BENCOMO LEADS OVER THREE DOZEN A.A. GRADS IN WINTER BALL
Source: American Association News
By Bob Wirz It was not so many years ago when Independent Baseball players had a difficult time landing opportunities to play in the various winter leagues. Natives might get a few slots, and even then playing time might be scarce. My, how things have changed. We have tracked no less than 37 former or current American Association players who are already in or headed to leagues in five different countries, and Puerto Rico, traditionally one of the favored leagues, has not yet published its rosters. Venezuela has at least 14 American Association grads with another dozen down under in Australia and others in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Nicaragua. Colombia likely will swell the count even more. Several of the players are off to a flying start with none better than Omar Bencomo, who leads the Venezuelan league with a miniscule 0.44 earned run average. He has not allowed an earned run in his last three starts for Margarita (17.1 innings), shares the top spot with three wins and ranks second with 20.2 innings of work (four starts). The Venezuelan native, who pitched at Wichita and Laredo in 2015, was a mid-season all-star in the Southern League last season…
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