Cardinals Add Second Domincan Pitching Prospect
Posted on February 13th, 2012 by azruavatar in International signings, tags: Erick Hurtado, St. Louis CardinalsWith the second signing inside of a week, the Cardinals are picking up a lefty by the name of Erick Hurtado. Ben Badler has additional details and a scouting report.
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Discrepancy?
Baseball America is reporting him as from Santo Domingo while Scout.com says he’s from Villa Mella. Why would there be a difference?
Villa Mella is in Santo Domingo province and is a suburb of Santo Domingo so it’s not really a discrepancy.
Ok. I see. I kind of figured but wasn’t sure. Thanks.
“He was trained by a man named Lucas”
Who had a bad problem with mucas.
To listen to his snore
Was such a sad chore
That they knocked him down on his tucas.
Well played, Forschy.
A just-turned-17-year-old southpaw already touching 90-91. And 6′ 3″, too? Sounds like a real find. I like this kid nearly as much as Serrano. :)
Me too!!
We can sign a bunch more of these young kids for what Cepedes cost the A’s
I can’t imagine giving a 4 yr./36 million deal to a 26 yr. old who may have to spend time in the minors. Maybe he will turn into a star, but the risk seems awfully high. I’m glad the Cards stay away from deals like those given to Cespedes.
Agree, but I’d still like to see them get really involved in the bidding for Soler. If this is the last year you can blow a big chunk of change on IFAs without restriction or penalty, might as well go for it.
Got any stats on this Soler kid?
I would rather have Cespedas at 4 years/36 than Solar at 3 years/27. At least Cespedas can help the ml club.
Committing 27 million to a guy before he even reaches the majors? No thank you. For that amount of money, you could have a really good A, AA and AAA player…Or nearly 3 more years of Molina’s extention.
Where are you getting this 3 years/27 million figure for Soler? I don’t think the deal will end up anything even resembling that.
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-02-13/sports/ct-spt-0214-cubs-chicago–20120214_1_cubs-twitter-davandyck-dominican-winter-league
Thanks for the link…I totally agree that I would rather have Cespedes on his deal than Soler if that is truly what Soler’s deal ends up being. It just seems really ill-advised to only lock up a 19 year old for that amount of money for only three years. How many 5 tool players produce 9 million/year before age 23?
I suspect that if the kid shows star quality the Cubbies will have an inside track on extending Soler. It might be a good investment but it sure is risky.
this is actually a reply to Hugecardsfan but for some reason, I don’t see a “Reply” link below his comment.
Anyway, I find this whole cubs thing really strange. In the past, you always knew who the cubs were targeting because they either couldn’t keep it out of the media or wanted to always assure their fan base they were doing something.
I thought all this would change with the new regime, but with them publicly going after Cespedes well before he was even a free agent and then getting pushed aside by the Marlins before he eventually signed with the A’s. And now them basically telling every other team they target Soler and exactly how much they plan to spend on him makes me think things haven’t changed quite a much as I thought they had on the North Side.
Don’t get me wrong. Theo and Hoyer are miles better than Hendry (sad face….) but what is the point of publicly announcing who you’re targeting and how much you’re going to pay them? How does that help anything?
And now, it comes out that there are a bevy of teams interested in him and the Yankees are REALLY interested. Why would the cubs brass subject themselves to this?
please remember that this is media and not truth. A team cannot even negotiate with Soler until he is declared a free agent. A team cannot contact him and make an offer right now.
Agree. The ROI just isn’t there.
Wade’s correct…the numbers in the Tribute article are qualified with “some reports.” SI even goes further: “It has been rumored that some teams, including the Chicago Cubs, are willing to bid as high as $27 million for his services.”
Nobody’s offered anything yet, and nobody’s bid yet. Right now, it’s just speculation, so quoting those numbers as fact is ill-advised. Remember that Cespedes was expected to sign for a much bigger contract than he did.
I Asked Tim Dierkes from mlbtraderumors about this, and here is his reply.
Tim Dierkes:
In terms of Major League control, the years on the contract don’t really matter. He’d be under that team’s control for six years of Major League service regardless, as he’s not going to get the no-arbitration clause Cespedes did. Kind of like how Adeiny Hechavarria signed a four-year deal.
ark,
Thanks.
Also, I didn’t realize that Cespedas got a deal that eliminates arbitration. Very interesting.