Mateo To San Francisco?

I would like to know more about the extent of his vision related problems. That aside, bring him on in. We need all the top tier positional prospects we can get...especially after losing Angel to his murder charges.

He's playing this weekend in the WWBA tournament in Jupiter, FL with the Texas Scout Team Yankees if anyone's interested. I bet San Francisco signs him soon after the weekend if he does well, as that team is one of the main competitors in the tournament, and they'll have a good read on how he stands up against top U.S. prospects. He's on the same team as Jameson Taillon, Josh Sale, and Brian Ragira to name a few top players.

Actually it makes perfect sense. Our same doctors that cleared Freddy Sanchez cleared Mateo. Hello Dr. Nick. Hello Brian Sabean.

alotta questions what position does he play? how good? how much 4 contract? is he worth it? alotta questions i hoe we sign him and he's the new willie mays

It's too bad that he's on the same team as Tallion, that would be a great showdown of elite young talent.

And the problem with Mateo is that his vision problems is rather significant. Even with contacts or glasses on, he still only has 20/30 vision in one eye, and when you're trying to differentiate between a 94 MPH fastball and a 84 MPH slider, that can be a problem.

Maybe when he gets older they could try Lasik eye surgery, but that's a risky procedure to do on someone who just turned 16.

And I think that he makes sense for the Giants. Between Mateo and Rafael Rodriguez, the Giants could have a couple of sick five-tool prospects if those guys develop properly.

Oh, and I would note that the historical success rate of the top signing bonus babies from Latin America is more Wily Mo Pena and Jose Guzman than Miguel Cabrera.

So I would say, instead, that between Wagner and Rodriguez, the Giants have a better chance of developing a five-tool outfielder but it is still no slamdunk.

So far, so good on Rafael, he was ranked in the Top 20 for his level by BA this past season, but still no power yet, but good discipline (16W/22K in 128 AB), plus his hitting greatly improved in his last two months after a very poor first week or so. Oddly, he played mostly in LF, not RF, which he was signed as.

Sorry, I figured you would know this, just wanted to note it for those not as familiar with Latin bonus babies.

I think at this point, even a semi-blind 16 yo is an upgrade over Lewis... haha

Seriously though we've stock piled pitchers into our system and are at a good point in terms of depth... now we need some hitters and we should jump on any prospects that show signs of someday being a 5 tool guy and play the law of averages.