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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> signings: Venezuela: Cs Juan Alvarado, Fernando Ayala; SS Kipper Briendo, Jose Sanchez; OFs Frank Gonzalez, Wamach Males...</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">July 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="ro" dir="ltr">...and C/1B Carlos Mendez. Dominican Republic: 3B Bryan Ciriaco and OF Marcos Estevez. Cuba: OF Romero Reynier <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">July 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last week, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> signed Cuban 1B Yaisel Mederos. 6-4, 230 pounds. Plus hitter and power. RH. 25 years old.</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">July 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Anyone particularly notable?

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="es" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> signings: Venezuela: Cs Juan Alvarado, Fernando Ayala; SS Kipper Briendo, Jose Sanchez; OFs Frank Gonzalez, Wamach Males...</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="
">July 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="ro" dir="ltr">...and C/1B Carlos Mendez. Dominican Republic: 3B Bryan Ciriaco and OF Marcos Estevez. Cuba: OF Romero Reynier <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a></p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">July 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Last week, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/orioles?src=hash">#orioles</a> signed Cuban 1B Yaisel Mederos. 6-4, 230 pounds. Plus hitter and power. RH. 25 years old.</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="

">July 4, 2015</a></blockquote>

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Anyone particularly notable?

If they signed a plus hit/power 25 year old first baseman that sounds like a huge piece for the second half.

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If they signed a plus hit/power 25 year old first baseman that sounds like a huge piece for the second half.

As you are well aware they tend to be...enthusiastic when talking about their signees.

Yaisel Mederos has played for the Toros de Camag?ey in the Cuban Serie Nacional. He debuted in 2008-2009, going 2 for 12. He did not play again until 2011-2012, hitting .274/.320/.439 in 67 games. In 2012-2013, he batted .278/.358/.343 and fielded .993 at 1B. He led the league with 39 strikeouts.

http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Yaisel_Mederos

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Why do I feel teams like the Dodgers picked and signed the very best players in international baseball? I bet none of these guys pan out.Money thing again.

Our guys can try PEDs and like them just as easily as the Dodgers group. In fact, the Dodgers group might already have reached their PED ceiling!

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