Caribbean Winter Leagues underway

Three of the four Caribbean Winter Leagues started up in the past week. The primary recognized Caribbean Winter Leagues are the Dominican Winter League, the Venezuelan Winter League, the Mexican Pacific League, and the Puerto Rican Winter League. Generally, younger prospects from those respective areas participate in those leagues, but a number of major leaguers and ex-major leaguers play as well. There are also a few other under-the-radar leagues, including the Colombian Winter League and the Nicaraguan Winter League. Here are the Sox players who will be participating during the 2008-09 off-season:

Venezuelan Winter League

Tiburones de La Guaira: Devern Hansack, Chris Carter, Carlos Fernandez

Tigres de Aragua: Tony Granadillo

Bravos de Margarita: Edgar Martinez

Caribes de Anzoategui: Jose Alvarez, Michael Tejera

Leones del Caracas: Zach Daeges, Jimmy James, Armando Zerpa, Juan Apodaca

Navegantes del Magallanes: Argenis Diaz

Dominican Winter League

Los Toros del Este: Dusty Brown, Sandy Madera

Leones del Escogido: Hunter Jones

Estrellas Orientales: Miguel Asencio

Gigantes del Cibao: Oscar Tejeda will practice with the team, not likely to see much (if any) active time

Tigres del Licey: Yamaico Navarro will practice with the team after the Hawaii Winter Baseball season is over, not likely to see much active time

Mexican Pacific League

None

Puerto Rican Winter League

Starts November 6, rosters TBA

Follow along this off-season at the Fall-Winter League page.

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