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[dude]

At least Birdland won't have to waste electrons discussing all of the great Orioles International signings today.

[dude]

Vlad Jr to TOR for 3.9M as one of the top couple IFAs.  Crazy the Orioles weren't involved.

 

 

DD apparently involved for the Blue Jays.  

No sense signing the guy for the Orioles and then having to play against him.

[DJ MC]

Vlad Jr to TOR for 3.9M as one of the top couple IFAs.  Crazy the Orioles weren't involved.

 

 

DD apparently involved for the Blue Jays.  

No sense signing the guy for the Orioles and then having to play against him.

 

Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.

[You Play to Win the Game]

Cute that they both got signed by Canada.

[Cisc-O's]

Steve Melewski– ‏@masnSteve

Some of the fine folks at Ripken Stadium tonight passed on that Cuban RHP Lazaro Leyva hit 97 on gun there tonight with nifty curve at 77.

6:14 PM - 1 Jul 2015


That is cool.

[SportsGuy]

Note: The Orioles weren't inactive yesterday during the first day of international signings. Names should begin to surface later this afternoon.

I've heard that the roll call should include 10 players

[Chris B]

Note: The Orioles weren't inactive yesterday during the first day of international signings. Names should begin to surface later this afternoon.

I've heard that the roll call should include 10 players

 

Yeah, yeah...

[dude]

Note: The Orioles weren't inactive yesterday during the first day of international signings. Names should begin to surface later this afternoon.

I've heard that the roll call should include 10 players

 

I know this is Roch's comment, not yours, but my general response (not to you) is "where have the Orioles shown they have a deeper understanding of the international talent pool than other teams"

 

I mentioned in my post on Vlad Jr last September....go after some of his friends.  Vlad Jr's (#1 BA) cousin SS Gregory Guerrero was the #6 (BA) prospect and signed by the Mets for 1.5M and is also trained by Wilton Guerrrro.  Drop the 7.5M.

 

Go see one guy, skip the expenses in the rest of the class.

 

We've released more money so far this season than it would have taken to sign Guerrero x 2.

 

If the International market is all about relationships....how in the world can the Orioles not have the best relationships to sign those guys. 

 

Blah.

[Cisc-O's]

Roch Kubatko ‏@masnRoch 33m33 minutes ago

Last week, #orioles signed Cuban 1B Yaisel Mederos. 6-4, 230 pounds. Plus hitter and power. RH. 25 years old.

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   Roch Kubatko ‏@masnRoch 34m34 minutes ago

   ...and C/1B Carlos Mendez. Dominican Republic: 3B Bryan Ciriaco and OF Marcos Estevez. Cuba: OF Romero Reynier #orioles

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   Roch Kubatko ‏@masnRoch 36m36 minutes ago

   #orioles signings: Venezuela: Cs Juan Alvarado, Fernando Ayala; SS Kipper Briendo, Jose Sanchez; OFs Frank Gonzalez, Wamach Males...

[SportsGuy]

Keep em coming.

[dude]

If the re-tweet listing feels hard to read....from Roch's blog (or whatever it's called)

 

Venezuela
Juan Alvarado, catcher 
Fernando Ayala, catcher 
Kipper Briendo, shortstop
Jose Sanchez, shortstop
Frank Gonzalez, outfielder
Wamach Males, outfielder
Carlos Mendez, catcher/first baseman

 

Dominican Republic
Bryan Ciriaco, third baseman
Marcos Estevez, outfielder

 

Cuba
Romero Reynier, outfielder

 

Last week, the Orioles signed Cuban first baseman Yaisel Mederos, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound right-handed hitter. He's viewed as being a plus-hitter with plus-power. The Orioles list him as being 25 years old.

[Matt_P]

Last week, the Orioles signed Cuban first baseman Yaisel Mederos, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound right-handed hitter. He's viewed as being a plus-hitter with plus-power. The Orioles list him as being 25 years old.

 

The 25-year-old Mederos hit .268/.343/.402 in parts of four seasons in Cuba’s Serie Nacional. He only hit 12 home runs in 531 plate appearances, although Kubatko notes that Mederos has power potential.

 

That ain't plus power. I'm sure you're stunned to learn that.

[RShack]

Is Cuban baseball analogous to any of our MIL levels?  Or is it too much of a mixed bag (containing guys at different levels) to say that?

[Matt_P]

Is Cuban baseball analogous to any of our MIL levels?  Or is it too much of a mixed bag (containing guys at different levels) to say that?

 

I've heard that it's between AA/AAA. But what does hitting for a .780 OPS mean even in AA? It's a very rough estimator.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Is Cuban baseball analogous to any of our MIL levels?  Or is it too much of a mixed bag (containing guys at different levels) to say that?

 

I've heard that it's between AA/AAA. But what does hitting for a .780 OPS mean even in AA? It's a very rough estimator.

 

I've heard that large swaths of the league would be High A.

[RShack]

I've heard that it's between AA/AAA. But what does hitting for a .780 OPS mean even in AA? It's a very rough estimator.

 

I've heard that large swaths of the league would be High A.

 

So, maybe it's a mixed bag of guys from A thru AAA... would would make judging anything based on that about impossible based on numbers... you'd not only need scouts, you'd also need those scouts to who know who's who..

[Matt_P]

I've heard that large swaths of the league would be High A.

 

Maybe I'm remembering wrong and mixing up Cuba and Japan?

[dude]

The 25-year-old Mederos hit .268/.343/.402 in parts of four seasons in Cuba’s Serie Nacional. He only hit 12 home runs in 531 plate appearances, although Kubatko notes that Mederos has power potential.

 

That ain't plus power. I'm sure you're stunned to learn that.

 

You know that what you quoted was Roch....not me....right?

[Matt_P]

You know that what you quoted was Roch....not me....right?

 

Yup.

 

I meant, I'm sure you're stunned to learn that the player we signed was claimed to have great power but in fact has limited.

[BSLChrisStoner]

Maybe I'm remembering wrong and mixing up Cuba and Japan?

 

Japan is like AAAA.

 

Korea is AA.