Per Jorge Arangure of the worldwide leader, via twitter
Mateo/Cards deal is $3.1. SF close second. Giants almost offer $3.5 but got cold feet. Cards GM went to Mateo’s house to close the deal.
Mo the closer!
This breaks the team record $3M deal given to J.D. Drew 11 years ago. Pretty monumental stuff.
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So how does it work now? Does he start playing with a Cards minor league team/which one? That’s alot of cash for sixteen year old kid. I will more excited when Miller signs.
I think he plays at the Cards’ academy in the DR, then will probably play in the GCL next year.
Woooooo!
Woo!
Wooooooooooooo!
Hell yeah!
Woooooo!
I presume this means the young Mr. Miller will be free to enjoy his three years at College Station.
I believe the bonus comes from the international signing fund… so I don’t think it is taking away any money that was designated for the draft. I don’t think it will affect a deal for Miller. Great signing, and if they can get Miller… what a boost to the system.
Does this mean that we have no shot at Sano? Why hold a workout for him? I’m still holding out that he may want to play with Albert and sign with the Cardinals
leverage with the mateo camp. what, you won’t sign for $3M. Ok, we’ll think about Sano…oh, you will sign? super.
I may prefer Sano, seems to be more of a sure thing? Hoping Sano goes to the AL if he’s not a Cardinal
Very cool! its nice to see the cards not affraid to sign a top guy from else where… Now we need to get Miller Signed
Wow, great news.
And in the Springfield tie-breaker for a playoff spot, Trey Hearne just hit a fly ball to centerfield for an inside-the-park home run.
anyone else worry about the degree a $3M bonus will have a negative impact on the motivation and work ethic of a 16 year old kid?
WOWA $3M. Its takes our big league club guys that make the league min 4 or 5 years to make that. This guy better be that good and telling the truth about his age.
Of course this is no sure thing, but this is what it takes now if your want to grab big time talent in that market. The stated direction has been developing from within. This move puts a lot of teeth behind that. Credibility, whatever you want to call it. We’ve become a serious player in the Latin American market.
I’m like everyone else that I really want Miller signed too, but I assume they went into it thinking they could do both. If it turns out they can’t, I’m not going to hang that over Mateo’s head.
I really like this new direction. From what I’m reading, Mateo is one of the few guys with no doubts about his age. I think because of his history of playing for high-profile DR teams his age is well-documented.
I can’t imagine the Cards drafted Miller w/o the budget to sign him. It would go against everything they’ve done since 2005, w/ the exception of Kyle Russell, the 4th-rounder, in 2007.
And Stock is just 19, a year and change older than Miller.
There’s a lot of risk to going with high-upside young players like these, but as we’ve all pointed out, the Cards now have a system packed with low- and moderate-upside college players who’re crowding the upper levels of the system. If there was ever a time to stock up on riskier but potentially more valuable young players, it’s now.
I know these moves won’t quiet the guys who insist the Cards’ owners are running some kind of pump-and-dump scheme on the fans, but it looks to me like they’re digging in with the type of long-term investment in the organization’s future that we’ve all been hoping to see. Great stuff.
hopefully by the time Mateo gets to STL, LaRussa and McRae will be gone
I’ll believe $3M signing bonus from the Cardinals to a 16 yr old kid when I see it. That kind of bonus flies right in the face of what they do in the draft.
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