Braves Prospects: Cristian Pache Getting Reps in Dominican Winter League
The Atlanta Braves projected starting center fielder for 2021 will be getting some extra playing time this winter in the Dominican Republic.
If you’re looking for some extra action from Atlanta Braves players this winter, you may want to start paying attention to LIDOM (the Dominican League).
Over the weekend Cristian Pache announced that he’d like to join the Estrellas Orientales, and that’s exactly what happened.
He made his debut on November 28 and had an RBI double and an infield single. On Monday night he went 0-3 while batting seventh for Estrellas.
Interestingly enough, they had him batting behind Christian Bethancourt in the lineup — make of that what you will.
I’ve been really locked into LIDOM since the season started as there have been some really good prospects playing in this league.
Most notably, Wander Franco — the top prospect in all of baseball — has been playing with Leones del Escogido. But he’s been out for over a week now with a minor injury.
This is a great way for young prospects to get at-bats in a very competitive environment.
Unfortunately. fans are not in attendance for these games as their fans are very enthusiastic and take these games very seriously.
But it’s still really good competition — most compare it to Triple-A level. A lot of these players are either former Major League players that faded out of the game, or Minor League players that got stuck at the Double-A and Triple-A level.
Who knows how many at-bats the Braves will let Pache get in LIDOM, but hopefully he’s there for the entire season, which is only 21 more games.
The LIDOM season is usually 50 games long with a round-robin postseason. But because of COVID, the season got cut short to just 30 games and a postseason.
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I really loved what I saw from Pache at the plate during the postseason and I think this is a great opportunity for him to continue that development.