Friday fall ball update

Lots of stuff going on in the Fall/Winter leagues. I'm going to try to do this more regularly (read: at least weekly) while the leagues are going on. Perhaps we will call it "Fall Ball Friday."

The AFL stats can be found here. Walker seems to be off to a pretty good start (remember, he's still younger than most of the guys out there), Eldred is doing what he does, which isn't particularly impressive against AFL pitching, and Craig Stansberry is struggling. Jesse Chavez, Josh Shortslef, and Dave Davidson (seriously, who names their kid that?) have all made a couple appearences on the mound, but nothing very extensive.

Commenter Will directed me towards stats for the Hawaiian Winter League. The leaders can be found here, and some clicking around can get you individual team stats (I can't get a permalink to the team stats page). The Pirates in the league are all on the Honolulu Sharks. Nyjer Morgan is off to a decent start, which isn't particularly interesting. Brian Bixler and Steve Lerud (in slightly more limited action) are also off to good starts, which is slightly more interesting. Wadrell Starling, however, has gotten shelled pretty good in his 3 appearences (two starts).

Meanwhile, Ryan Doumit is off to a pretty good early start in the Mexican Winter League with 3 homers in his first six games. He's playing for the Mazatlan Venados and you can find their stats here. Ray Sadler is also playing for the Venados, if you care (and I can't imagine why you would).

That's all I have for now. If anyone knows where any other Pirates are playing this winter, let me know and I'll do my best to dig the stats up.