The Puerto Rican Winter League began their playoffs on Saturday. And for Cincinnati Reds pitcher José De León it was just more of the same. The right-handed pitcher made four starts during the shortened regular season for Caguas this year and allowed six earned runs in 17.0 innings. That’s good for a 3.18 ERA. For context, the league ERA this year was 4.59. De León picked up 31 strikeouts and had 10 walks – though only one game did he struggle with the strikezone.
Saturday saw José De León dominate RA12 (yes, that’s the team name). This year, with two teams opting out of participating, all four teams in the league qualified for the playoffs and the RA12 squad was outmanned in their first season.