Winter Leagues

[sandbergcubs]

Is there anywhere we can follow players over playing in the Winter leagues? Or Does anyone here have information?

[Guest]

Look through the threads on the first page or two of this forum. Raisin does a great job of aggregating the info on Cubs players from all the various winter leagues(Venezuela, Dominican, Mexican, etc).

[Guest]

Life got in the way and I stopped updating those threads. MLB.com (not MiLB.com) posts box scores and updated stats daily.

[sandbergcubs]

I dont know how many of you remember a Cubs farm hand a couple of years back "Alex Maestri"

But he and Searle are playing on the same winter league team in Australia.

 

Seems to be doing quite well, did anyone remember why we released him?

 

http://web.theabl.com.au/stats/stats.jsp?t=t_ibp&cid=4065&stn=true&sid=t4065

 

Maestri 4-4 3.25 ERA 63 IP 50 Hits 24/53 BB/K 1.16 WHIP .210 BAA

 

Searle 3-1 3.66 ERA 32 IP 21 Hits 9/34 BB/K 0.96 WHIP .179 BAA (Seems the BB are coming down)

[Bear Cub]

It has puzzled me also as to why we released him. He seemed to be making slow, but steady progress.

[jersey cubs fan]

It has puzzled me also as to why we released him. He seemed to be making slow, but steady progress.

 

He's 26 and a small righty. They tried him as a starter then moved him into the pen with mixed results. After 5 years of that they probably saw enough.

[DCFan]

Per Goldstein:

 

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Bryan LaHair, 1B, Chicago Cubs

 

 

 

LaHair has gone from a 4A hitter to one scouts believe in. After being one of the best hitters in the minors -- batting .331/.405/.664 for Triple-A Iowa -- he was impressive enough in an end-of-season stint with the Cubs that he's been handed the first base job even after the acquisition of Anthony Rizzo.

 

 

 

With things finally lining up for LaHair, he played this winter in Venezuela and dominated the league, hitting 15 home runs in 169 at-bats while drawing nine intentional walks. Just as importantly, he spent some time in left field, hoping to prove that when Rizzo is ready, he'll be able to move, as opposed to just fade away.