Arizona Fall League
Gary Daley (former Springfield-Phoenix) was suspended 50 games for testing positive for Methylphenidate: Susan Slusser Twitter
Venezuelan League Round Robin
Orber Moreno (former Memphis-Caracas) entered in the seventh and pitched to one batter. He allowed no hits or runs, and struck one out. (p-s:5-3)(ir-s:2-0)
Joe Thurston (former St. Louis-Lara) started in left field and batted seventh. 1-for-3 with one run and one hit by pitch.
Lara beat Caracas 9-2
LVBP Official Site Post Game
Notes:
Javier Brito (former Memphis-Margarita) was awarded Gold Glove award: Margarita Official Site
Friday's Games:
Zulia (4-8) visits Lara (7-6) @ 7:30 PM VST
Magallanes (8-5) visits Caribes (6-7) @ 7:30 PM VST
Mexican Pacific League Playoffs
Iker Franco (former Springfield-Obregon) started at catcher and batted seventh. 1-for-3 with one walk, two strikeouts, and threw one runner out.
Obregon beat Culiacan 7-2
LMP Official Site Post Game
Mark Hamilton (former St. Louis-Guasave) started in left field and batted seventh. 1-for-3 with two runs, two walks, two strikeouts, and one throwing error.
Guasave beat Mexicali 8-5
LMP Official Site Post Game
Notes:
Esteban Loaiza (Free Agent) has signed on to pitch for Mexico (Triple-A Mexican League): MiLB Official Site
No Games Scheduled For Friday
Dominican League Championship
Thursday's Games Were Cancelled
Notes:
Orlando Mercado, Jr (Newark-Santurce) joined Aguilas after Santurce was eliminated from Puerto Rican League playoffs and selected Seth Etherton (Quintana Roo-Aragua/Azucareros) and Carlos Colmenares (Southern Illinois-Aragua/Estrellas) in the championship draft: LIDOM Official Site
18-year old left-hander Jacob Constante impressed at IPL All-Star game: Baseball America
Friday's Game:
Escogido (0-0) visits Aguilas (0-0) @ 7:30 PM AST
Puerto Rican League Championship
No Games Scheduled For Thursday
Friday's Game:
Mayaguez (0-0) visits Caguas (0-0) @ 8:00 PM AST
Nicaraguan League Playoffs
No Games Scheduled For Thursday
Friday's Game:
Boer (1-1) visits Granada (1-1)
Colombian League
Ricardo Rodriguez (former Memphis) has signed on to pitch for Cartagena: El Heraldo
Australian League
Friday's Results:
Geoff Klein (Palm Beach-Sydney) started at catcher and batted fifth. 3-for-5 with one double, one two-out RBI, one run, and one strikeout.
Wayne Lundgren (former Palm Beach-Sydney) entered in the seventh and pitched one inning. He allowed two hits, no runs, and struck one out for the hold (5). (p-s:13-10)(ir-s:1-1)
Canberra beat Sydney 8-7
Sydney Official Site Post Game
C.J. Beatty (former Palm Beach-Brisbane) started at third base and batted fifth. 1-for-3 with one run and one walk.
Perth beat Brisbane 5-4
Saturday's Games:
Perth (21-18) visits Brisbane (19-20) for a doubleheader beginning @ 4:00 PM ET
Adelaide (18-22) visits Melbourne (15-25) @ 5:05 PM ET
Sydney (23-17) visits Canberra (23-17) @ 7:00 PM ET
World Baseball Classic
Ariel Prestano announced his retirement after not being included on the Cuban team: El Nuevo Diario
Albert Pujols (former St. Louis) will not be permitted to play for Dominican due to offseason surgery: Alden Gonzalez Twitter
Jaime Garcia (St. Louis) passed on pitching for Mexico: Hispanic Business
Current Cardinals
Cardinals avoided arbitration with Mitchell Boggs (St. Louis) and Edward Mujica (St. Louis): BJ Rains Twitter
Mike Matheny (St. Louis MGR) lost his court case over money owed for property: STL Today
Oscar Taveras (Springfield-Aguilas) missed a flight and was a no-show for the Cardinal Caravan in Springfield, MO: Springfield News-Leader
Former Cardinals
Cleveland and Chris Perez (former St. Louis) avoided arbitration: CAA Baseball Twitter
Seattle and Brendan Ryan (former St. Louis) avoided arbitration: Seattle Official Site
Tyler Lavigne (former Batavia) re-signs with Normal (Frontier League): Frontier League Official Site
River City (Frontier League) released Mark Trentacosta (2012, 34th Rd selection).
