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March 22, 2012

Panamanian Baseball League Standings – March 22, 2012

Filed under: Baseball in Panama — Andy @ 11:51 am

Panamanian League Hitting Leader Concepción Rodríguez - courtesy of prensa.com

The Federación Nacional de Beisbol de Panamá is in full swing, here are the latest standings:

Group A

1. Panamá Metro 15-5

2. Los Santos 14-6

3. Coclé 13-8

4. Panamá Oeste 12-9

5. Colón 8-13

6. Darién 3-18

Group B

1. Bocas del Toro 14-4

2. Veraguas 12-9

3. Herrera 11-9

4. Chiriquí 10-12

5. Ch. Occidente 6-15

6. Juvenil 5-16

Offensive Leaders:

Batting Average: Concepción Rodríguez (Panamá Metro) – .463

OPS: Concepción Rodríguez (Panamá Metro) – 1.156

On Base %: Concepción Rodríguez (Panamá Metro) – .544

Slugging %: Joel Vega (Coclé) – .675

Stolen Bases: Jhadiel Santamaría (Bocas del Toro) – 11

Doubles: David González (Veraguas) – 9

Triples: Rigoberto Catuy (Colón) – 3

Home Runs: Javier Domínguez (Los Santos) – 7

Pitching Leaders (W-L):

Javier Ortiz (Los Santos) – 5 -0

Frankiels Osoria (Chiriquí) – 4-1

Rolando Paz (Panamá Oeste) – 3 -0

Elias Saenz (Panamá Metro) – 3 – 0

Juan De Leon (Panamá Metro) 3 – 0

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March 19, 2012

Brazilian C Yan Gomes Tearing It Up For Blue Jays Big League Team In Spring Training

Filed under: Baseball in Brazil — Andy @ 6:26 am

photo credit - bluejays.com

Yan Gomes is quietly putting together a very good spring training in the Toronto Blue Jays major leage camp. Granted, he only has 14 at bats in 9 games, but he has done a lot with those at bats: 7 hits, 1 home run, 3 doubles, 4 RBI’s, .500 batting average and a 1.429 OPS.

Gomes is currently not on the Blue Jays 40-man roster, but given the other guys ahead of him at the catching position, there could be a real possibility that Gomes makes an appearance with the big league club at some point this season, assuming he starts off in Triple A and does well there. If there are any injuries, the likelihood goes up pretty quickly he could make it to Toronto. Right now, the Blue Jays are counting on incumbent starting catcher J.P. Arencibia to produce last year’s power numbers (23 HRs and 78 RBIs) without the .219 batting average, and they brought in weak hitting journeyman Jeff Mathis (career .195 batting average) into camp as a potential backup while highly touted prospect Travis d’Arnaud could likely spend another season in the minors getting more experience.

If Gomes can continue this pace, he might make the Blue Jays decision on what to do with him before Opening Day that more difficult. His hot hitting spring with the big leaguers already puts him as the favorite to be the first Brazilian-born player in the MLB, for now anyway.

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March 14, 2012

Baseball Brazil: Amateur Adult League Roundup – Liga Paulista de Beisebol (LPB) and Liga São Paulo de Beisebol (LSPB) Updates

Filed under: Baseball in Brazil — Andy @ 8:16 am

First round results of LPB (March 11, 2012):

Piracicaba 7 x 0 Underdogs
São Francisco 9 x 14 Underdogs
Piracicaba 14 x 9 São Francisco

Farmime A 20 x 1 Farmime B
Wild Eagles 12 x 2 Farmime B
Farmime A 9 x 7 Wild Eagles

Pirituba 4 x 11 Americana
Pirituba x Campinas (forfeit by Campinas )
Americana x Campinas (forfeit by Campinas )

LPB standings after 1st round:

1. Farmime A 2-0
2. Americana 2 -0
3. Piracicaba 2-0
4. Wild Eagles 1-1
5. Underdogs 1-1
6. Pirituba 1-1
7. São Francisco 0-2
8. Campinas 0-2
9. Farmime B 0-2

4th round games for LSPB (March 18, 2012):

Site: Mie Nishe

Anhanguera x Med. Santos

New Giants x loser of game 1

New Giants x winner of game 1

Site: Nikkey Santo Amaro

Bats x Bacamartes (9am)

São Bernardo x loser of game 1

São Bernardo x winner of game 1

Site Nikkey Santo Amaro

Dragons x Mackenzie (9am)
Giants x loser of game 1

Giants x winner of game 1

LSPB Standings after 3 rounds:

1. Mackenzie 6 – 0
2. Giants 3 – 1
3. Bats 4 – 2
4. New Giants 3 – 3
5. Sao Bernardo 3 – 3
6. Med Santos 2 – 4
7. Dragons 2 – 4
8. Bacamartes 1 – 3
9. Anhanguera 0 – 4