Dominican Summer All-Stars revealed

Willoughby, Guerra, Rojas honored by league

By Danny Wild

August 26, 2009

San Francisco Giants prospect Carlos Willoughby was named Player of the Year on Wednesday as the Dominican Summer League announced its 2009 All-Star selections.

Twins All-Star Pedro Guerra and fellow right-hander Randol Rojas, a Texas Rangers prospect, were named Pitchers of the Year.

The switch-hitting Willoughby, a second baseman, is batting .327 with a homer, 43 RBIs and 46 stolen bases for the Giants' DSL club. Guerra is 7-0 and leads the league with an 0.38 ERA in 71 innings for the Twins' affiliate.

The team includes a pair of Texas Rangers prospects, Miguel De Los Santos and Rojas, while Rangers 2 manager Jayce Tingler was named Manager of the Year.

The Yankees had two players selected, first baseman Reymond Nunez and outfielder Kelvin Duran.

Pirates third baseman Eric Avila was selected to the team after leading the league with 84 hits.

Player of the Year: Carlos Willoughby
Dominican Summer League All-Stars
Pos.	Player	Team
C	Jaime Del Valle	White Sox
1B	Reymond Nunez	Yankees 2
2B	Carlos Willoughby	Giants
3B	Eric Avila	Pirates
SS	Juan Silverio	White Sox
OF	Dioris Robles	Indians
OF	Rafael Ortega	Rockies
OF	Kelvin Duran	Yankees 2
DH	Jhonatan Javier	Orioles/Brewers
RHP	Pedro Guerra	Twins
RHP	Randol Rojas	Rangers 2
LHP	Andy Otero	Braves
RP	Miguel De Los Santos	Rangers 2
Pitchers of the Year: Pedro Guerra, Randol Rojas
Manager of the Year: Jayce Tingler (Rangers 2)

Danny Wild is an editor for MLB.com.