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Duquette confirmed that both players were signed from the international amateur pool, but the Orioles "still have some money available to sign some other players."

"Only a portion of Diaz counts against our bonuses because a portion of the acquisition cost went directly to the team," he added. "But we have additional funds available."

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Gotta be honest, I have no idea what to make of this Clete Boyer comp. He played his last MLB game 17 years before I was born.

Yeah Clete goes back aways. Clete Boyer was considered an elite defensive third baseman and averagish hitter. He was old when I started following baseball in the late 1960's. His brother, Ken Boyer was the better overall player.

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Keith Law raved about that kid Olelky Peralta that Fred scooped up a few months ago in his Insider piece today and he's only 16.

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Olelky Peralta was a free agent signed out of the Dominican Republic for $325,000, and blew scouts away in instructional league, hitting 95 mph with his fastball, showing good rotation on a curveball and demonstrating the ability to throw his fastball for strikes. Some teams thought Peralta was ineligible to sign until July, which may be why his bonus was a little lower -- but credit the Orioles for jumping on the opportunity to land a projectable 6-foot-5 right-hander with an electric arm.
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Good thing we got $10M from trading JJ! ;)

I've been wondering about this. There must be an absolute connection between our major league budget (a nice even 100 million) to what we spend in other areas. I would bet our spending in scouting and instruction have skyrocketed. Any way of finding that out? I bet not.

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Dan sounds a little hyperbolic here. Clete Boyer? Kendreys Moralles? After all they are only 16 and 17 years old respectively.

I think it was Fred who made the comps to Boyer and Morales and his opinion has quite a bit of weight, at least with me, given his very impressive track record. I think Fred Ferreira is one of the club's biggest (and undervalued) assets.

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Good thing we got $10M from trading JJ! ;)

Actually, to be accurate, he did not increase our payroll to accommodate a closer earning 12 percent of our total payroll. He saved J.J.'s salary from last year but he gave it to Bud Norris.

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Yeah Clete goes back aways. Clete Boyer was considered an elite defensive third baseman and averagish hitter. He was old when I started following baseball in the late 1960's. His brother, Ken Boyer was the better overall player.

Here's hoping the venerable Mr. Ferreira didn't think he was scouting Clete Boyer, as opposed to a Clete Boyer lookalike.

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I like the comment from DD at the end of the article where he states signing kids like this makes it a lot easier to give up a pick. Hmmmmmmmm......

And I completely agree with him.

That's not exactly how I interpreted his statement. Sounds like these signings are a good addition to draft picks.

Duquette also noted during today's conference call that, while draft picks are important, "having aggressive international scouting is also an important component to building depth for our ballclub.
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