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Mariners Sign Guillermo Pimentel

By Ben Nicholson-Smith [July 3, 2009 at 11:13am CST]

The Mariners signed Guillermo Pimentel to a bonus of $2MM, according to ESPN.com's Jorge Arangure Jr.. Pimentel signed the contract as the clock struck midnight on July 2nd, the earliest moment he was eligible.

Just a few minutes ago, Baseball America's Ben Badler passed on reports from Dominican papers suggesting Pimentel signed. The Rangers and Mariners were considered front-runners to sign the Dominican outfielder.

Full Story | Comments (6) | Categories: Guillermo Pimentel | Seattle Mariners

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Mariners and Texas were both after this guy, guess the $$$ shortage of the Rangers is already showing up?

Rumored figure of 2M turns out to be correct for his asking price. Congrats Seattle.

Posted by: johns | July 03, 2009 at 11:19 AM

ya good job Seattle get some young tallent. Who knows mabye he might be up if he has good winter ball he could be up in a year or 2 bc i expect griffy will retire this year or next.

Posted by: Wrigleyterror37 | July 03, 2009 at 11:23 AM

ya good job Seattle get some young talent. Who knows mabye he might be up if he has good winter ball he could be up in a year or 2 bc i expect griffy will retire this year or next

Posted by: Wrigleyterror37 | July 03, 2009 at 11:23 AM

You do realize that there is little to no chance that this kid will be up for another 4 or 5 years right? He is not an older Cuban defector but a young raw athlete. The kid is 16, and makes to at best to the US at 17. You are talking about a long term project not a quick fix that can be up in a year or 2.

Posted by: laxtonto | July 03, 2009 at 12:56 PM

@Wrigleyterror37,
Very doubtful the Pimentel is up in a year or two.. Especially since he just turned 16 years old. An optimistic timetable would be more like 5-6 years.

Good sign by Seattle though.

Posted by: thr33niL | July 03, 2009 at 12:59 PM

Man it sucks having a poor owner right now!!!

Posted by: JH32 | July 03, 2009 at 01:37 PM

"Especially since he just turned 16 years old. An optimistic timetable would be more like 5-6 years."

All true, but to be fair....that's 16 in Latin American years, so maybe he just turned 18? :D

{I (mostly)jest.}

Posted by: StarryEyed | July 04, 2009 at 10:39 PM

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