Winter Leagues Playoff Stats

As I did with the final regular season stats for the winter leagues, I have collected the final stats for the playoffs from each country. If any Braves participate in the Caribbean Series, I’ll try and keep you updated as to those stats as well.

Of particular note, is the play of Bryan Pena, who finished the regular winter season with a .326 BA, and followed that up with a winter playoff average of .347. Especially impressive were his three triples – not too bad for a catcher. As I’ve said before, I thought that Pena’s play this winter, which was similar to his play at AAA last year, was enough to get him at least the backup catcher job with the Braves in '06. Not that I don’t think Todd Pratt is going to be a decent backup catcher, but if you want McCann to have a mentor, then hire Eddie Perez on as a coach or bullpen catcher. Use that roster spot for Pena to develop (and be mentored as well) so that you can have two young above average catchers in the majors. Pena’s time to make the club may be very short lived with Salty knocking on the door.

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