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Thanks Michael. Doesn't look like very impressive numbers though for a 1B.

Agreed. Nothing in those stats suggest he'll be anything for the Orioles. Maybe he's a good guy who is friends with better unsigned Cuban players and this is to lure them in to the fold?

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Agreed. Nothing in those stats suggest he'll be anything for the Orioles. Maybe he's a good guy who is friends with better unsigned Cuban players and this is to lure them in to the fold?

Believe I saw he had the same agent as Miranda and was at the same 4 player Cuban try out. Might have been a 2 for 1 package. Dude is jacked though.

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Agreed. Nothing in those stats suggest he'll be anything for the Orioles. Maybe he's a good guy who is friends with better unsigned Cuban players and this is to lure them in to the fold?

He homered last night. I know nothing about him.

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Video:

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Big dude, clean swing, moderate lag, you can see him maybe hitting for some power down the road. Hard to tell more than that from BP video, obviously.

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Someone told me that he swung and missed a curveball by about three feet yesterday. Then in typical Single-A pitcher fashion, they threw him a fastball next and he lined a single.

Pretty sure I've seen Adam Jones and Chris Davis do that once or twice! :D

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