Players from the Astros organization** noted thus far on VWL rosters (those rosters aren’t always accurate, often incomplete and are constantly changing) include pitchers Fernando Nieve (Caribes), Carlos Hernandez (Magallanes), German Melendez (Magallanes), Felipe Paulino (Leones), Juan Gutierrez (Leones), Victor Garate (Leones), and Enyelbert Soto (Pastora). Position players participating include catcher Hector Gimenez (Magallanes) along with infielder Cesar Quintero (Leones) and outfielders Jorge Cortes (Magallanes) and Frankie Caraballo (Magallanes).
Al Pedrique is skippering the Magallanes club with Cesar Cedeno as his hitting coach. Omar Lopez, director of the Astros Venezuelan Academy and manager of the VSL club, is also on the coaching staff.
**As of end of regular season, though some of these guys may be minor league free agents who might be joining other organizations.
VWL websites of interest:
- Caribes roster
- Magallanes roster (click on roster in upper right)
- League website
- Pitching statistics
- Hitting statistics
As far as other Latin winter leagues of interest, the Dominican League starts play in a couple of days.