January 5th
Arizona Fall League
Mexican Pacific League Playoffs
- Tomateros de Culiacan 6 - 7 Charros de Jalisco [12 innings]
- Mayos de Navojoa 5 - 1 Naranjeros de Hermosillo
- Aguilas de Mexicali 1 - 0 Venados de Mazatlan
- C Xorge Carrillo: 0 for 4, K
Venezuelan Winter League Playoffs
- Cardenales de Lara 3 - 4 Aguilas de Zulia
- RHP Wilfredo Boscan: 0.2 IP, 4 H, 1 ER
- Leones del Caracas 1 - 2 Tigres de Aragua [10 innings]
- 2B Gustavo Nunez: 1 for 4
- Navegantes del Magallanes 4 - 6 Caribes de Anzoategui
- RHP Jonathan Albaladejo: 4.1 IP, 8 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K, Loss(0-1)
Dominican Winter League Playoffs
- Tigres del Licey 2 - 3 Leones del Escogido [12 innings]
- Aguilas Cibaenas 5 - 6 Gigantes del Cibao
- 1B Jhoan Urena: 0 for 3
Side Note: Despite leading the Gigantes on a late season run to win the Regular Season crown AND being named the Manager of Year for the League, Pedro Lopez has been fired by the team on 1/4/2018 due to the team's poor 1-5 performance up to today's date in the playoffs. He was replace by Astros AA manager Rodney Linares who led the team to victory today.
Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican League
- Cangrejeros de Santurce 9 - 4 Gigantes de Carolina
- Criollos de Caguas 3 - 8 Indios de Mayaguez
- RHP Joshua Torres: 1.0 IP, 1 BB, 1 K
January 6th
Arizona Fall League
Mexican Pacific League Playoffs
- Tomateros de Culiacan 5 - 4 Charros de Jalisco
- Mayos de Navojoa 4 - 3 Naranjeros de Hermosillo
- Aguilas de Mexicali 3 - 5 Venados de Mazatlan
- C Xorge Carrillo: 2 for 4, K
Venezuelan Winter League Playoffs
- Cardenales de Lara 5 - 2 Aguilas de Zulia
- Navegantes del Magallanes 8 - 9 Caribes de Anzoategui
- Leones del Caracas 7 - 1 Tigres de Aragua
- 2B Gustavo Nunez: 0 for 4
Dominican Winter League Playoffs
- Aguilas Cibaenas 1 - 4 Leones del Escogido
- Gigantes del Cibao 1 - 7 Tigres del Licey
- PH/DH Jhoan Urena: 0 for 1, K
Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican League
- Indios de Mayaguez 0 - 2 Gigantes de Carolina
- Criollos de Caguas 2 - 6 Cangrejeros de Santurce
- PR/DH Arnaldo Berrios: Pinch Ran for Randy Ruiz in the 7th inning
January 7th
Arizona Fall League
Mexican Pacific League Playoffs
- Charros de Jalisco 2 - 0 Tomateros de Culiacan
- Venados de Mazatlan 1 - 10 Aguilas de Mexicali
- C Xorge Carrillo: 1 for 2, R, HR(1), 3 RBI(3)
Venezuelan Winter League Playoffs
- Cardenales de Lara 7 - 3 Aguilas de Zulia
- Navegantes del Magallanes 7 - 8 Caribes de Anzoategui
- Leones del Caracas 5 - 6 Tigres de Aragua
- 2B Gustavo Nunez: 2 for 4, 3 R, 2B, RBI(4), BB, K [Scored Game Winning Run in Bottom of 9th]
Dominican Winter League Playoffs
- Aguilas Cibaenas vs. Tigres del Licey [PPD- Rain]
- Leones del Escogido vs. Gigantes del Cibao [PPD- Rain]
Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican League
- Gigantes de Carolina 0 - 2 Indios de Mayaguez [DH- 7 innings]
- Gigantes de Carolina 2 - 0 Indios de Mayaguez [DH- 7 innings]
- RHP Joshua Torres: 0.1 IP, 1 H, 2 BB, 1 K
- Cangrejeros de Santurce 0 - 11 Criollos de Caguas [DH- 7 innings]
- CF Arnaldo Berrios: 1 for 3, 2 R, 2B, BB, 2 K
- RHP Dariel Rivera: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 1 HR Allowed [Gave up a 2 run HR to former Met Johnny Monell]
- Cangrejeros de Santurce 2 - 3 Criollos de Caguas [DH- 7 innings]
- PR Arnaldo Berrios: Pinch Ran for Kevin Torres in the 6th inning
I'm sorry for Lopez but kudos to the Gigantes for wanting to win. I wonder what it's like to root for a team that has that philosophy?
ReplyDeleteThese guys are uninspiring:
ReplyDeleteCarillo has hit fairly well, but the guy leading his league, hitting nearly .400, is a Mexican League lifer, and Carillo has hit nowhere near as well as him.
Can Urena hit, or will he just settle into a minor league low orbit but never make it to Queens? Last year was a decent bounceback, but he now needs a breakout season.
I guess Lopez can now join Dusty Baker and Joe Girardi in the "dumped for only winning the Division" category.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of fired managers, does anyone know how Wally's team did in Mexico this year? I haven't heard anything about him since we let him go a year ago.
ReplyDelete@Bill
ReplyDeleteWell....Wally was only manager for 42 of the games. He was fired by the Monclova Acereros after a 22-20 start due to communication problems between him and the players.
The post-Backman team went on to produce a 45-21 record the rest of the way, make the playoffs and make it all the way to the championship where they lost.
Interesting. With the outcry when the Mets fired him, I'm surprised I haven't heard this before.
ReplyDeleteDo you know if he got a job somewhere else?
@bill
ReplyDeleteHe was hired as a bench coach for the Pericos de Puebla in the same league for the remainder of 2017 after which he was not hired back.
For 2018, Backman has been named manager of the New Britain Bees of the Atlantic League (Independent Baseball)
How the mighty have fallen. I wonder if any who wanted him to replace Terry have changed their minds about him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info, Chris. 👍
I'd have taken Wally Backman drunk over a sober Terry Collins. Oh wait...Terry had a very public DUI, didn't he?
ReplyDeleteI wish the Mets had done the Yankee thing and after losing the World Series put him out to pasture as the Bronx Bombers did with Yogi Berra.
There's nothing wrong with wanting to win. I don't wear losing like a badge of honor like the Cubs did for so many years.
Sneak preview of the opening of the next Star Wars:
ReplyDelete"A long, long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, in a land known as El Paso, there lived a man so consumed with hatred for a good man named Terry that he could not suppress it. When the man from El Paso passed away at the age of 125, his last words were, 'bury me with a picture of Terry so I can curse him for all eternity'."
Love can come and go, but hate is forever. 😕