December 21, 2005
Brewers Winter Ball
Here's a nice story about Nelson Cruz of the Brewers playing winter ball in the Dominican Republic. He's leading the league in home runs. It also sounds like a fun place to watch a game:
Ticket prices are more than fair, even on a Dominican's budget. $150 pesos (about $5) buys a good seat, and the stadiums are well-kept up, even for U.S. standards.
And as much as fans enjoy the action, the level of competition is high enough that scouts can get an accurate picture of a player's potential. With most teams in the league retaining more than a handful of active Major Leaguers, players agree that the quality of play surpasses AAA baseball in the states. In fact, it's more like "4A" ball.
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Well if he turns out alright, they only paid Keith Ginter for him and Justin Lehr, a serviceable mop up man. Kudos to Doug Melvin for continuing to out-trade everyone he comes into contact with.
I agree. Also recall he out-traded the most brilliant mind in all of baseball, Billy Beane.
At least if the stats geeks and their acolytes are to be believed.
Hey now, Melvin is quite the educated stats user himself. Just no one has written a book on him yet. Which gives me an idea....