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MB923
The first names that came to my mind were Starlin, Danny and Albert
jayrig5
I know, I thought it was going to be some sort of retrospective.
go_jays_go
You know Albert Pujols’ full name is José Alberto Pujols Alcántara. Coincidence huh?
MB923
Ahh, good point. Nontheless nobody calls him José. It’s like saying Manuel instead of Manny, Larry instead of Chipper, George instead of Babe, etc.
Gary Martinez
And it’s also common in Latin American countries to not call a person by their first name, but rather their middle name.
ilikeike29
I call him Larry Jones.
MB923
I suppose because Met fans are sick of the name Chipper?
East Coast Bias
ouch…
dylanp5030
Supposively Pujols was compared to Stanton type power when he was 16. I think that is neat.
johnsilver
If Stanton played for a big market team? He would be talked about as the next huge big time player and perennial all star.
There are very few people in the game with his power and ability to get on base and that i s also with the lineup the Fish have struggling so badly this year. His power is massive to all fields and he is pretty selective at the plate. He can crush inside, outside.. It just doesn’t matter. The marlins dearly need Morrison to stay hot, or for Ramirez to get his head screwed on straight and start hitting like he did 2 seasons ago.
deadwriter
can someone post a link to a clear explanation of how the international free agent signing period works?
Snoochies8
Basically, if you turned 17 before today, you were elligible for last year’s july 2nd signing period, if you turn 17 AFTER today, you’re elligible for this year’s signing period, that’s the simple version of it.
East Coast Bias
From BA’s top 20 list, 8 of them are SS. 3 are catchers. Just found that interesting.
Lucas Gomez
Can anyone tell me about the Cardinal’s signings?
Phillies_Aces35
Saw that Grullon has been drawing comparisons to Carlos Ruiz and Wilkin Rosario, I’ll take those kinds of comps.
HalfSt
Yet again the Nationals are useless on the international market. I don’t want to hear anything about this being the Expos franchise in a new location. The Expos were actually players in the Caribbean.
+1/2St.
TheReturnOfMrBlanks
Carlos Belen what do you think of the outfield walls depth at Petco? “No bueno” – Carlos Belen
Odawg8
Just out of curiosity, how will this affect the posting system out if Japan? Also, will it affect players, like Wei-Yin Chen, who were technically qualified as international free agents?
Trout Almonte
There’s something about like certain age like under 20 or 25 or something so established NPB players aren’t affected. There could be something saying Latin America too but I’m not sure.
diehardmets
Nice to see the Mets being active to help continue the farm building effort.