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Commissioner's Office Says Rodriguez To Red Sox, Not Royals
3:04pm: WEEI's Alex Speier writes, "According to a major-league source, the MLB Commissioner’s Office has ruled that the Red Sox still possess the rights to Reynaldo Rodriguez, a first baseman whom they acquired from the Yuma Scorpions of the independent Golden Baseball League earlier this month."
According to Speier's source, the Red Sox went through proper channels to acquire Rodriguez, and the player himself claims he hadn't reached an agreement with Kansas City.
10:46am: The Royals have signed a prospect whose contract the Red Sox appeared to have purchased. Baseball America's Matt Eddy reports that the Royals signed first baseman Reynaldo Rodriguez. The 22-year-old, who has been playing in Colombian leagues, projects as a corner outfielder, if you ask Baseball America's J.J. Cooper.
Earlier in the month, Baseball America named Rodriguez the best independent league prospect around. The Royals also signed Adam Frost, a 22-year-old infielder who had been playing in Winnipeg. BA named Frost the second-best indy league prospect, highlighting his speed and gap power.
Top Royals prospect Aaron Crow is no stranger to independent ball (he pitched for the Fort Worth Cats this year) and, as ESPN.com's Jason Grey notes, many believe Crow could climb quickly through the minors.
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If the red sox signed him how can the royals sign him too?
Posted by: terry180 | October 29, 2009 at 10:53 AM
I'm going to take a stab and say the Red Sox probably never signed him.
Posted by: DarthVader87 | October 29, 2009 at 11:07 AM
Put Crow in 2010 rotation. Look at what Tiger guy did.
Posted by: rockford | October 29, 2009 at 11:12 AM
I think Crow would need a bit more seasoning in the minors, let's not ruin him too.
I'm glad they're looking everywhere for talent, I just hope the whole Red Sox thing doesn't cause some trouble.
Posted by: Koby | October 29, 2009 at 11:17 AM
Put Crow in 2010 rotation. Look at what Tiger guy did.
Posted by: rockford | October 29, 2009 at 11:12 AM
Lol! You mean like Andrew Miller? That worked out so well for everyone. Leave the 2010 ruination to the Nationals.
Posted by: Tomahawk368 | October 29, 2009 at 11:24 AM
It appears Frost was playing for the Tigers, and Rodriguez for the Yankees in the minors in 2008. Both had pretty solid seasons so I am curious as to why they were free agents.
Posted by: Bretwk | October 29, 2009 at 11:25 AM
Miller had it written into his contract. I dont blame the Tigers for him being the majors so much.
I dont think that Stasburg had the majors written into this contract, so I think the organization will determine whether he is ready based on his Fall/Winter/Spring performance.
It is absurd to think that NO pitcher is every ready to be a major leaguer, and he of any of them is probably the most ready. It will be interesting to watch.
Posted by: Bretwk | October 29, 2009 at 11:37 AM
Never understood Craig Hansen, saw him just after the Sox drafted him, I really thought this kid is going to be around a long time. College, to Double AA Portland, to the Majors, probably to the Package Store.
Posted by: Cyyoung | October 29, 2009 at 12:23 PM
"Never understood Craig Hansen, saw him just after the Sox drafted him, I really thought this kid is going to be around a long time."
Agreed, I remember seeing him once in ST. He threw a slider that was one of the best I had ever seen. Then any time I saw him after that he threw fastballs. I think his downfall is he was a cocky kid who dominated college ball and thought he could do the same in the bigs.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | October 29, 2009 at 06:45 PM
" I think his downfall is he was a cocky kid who dominated college ball and thought he could do the same in the bigs"
Perfect analogy regarding Craig Hanson, only 1 thing is left out of the equation to make sure his career was a failure: Add Scott Boras into the mixture, to pump his head full of inflated BS about how good he was and how he could do absolutely anything and he was doomed before what should have been an outstanding career even began. The hype machine that constantly strema from Boras's mouth might have gotten Hansen a major league deal out of College, but it utterly ruined what should have been a long and productive career for Mr. Hansen and Boras is a major contributor to this. Hansen was beyond teaching, listening to Boras's BS, rather than what the Sox teachers were trying and as was posted above and many stories over the years, that slider that WAS one of the best in baseball history went *POOF*. There is yet another career ruined to blame on Boras.
Posted by: johns | October 29, 2009 at 08:43 PM
Eh, Boras is only a symptom, not the disease. I'm betting he already had the alpha personality. I hope he gets it together in the future, but I think the cockiness has now turned into a world class headcase.
Posted by: start_wearing_purple | October 29, 2009 at 09:42 PM
Boras is neither symptom nor disease, IMHO. He is a classic self-serving, narcissistic exploiter who succeeds through knowing how to bend rules, and manipulation. A cocky kid can still be taught, but not if the teachers are rendered irrelevant. This came from Boras, not Craig. When that bubble popped, there was little enough internal fortitude left to help him man up and move forward. (Look at how some cocky kids named Beckett, Lester, Buchholz, Matsuzaka, Bard pulled it together in hard times.) Hansen was so good.
Posted by: gerald troy | October 30, 2009 at 12:17 AM
SWP and Gerald Troy,
Am not lying it all on Boras's feet, not by a long short. True, Hansen could have shut out Boras's rantings and ravings regarding his abilities and buckled down, listened to what the Sox instructors were trying to tell him and had a good career, but he may have just let what the Snake himself put him over the edge as you both mentioned, like being "STG" as a pitcher with his stuff and shut everybody out, with the exception of his own ego and what crap that Boras was feeding him.
It didn't matter to Boras, he has plenty of future career's to mangle, as well as players beating a path to him. They never learn he is out for himself 100%.
Posted by: johns | October 30, 2009 at 01:23 AM