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Boricua Week: Carolina Leads the Winter League at 4-1

Published Nov 9, 2026, 6:10 AM AST787daily · Original analysis

At a glance

  • Carolina leads the winter league at 4-1
  • 13 winter-league games played Nov 2–8
  • 10 Puerto Rican major leaguers on winter rosters

Why this matters: How the island’s players did, from the box scores: who carried the week, who struggled, and what they reached.

Carolina leads the winter league at 4-1, 1 game ahead of Caguas.

Carolina won 4 of 5 games this week. Winter rosters carry 10 Puerto Ricans from this season’s major-league rosters, among them Abimelec Ortiz (Carolina), Johnathan Rodríguez (Carolina), Bryan Torres (Caguas) and Jose Espada (Caguas).

The standings

Source: MLB official statistics, the 2026-27 Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente, games Nov 2–8.
Place (Place in the standings now)ClubHome (The club's town)W-L (Wins and losses this winter)GB (Games behind first place)This week (Wins and losses this week)Streak (W = wins in a row, L = losses in a row)Last edition (Place in the standings in the last Boricua Week)
1CarolinaCarolina4-1-4-1L1—
2CaguasCaguas2-112-1W2—
3SanturceSan Juan3-213-2W2—
4PoncePonce2-322-3W1—
5San JuanSan Juan1-221-2L2—
6MayagüezMayagüez1-431-4L2—

Major leaguers at home

Source: MLB official statistics, each club's active roster and this season's major-league rosters.
PlayerClub
Abimelec OrtizCarolina
Johnathan RodríguezCarolina
Bryan TorresCaguas
Jose EspadaCaguas
Luis VázquezCaguas
Nelson VelázquezCaguas
Vimael MachínCaguas
Yacksel RíosCaguas
Brian NavarretoSanturce
Shawn RossMayagüez

Every Puerto Rican in the majors, game by game, and the winter league’s scores are on the Sports page.

This is the 3rd Boricua Week (the previous one is here).

In context

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Source: 787daily, “Boricua Week: Carolina Leads the Winter League at 4-1”, Nov 9, 2026, https://787daily.com/news/2026-11-09-boricua-week-carolina-leads-the-winter-league-at-4-1/

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