too. Of the minor league suspensions, 13 were of players in the Dominican Summer League and two more from the Venezuelan Summer League . ''Maybe that's where the education is,'' Gonzalez said. ''Maybe those kids don't even know what
suspended 50 games for a violation of Major League Baseball's drug policy. Bermudez was playing on the club's Venezuelan Summer League team. ... The three-game series continues Saturday night with Philadelphia LHP Cliff Lee (2-6, 3.78
SS Hak-Ju Lee (a Florida State League All-Star) and C Oscar Hernandez, the slugging sensation of the Venezuelan Summer League . The camps runs until Oct. 7, with a 13-game schedule starting next week (see below). The Rays say the
Polanco, part 2 Altuve signed as a free agent out of Venezuela. He batted .348 as a 17-year-old in the Venezuelan Summer League and has kept hitting and hitting. "He reminds me a lot of Placido Polanco," Astros general manager Ed Wade
prepare for today's 12:10 start. Today's game is not on TV. The Rays team beat the Pirates 7-2 to win the Venezuelan Summer League championship. latest-sports, breaking-news
day for him, (but) there could be some more work to do," manager Clint Hurdle said. » The Pirates' Venezuelan Summer League team clinched a playoff berth for the sixth straight year. The defending champs begin the first round of the
expected to be completed today, with the Rays likely giving up a midlevel prospect. ... The Rays team won the Venezuelan Summer League championship, beating the Pirates in the best-of-three series. ... The Home Shopping Network is selling
grounder in the groin while not wearing a cup. Right-hander Jose Hernandez , 20, who was pitching for the Mets ' Venezuelan Summer League team, was suspended 50 games for testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing
40-year-old slugger's right knee continues to bother him. . . . Jose Hernandez, a pitcher for the Mets in the Venezuelan Summer League , was suspended for 50 games yesterday for testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.
positive for metabolites of Stanozolol, a performance-enhancing drug. He's the second member of the Mets ' Venezuelan Summer League team to be banned this week, along with pitcher Jose Hernandez. Jose Reyes tested his injured right hamstring