Around the Farm: December 13

Giovanni Soto

Around the Farm (ATF) takes a quick look at some of the daily performances by Indians prospects. This is a special winter ball version of ATF that recaps all the offseason action by Indians players in the Caribbean Leagues.  The positions listed below are where the player was playing in the game.

Both the Dominican Republic Winter League and the Venezuela Winter League are enjoying a small break. Action in Venezuela resumes tonight and the Dominican Republic picks up play on Thursday. Both leagues wrap up in the next two weeks, but there will be playoffs and then in February the Caribbean Series.

Here is the rundown of what Indians players in winter ball did yesterday.

Puerto Rico Winter League

• Giovanni Soto (RP, Gigantes de Carolina): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K. Overall, Soto continues to pitch well in Puerto Rico and he looks to be 100% recovered from the left elbow neuritis which sidelined him for most of the regular season. He has now pitched in 11 games and has a nice 1.46 ERA and has allowed just 7 hits and has 12 strikeouts in 12.1 innings pitched. He has also been equally tough on lefties (.167 AVG, .452 OPS) and righties (.182 AVG, .561 OPS).  If you were going to be critical of anything of him this offseason it is his 7 walks.

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