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Lovetron
Nice, it turns out Billy Beane is alive after all.
All seriousness, could be a nice under the radar signing.
sacball
David Forst is their GM
Ray Ray
Yeah but we all know who pulls the strings. It’s like saying Theo Epstein isn’t the GM of the Cubs, but his mark is all over the team
Injediwetrust
This thinking, though common completely dismisses the contributions of Jed Hoyer and Jason McLeod.
skip 2
But Billy runs the show!
cheesenugget2
Cespedes type offer to Encarnacion sound like he’s alive to me. Just sayin
Lovetron
Outside of signing Matt Joyce, EE’s been the only person we’ve had rumored interest in, despite MLB pressuring our group to spend more. Huge hole in CF that remains unaddressed, most of our rotation has a ton of questions, and even our bullpen looks underwhelming. Beane (or Forst, whoever) needs to do some work here. We dont have the high level minor league talent to do nothing, yet that’s basically what we’ve done
pat09
Billy is definitely in charge in Oakland
Dock_Elvis
94mph fast ball…gets grounders and only has a 6/9 k rate? Whats wrong with this picture? Sounds like a middle reliever to me. Cant k the free swinging Cuban league…gonna be tough in the majors.
Im waiting for next year when the Japanese post the guy who jacked 22hr and also had the 10/9 k rate in about 180 innings….possibly our first two way star in baseball in a long long time. Ankiel didnt do both at the same time…Kieshnick.
davidcoonce74
Cuban hitters actually don’t strike out at nearly as high a rate as hitters in MLB do.
Niekro
Coaching of pitching seems to be severely behind coaching of hitting in Cuba Raisel Iglesias only had a career 6.9 K/9 in Cuba (close to 10 k/9 in MLB), he is young and has no where near the type of information that will be available to him in the majors.
Dock_Elvis
All true. Good to know.
Polish Hammer
Last ball player left in Cuba turn off the lights on your way out of town….
Polish Hammer
Seems like teams are signing Cuban players on a twice a week basis anymore. Any major league talent left on the island?
avengerdad
Jose Fernandez the 2nd Baseman. I don’t understand why no one has signed him? he has been eligible since last June and one of the best in Cuba for years.
tealmarlin
The guy is from my province in Cuba, Camaguey I saw him pitch in the caribbean series and trust me the guy is a workhorse and very very active on the mound he’s really fun to watch, he reminds me of Fernandez they play with the same flare, coaches used to scold him in Camaguey because he celebrated too much when he K someone. I wanted the Marlins to sign him but our owner doesn’t care about the fans or the franchise. U got a good one in Oakland guys.
avengerdad
What is up with Jose Fernandez the 2B? He is the best player not signed out of Cuba. Is it because of the Human Traffiking?