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Cards sign 16 year old Dominican

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Here's the original info from Leach, published yesterday:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... b&c_id=mlb

Here's more on the subject today:
http://yourenotagolfer.mlblogs.com/arch ... zalez.html

Sounds interesting, to say the least.
"Gonzalez is an intriguing young kid. He's 6'4 and very lean right now, making him very projectable. He's got a very nice changeup already that projects as a future out pitch. While his velocity is currently a tick below average, with his age and size there's plenty of reason to believe he'll pick up additional velocity as he matures. Also throws a curve for his breaking pitch, and looks to be at least an average pitch for him down the road."

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According to Goold, they also signed a lefty-hitting outfielder at the same time:
DG wrote:The Cardinals also have an agreement in place with outfielder Jorge Araujo. He throws and hits lefthanded, and vice president of player procurement Jeff Luhnow described him as "toolsy."

Both players attended a tryout at the Cardinals' facility in the Dominican Republic that included four of the club's U.S.-based scouts and the local evaluators.

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They wouldn't be trying to sell old Jeff Luhnow Cubans in a Dominican wrapper now, would they?

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More signings.
The Cardinals have finalized a deal with Venezuelan teen Leobaldo Pina after approval of his paperwork by Major League Baseball this week. Pina, 16, received a signing bonus slightly greater than $300,000 from the team. The 6-foot-2 infielder played in the Dominican Republic instructional league this past fall, and he probably will be assigned to the Cardinals' team in the Dominican Summer League. The Cardinals have agreements in place with several other players, including pitcher Fernando Gonzalez and outfielder Jorge (George) Araujo.

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Piña is well thought of, and Venezuelan infielders have a nice lineage. That's a lot of coin as well. They must think a lot of him.

Hopefully it helps us get into Venezuela a little more as well. Thanks for posting.

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Is anyone else starting to get annoyed with the term "toolsy"?

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Fat Strat wrote:Here's the original info from Leach, published yesterday:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd ... b&c_id=mlb

Here's more on the subject today:
http://yourenotagolfer.mlblogs.com/arch ... zalez.html

Sounds interesting, to say the least.
"Gonzalez is an intriguing young kid. He's 6'4 and very lean right now, making him very projectable. He's got a very nice changeup already that projects as a future out pitch. While his velocity is currently a tick below average, with his age and size there's plenty of reason to believe he'll pick up additional velocity as he matures. Also throws a curve for his breaking pitch, and looks to be at least an average pitch for him down the road."
He's actually 24

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go birds wrote:Is anyone else starting to get annoyed with the term "toolsy"?
Its one of my fav terms in the game.

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Do they send these kids to high school?

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They have the equiv. In their Latin American academies, its specialized more as far as learning English but they do have studies.

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