A's To Sign Michel Inoa

I have a feeling this is the beginning of a lot of 3 mil+ deals for amateurs. Going to shoot up like draft deal prices did several years ago.

"I have a feeling this is the beginning of a lot of 3 mil+ deals for amateurs. Going to shoot up like draft deal prices did several years ago.:

Probably. Disgusting really. Redsox will probably starting doing it and Theo will be a 'genius' for spending $100M on 20 players and found one decent player.

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take that! the A's are gonna be unbeatable in 5 years. Think of a rotation of Inoa, Trevor Cahill, Brett Anderson, Gio Gonzalez, James Simmons, and then some. Honestly Tim your statement that the A's system has improved drastically is an understatement. That team will be unbeatable:

LINEUP:

C - Kurt Suzuki
1B - Daric Barton
2B - Jemile Weeks
3B - ? One weakness in the system
SS - Bobby Crosby
LF - Ryan Sweeney
CF - Carlos Gonzalez
RF - Travis Buck/Aaron Cunningham

ROTATION:

1) Michel Inoa
2) Trevor Cahill
3) Brett Anderson
4) Gio Gonzalez
5) James Simmons

BULLPEN:

Fauntino De Los Santos
Henry Rodriguez
Santiago Casilla

C'Mon. That's an awesome team. And YES! I am very much bias towards the A's. But I do agree 4.25 million for a 16 year old is a lot.

elmedius:

I believe the signing bonus for Moanaroa was $87,000 plus a college scholarship.

SoxProspects.com seems to confirm that: http://www.soxprospects.com/players/moanaroa-boss.htm

Don't Ruin his Dream!

Ari, your enthusiasm makes me laugh when Im watching TV AND when Im reading the comments.

If you want to come up with you dream one, Ari, here's mine. 6 years from now:
C-Jesus Montero
1B-Jeter ;]
2B-Robinson Cano
3B-A-Rod
SS-Angelini
LF-Jose Tabata
CF-Austin Jackson
RF-Justin Upton

1-Chamberlain
2-Hughes
3-Brackman
4-Betances
5-Cole

Bullpen-
Sanchez,Robertson,Melancon,Cox

No offense, but I like mine better.

"If you want to come up with you dream one, Ari, here's mine. 6 years from now:"

Finishing in 3rd place for the 6th year in a row, with an annual payroll of 400 million dollars.

"I was under the impression that Billy Beane only signed college level pitchers."

Well, it may not be long before we find out that Inoa is actually 22, which would at least make him college-aged.

LOL, guys calm down. I was actually doing it for 4 years from now, but you're right, I didn't know who to put in RF, so I switched it to 6 years and added Upton (and forgot to subtract Jeter). Anyways, it's also not too tough to read the part where is says "dream" team. But that's OK, just ignore it since that wouldn't help your argument, right? It's too bad even your dream team can't be like this. No offense.

AriGoldisaG,

How old are you. Judging by your reaction to the signing and your conclusion jumping on the A's prospects and future line up I would guess you're no more than 16. I was like you once then after years of seeing prospects get hurt or simply not panning out I realized nothing is guarenteed. There is no thing as a can't miss prospect in baseball. Some day when you get older you'll realize this.

The chances of all 16 players you named being with the A's and playing well in five years is .0000001%.

Chicago,

I am 25 years old and I am engaged. But I think it's funny how everyone is biased towards their own team and can get excited about deals for their team. But if it's the A's forget about it. BTW I said I was very Biased.

"If there is indeed a God, please let Michel Inoa stay healthy, and help the A's beat the Yankees in Game7 of the 2013 World Series!!!"

Even God will have a hard time letting two AL teams play in the World Series. Genius.

Just a quick note: I haven't posted anything since the inception of the new format for the site. Tim, it looks awesome, thanks for a great website to come and slack off during work, and talk baseball!

Being an A's fan, I am excited about this signing, and just like the rest of everything in this world, prices go up! I'm glad that we got him, because even though he's only 16, the potential is there. Just like Chicagobubble said, there is no such thing as a sure thing with baseball prospects. But the upside makes it worth it.

Yep, called it! Beane saves so much dough you knew he was going to get Wolfe to open up his wallet for Inoa.

I read somewhere that he could be mlb-ready by the time he's "19". As an A's fan, this is going to rule.

I think the future A's will look something like:

1B: Barton
2B: Weeks
SS: Crosby?
3B: J. Guzman
C: Suzuki
LF: R. Sweeney
CF: Gonzalez
RF: Cunningham
DH: C. Carter/S. Dolittle

Rotation: Harden-Anderson-Cahill-Simmons-Inoa

An aside: how horrendous was the Haren deal for the D-bax really? Factoring in that it actually cost them 7 players including Carlos Quentin, who they decided wasnt worth a shot because they had ERIC BYRNES (lololololol), and the A's have 3 of the 6 up at the bigs and playing incredibly well, and the other 3 are also doing very good in the minos (Brett Anderson might even get a Sept callup?), the dbax blew it, hard.

Chicagobubble,

I don't think Ari is saying all of those guys are going to be all-stars.

He's saying "that is what the team will look like in 5 years."

He's already half right, the only offensive players not on the current lineup are Weeks/Cunningham. Ari is mainly speculating on the pitching.

As far as pitching is concerned, that is where the strength of the A's depth is. We can only hope that Cahill, Anderson, Gio,
simmons, De Los Santos, and now Inoa all pan out...They probably won't, but even if only a couple of them do, that wouldn't be bad, because they all have extremely high upside.

Also, Beane has stated that the chances are likely to increase of him retaining more players in the future with a new stadium in the works.

As an A's fan, I feel confident that the "3 Aces" of Mulder, Huddy, and Zito will not be the last trio of A's starters to grab headlines. Especially if we can hold on to Harden and he stays healthy.

zs190: If Chavez is in the lineup in 5 years than that will be pretty sad for the A's. Maybe a DH by then but he won;t hold up defensively.

"Who said I was a Yankees fan?"

You didnt have too. The way you talk about Melky Cabrera having trade value kind of tells us all we need to know.

"If the above report is correct, then what Katz did was indeed sleazy. But :shrug: that's how the international market is."

Yeah, really, a guy trying to get the most money for his client. Who woulda thunk it. The dirtbag.