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Lack of international talent

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baltfan

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1 hour ago, sportsfan8703 said:
The O's were EXTREMELY close to signing Sano.  They had slow played their interest the whole time we were there. They brought Miguel in for two days of back to back tryouts just before July 2nd, the day he became eligible to sign. Stockstill was there and was high on the kid. At one point, the O's were ready to offer $5 Million for Miguel, but they were concerned about his investigation. They weren't willing to take a chance on it and lost out to the Twins. The O's had the inside track to secure a cornerstone player here and failed to act. Trust me, the vision of Miguel Sano wearing orange and black and how close they were has kept me up nights. 
 
-from the maker of the movie Pelotero. 
 
After this Angelos obviously swore off spending money down there. 

Why would Angelos swear off after Sano?  Sank turned out to be worth it

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Very interesting article here on international vs. domestic talent.   For example, while about 65% of prospects are from North America, only about 35% of the shortstop prospects are from there.    So, we’re missing out on about 2/3 of the SS market.    https://www.fangraphs.com/tht/visualizing-the-board/.    The vast majority of 1B and catchers are domestic.

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