Roch: MiLB Signing

[weams]

Baltimore Orioles
Signed: RHP Elchero Francisca| IF Frederick Bencosme

 

[MurphDogg]

Francisca is from Curacao, turned 18 two weeks ago.

Bencosme is from the DR, turns 18 in December. Signed on August 14, according to his Instagram.

[makoman]

2 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Francisca is from Curacao, turned 18 two weeks ago. Bencosme is from the DR, signed on August 14, according to his Instagram.

Since J2 was pushed back this year, I guess these count against last year's pool maybe?

[bobmc]

4 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Francisca is from Curacao, turned 18 two weeks ago. Bencosme is from the DR, signed on August 14, according to his Instagram.

Amazing how everyone (on the IG app) thanks God and expresses how they believe that God has already blessed him and will accompany him on his journey.  Not knocking but just a different vibe than here in the US when you read congratulations from friends and family.  I remember traveling in the DR and seeing the sign, "Como Quiere Dios" (as God wishes) in many cars and around towns.  Everyone seems truly happy for the young man and may he leave the island for the Show!  

[bobmc]

7 minutes ago, makoman said:

Since J2 was pushed back this year, I guess these count against last year's pool maybe?

Perhaps and @Can_of_corn will let us know how much short of the allotment we remain.  

[Can_of_corn]

2 minutes ago, bobmc said:

Amazing how everyone (on the IG app) thanks God and expresses how they believe that God has already blessed him and will accompany him on his journey.  Not knocking but just a different vibe than here in the US when you read congratulations from friends and family.  I remember traveling in the DR and seeing the sign, "Como Quiere Dios" (as God wishes) in many cars and around towns.  Everyone seems truly happy for the young man and may he leave the island for the Show!  

 

[interloper]

35 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Francisca is from Curacao, turned 18 two weeks ago.

Bencosme is from the DR, turns 18 in December. Signed on August 14, according to his Instagram.

@Moose Milligan 

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, interloper said:

@Moose Milligan 

Good.

 

[Enjoy Terror]

By my count, the Orioles have exactly 100 homegrown international players in their system right now; Bencosme is the fifth youngest at 17y & 8m. Francisca is 32nd youngest at about 18y exactly. This would mean that one-third of our system is under 18yo.

[hoosiers]

Internationally, many 18 year olds have already been passed over by teams once - not saying this is a bad thing because this can be a sweet spot value wise - precisely because many have been passed over already.  There can be some significant value in late risers who gain significant mph regarding pitchers or who grow physically - from say 5'9" to 6'2" in a year.  

Hopefully, we can get some info on these two.

[Philip]

4 hours ago, bobmc said:

Amazing how everyone (on the IG app) thanks God and expresses how they believe that God has already blessed him and will accompany him on his journey.  Not knocking but just a different vibe than here in the US when you read congratulations from friends and family.  I remember traveling in the DR and seeing the sign, "Como Quiere Dios" (as God wishes) in many cars and around towns.  Everyone seems truly happy for the young man and may he leave the island for the Show!  

May God richly bless him and his family. And amen.

[Redskins Rick]

On 8/24/2020 at 3:12 PM, bobmc said:

Perhaps and @Can_of_corn will let us know how much short of the allotment we remain.