322/.491

Hulsizer has hits in four straight games, including his first two home runs since his first game of the offseason.

IF Kaleo Johnson, ABL

This week: 14 AB, 1 R, 4 H, 2 RBI, 3 K
Offseason: 54 AB, .370/.393/.500

IF Curtis Mead, ABL

This week: 16 AB, 1 R, 4 H, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K
Offseason: 63 AB, .333/.354/.571

OF Brian O’Grady, LIDOM

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 61 AB, .197/.342/.328

C Michael Perez, Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 45 AB, .111/.180/.156

OF Jordan Qsar, ABL

This week: 10 AB, 3 R, 4 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 9 BB, 4 K
Offseason: 50 AB, .380/.537/.600

Qsar was an on-base machine for Perth last week.

Pitchers

RHP Blake Bivens, ABL

This week: 2 ¹⁄₃ IP, 2 H, 2 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 8 IP, 3.38 ERA, 2.00 WHIP

RHP Carlos Garcia, ABL

This week: 3 IP, 7 H, 6 R (3 ER), 1 BB, 6 K
Offseason: 10 IP, 2.70 ERA, 1.30 WHIP

RHP Audry Lugo, ABL

This week: 1 ²⁄₃ IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 6 ¹⁄₃ IP, 4.26 ERA, 2.05 WHIP

RHP Nicholas Padilla, PWL

This week: 4 ¹⁄₃ IP, 2 H, 1 R (0 ER), 2 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 6 IP, 1.50 ERA, 0.83 WHIP

Done for the offseason

RHP Shane Baz, Arizona Fall League

This week: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Offseason: 11 IP, 8.18 ERA, 1.91 WHIP

2B Vidal Brujan, AFL

This week: 10 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K, 0/1 SB
Offseason: 82 AB, .256 BA/.380 OBP/.463 SLG

C Ronaldo Hernandez, AFL

This week: 4 AB, 3 H, 1 RBI
Offseason: 39 AB, .359 BA/.381 OBP/.513 SLG

OF Josh Lowe, AFL

This week: 0 AB
Offseason: 52 AB, .327 BA/.379 OBP/.558 SLG

RHP Simon Rosenblum-Larson, AFL

This week: 4 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 12 ²⁄₃ IP, 2.13 ERA, 1.50 WHIP

RHP Drew Strotman, AFL

This week: 4 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 6 K
Offseason: 21 IP, 6.43 ERA, 1.52 WHIP

RHP Alex Valverde, AFL

This week: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K
Offseason: 10 IP, 0.90 ERA, 0.70 WHIP

Australian stats are through games of Dec. 15. All other stats are through games of Dec. 14.