Around the Farm: January 6

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

• Andrew Campbell (LF, Brisbane Bandits): 3-for-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, BB, K. Campbell did a little bit of everything and shined once again in a leadoff role. Given a chance to play more regularly he has really taken off of late for his Brisbane team. He was a bench/role player for most of the season and rarely played, but since being inserted into the starting lineup on December 29^th he has hit in every game going 11-for-33 (.333) at the plate.
• Ryan Battaglia (C, Brisbane Bandits): 1-for-4, R, 2B, RBI, BB. That is two productive games this week for the seldom used catcher. He has now played in 5 games this offseason, but is still just 2-for-12 at the plate. On the positive side, both hits are doubles, he has 2 walks, and also 3 RBI.

Dominican Republic Winter League

• Eric Berger (RP, Gigantes del Cibao): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K. Berger made his debut pitching in the Dominican Republic with a clean 1-2-3 inning getting two groundouts and a strikeout. He had been pitching in Venezuela this offseason, came home last week, but then agreed to pitch in the playoffs for Cibao.

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