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Off-radar Royals prospect earns Rookie of the Year honors in Mexican Winter League

For most Kansas City Royals fans, baseball comes to a grinding halt in late September, only to resume each spring as the days warm back up. But, the same cannot be said of all baseball players.

There can be lulls or some time off to recuperate from the long season, but there are so many avenues that include players continuing playing baseball before the MLB season starts up again. The Arizona Fall League is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to baseball after the 162-game MLB season wraps up

Catcher Salvador Perez and third baseman Maikel Garcia were just a couple of big-league regulars in the Venezuelan Winter League, a chance for the Venezuelan-born ball players to return home.