Cardinals Winter League Notebook 2-1-13

Caribbean Series - Hermosillo, Mexico

Notes:
Joey Cora (former MiLB signing) lead Caguas to the Caribbean Series: MLB Official Site

Baltimore scouted Fernando Tatis (former St. Louis-Escogido): Dan Connolly Twitter

Friday's Games:
Magallanes (Venezuela) visits Escogido (Dominican Republic) @ 5:00 PM ET
Caguas (Puerto Rico) visits Obregon (Mexican Pacific) @ 9:30 PM ET

Latin American Series - Beto Avila University

Friday's Games:
Cocle (Panama) visits Barranquilla (Colombia)
Chinandega (Nicaragua) visits San Andres (Veracruz)

Australian League Playoffs

Perth visiting Sydney was postponed due to rain: Sydney Official Site

Saturday's Games:
Perth (0-0) visits Sydney (0-0) for a doubleheader beginning @ 2:30 PM ET

Japan League

A number of MLB teams are checking out Masahiro Tanaka (Rakuten) and Shintaro Fujinami (Hanshin): Yakyubaka

European League

Liu Rodriguez (York) has signed with North East (Italy): Mister Baseball

Current Cardinals

St. Louis and Marc Rzepczynski (St. Louis) avoided arbitration: Jenifer Langosch Twitter

Phillip Wellman (Springfield hitting coach) will be in Volkswagon Super Bowl ad: Springfield News-Leader

Former Cardinals

Arthur Rhodes (former St. Louis) threw for Baltimore scouts: Dan Connolly Twitter

Kansas City (American Association) re-signed Shaun Garceau (former Springfield): Kansas City Official Site

River City (Frontier League) signed Alan Ahmady (former Springfield).

Cardinals Winter League Notebook 1-25-13

Venezuelan League Championship

Joe Thurston (former St. Louis-Lara) entered late in the game in left field.

Victor Marte (St. Louis-Magallanes) entered in the fifth and pitched 2.2 innings.  He allowed no hits or runs, one walk, and struck four out. (g/f:1-0)(ir-s:1-0)

Lara beat Magallanes 3-0
LVBP Official Site Post Game

Notes:
Ronny Cedeno (Aragua) has signed a one-year deal with St. Louis: Aragua Official Site

Margarita is planning to name Eduardo Perez (Atlanta bullpen coach) their manager for next season: Lider

Friday's Game:
Magallanes (1-1) visits Lara (1-1) @ 7:30 PM VST

Mexican Pacific League Championship

No Games Scheduled For Thursday

Notes:
Manauris Baez (Veracruz-Estrellas/Aguilas/Caracas) has signed with Saltillo (Triple-A Mexican League): MiLB Official Site

Friday's Game:
Mexicali (0-2) visits Obregon (2-0) @ 7:30 PM MST

Veracruz League Championship

No Game Scheduled For Thursday

Friday's Game:
San Andres (2-0) visits Santa Rosa (0-2)

Dominican League

Notes:
Los Angeles signed 16-year old Michael Medina: Baseball America

Puerto Rican League Championship

No Games Scheduled For Thursday

Friday's Game:
Caguas (3-2) visits Mayaguez (2-3) @ 8:00 PM AST

Nicaraguan League Championship

No Game Scheduled For Thursday

Friday's Game:
Granada (0-2) visits Chinandega (2-0)

Colombian League Championship

No Game Scheduled For Thursday

Australian League

Friday's Results:
C.J. Beatty (former Palm Beach-Brisbane) started at third base and batted fifth.  0-for-4 with three strikeouts and one fielding error.

Geoff Klein (Palm Beach-Sydney) started at catcher and batted fifth.  0-for-2 with one RBI, three runs, three walks, one strikeout, and one passed ball.

Sydney beat Brisbane 13-0
Sydney Official Site Post Game

Saturday's Games:
Brisbane (22-22) visits Sydney (26-18) @ 12:30 PM ET
Melbourne (15-28) visits Perth (22-21) @ 4:05 PM WST
Canberra (25-19) visits Adelaide (21-23) @ 7:00 PM CT

Japan League

Orix held press conference for Brandon Dickson (former St. Louis): Yakyubaka

Current Cardinals

Major League payday won't change things for Mitch Boggs (St. Louis): Athens Banner-Herald

Former Cardinals

Baltimore signed Rich Rundles (former Memphis), Toronto signed Jarrett Hoffpauir, and St. Louis released Ethan Cole (former Quad Cities) and Alan Ahmady (former Springfield): Baseball America

Rochester lost money on the Batavia franchise: Democrat & Chronicle