Around the Farm: December 4

Eric Berger

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.

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

Australian Baseball League

• Mitch Nilsson (DH, Brisbane Bandits): 0-for-2, K. Nilsson came in as a late game pinch hitter and stayed in the game. This was his second game in a row he has played and third game overall and is now 1-for-9 at the plate.
• Andrew Campbell (PR, Brisbane Bandits): 0-for-0. Campbell came into the game as a pinch runner late in the game and did not have any official plate appearances.

Venezuelan Winter League

• Ezequiel Carrera (CF, Navegantes del Magallanes): 0-for-3, BB, K. Even with the 0-fer effort Carrera is still hitting .333 in his last 10 games. In 32 games he is hitting a healthy .277 with a .763 OPS and 9 stolen bases.
• Eric Berger (RP, Bravos de Margarita): 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. Berger’s second appearance in Venezuela and so far in 1.2 innings he has not allowed a run and has 3 strikeouts.

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