Oriole International Signings 2015

[weams]

To be fair, how many teams can afford to spend $1 million on a player?

I assume you need to do that about 40 times until you get one that good.

[Can_of_corn]

To be fair, how many teams can afford to spend $1 million on a player?

All of them.

[Stotle]

I assume you need to do that about 40 times until you get one that good.

One good enough to dominate Double-A as a 19 year old? Maybe so.

[Stotle]

In Fred I trust.

Right, right. S'what I meant.

[hoosiers]

Do we learn anything from some random Venezuelan names? Our media can't get any quotes or find out if we spent anything on these guys - like maybe there is a Jomar Reyes in the group?

Maybe someday soon these guys can move up the chain and we don't have so much filler that we start a 29 year old at Bowie and a 26 year old in Frederick like we did last night. I can't remember looking up our minor league box scores and seeing so few guys worth tracking.

[Can_of_corn]

Do we learn anything from some random Venezuelan names? Our media can't get any quotes or find out if we spent anything on these guys - like maybe there is a Jomar Reyes in the group?

Maybe someday soon these guys can move up the chain and we don't have so much filler that we start a 29 year old at Bowie and a 26 year old in Frederick like we did last night. I can't remember looking up our minor league box scores and seeing so few guys worth tracking.

But Norfolk and Bowie are doing great in the standings!

[Rene88]

But Norfolk and Bowie are doing great in the standings!

LOL. Thanks Corn. This was great. That other thread was insanity. I just gave up. Not sure what to say to someone who thinks winning translates to top prospects.

It is nice to see us winning though. I love minor league baseball and a culture of winning is important.

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[Can_of_corn]

LOL. Thanks Corn. This was great. That other thread was insanity. I just gave up. Not sure what to say to someone who thinks winning translates to top prospects.

It is nice to see us winning though. I love minor league baseball and a culture of winning is important.

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It is certainly good for the neighborhoods with the teams. Would be nice to see Aberdeen get a winner.

[weams]

One good enough to dominate Double-A as a 19 year old? Maybe so.

Pretty much. Maybe twice that many.

[JayThomas]

Maybe someday soon these guys can move up the chain and we don't have so much filler that we start a 29 year old at Bowie and a 26 year old in Frederick like we did last night. I can't remember looking up our minor league box scores and seeing so few guys worth tracking.

I totally agree with you. New names seem to appear daily but none of them are high profile or high projection.

Clearly it hurts that 3 of our top names are on the shelf at the moment - Bundy, Harvey, Reyes. It also doesn't help that guys that I really want to succeed - I'm looking at you Urrutia and you Almanzar - aren't tearing the cover off anything. Come on guys, distance yourselves from the pack. Give us something to really get excited about.

Who is anyone really excited about in our system? I mean Bundy/Harvey/Reyes were really the guys. Cisco if he can find a place in the field and his bat continues to improve. Any other impact players that I'm not aware of? I don't mean guys that can contribute (ie the 75 man roster). I'm talking about difference makers.

[Enjoy Terror]

The Orioles spent how much?

Over 40 million Roy. The Roy is the Cuban currency

[Stotle]

Pretty much. Maybe twice that many.

Lucky Rangers:

Mazara ($4.9 MM) 20/AA http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=mazara000nom

Not quite as lucky but still lucky Cubs:

Torres ($1.7 MM) http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=torres000gle

Jiminez ($2.8 MM) http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=jimene000elo

[Roll Tide]

<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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And...

<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?

Mederos does not really impress me that much. A .260ish hitter with only 12 homers. Not impressed!

[weams]

Mederos does not really impress me that much. A .260ish hitter with only 12 homers. Not impressed!

They probably all stink and we were probably cheap on all of them. A waste of money.

[Can_of_corn]

They probably all stink and we were probably cheap on all of them. A waste of money.

Right....being critical of the one guy we actually have information on means we think the whole collection are worthless.