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International signing period
Mex17 Jun 25 2008 08:55 AM |
July 2nd is almost upon us, and with it another opportunity to add some quick fixes to the depth of the farm system.
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Vince Coleman Firecracker Jun 25 2008 09:09 AM |
Yikes, there's a big-time vowel-to-consonant ratio in that last name. Quick, someone get Bernazard and Pedro to recruit this kid!
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AG/DC Jun 25 2008 09:15 AM |
I'm not sure why I'd be pre-emptively pissed at Omar Minaya. The Mets have been damn aggressive in the international market on his watch.
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Mex17 Jun 25 2008 10:18 AM |
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I suppose I'll wait then until I see what the bounty is. I want to see some arms that Jim Callis will put right into the Mets Top 10 Prospects list. . .even if they are years away.
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2008 10:56 AM |
The int'l market is generally the furthest thing from a "quick fix".
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Mex17 Jun 25 2008 11:05 AM |
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I certainly did not mean to say that I expected any of these players to be Mets within the next year or two. If anything, it could be a "quick fix" for levels as high as possibly Kingsport but more likely the Dominican League Mets. But I would hope that Baseball America would take note of our signings and upgrade our analysis of the farm system based upon them if the signings are good. They know who all these kids are already probably. I want BA to say the the Mets did the best job of this period.
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2008 11:20 AM |
No one is re-evaluating the strength of the farm system based on what's at Kingsport, or the GCL, or the Dominican Leagues.
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Methead Jun 25 2008 11:21 AM |
"after planting them in your academy along with proper watering and so on, one or two will blossom into something"
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Frayed Knot Jun 25 2008 11:26 AM |
Nah, they don't get buried in fertilizer until they get to Shea ... or so I've heard.
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AG/DC Jun 25 2008 11:47 AM |
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I don't think that's true. A lot of Latin American stars played nothing more than sandlot ball when they signed and Baseball America had no idea who they were. It's good to know there's still somewhere in theis world where a team's scout can find talent before the press or combines do. And they can sign him straight up without having to draft him.
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Frayed Knot Jun 30 2008 02:58 PM |
[url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/international-affairs/2008/266411.html]Baseball America[/url] says It's All Ovah! as far as the signing of this year's teen queen from the Carribean with Oakland walking away with either the biggest prize or the biggest bust -- status to be determined a half-decade or so from now.
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Frayed Knot Jul 07 2008 08:02 AM |
Baseball America talks about the results of high-bonus foreign teens in [url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/ask-ba/2008/266439.html]this week's Q&A[/url]
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