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Cuban Links: Ruiz, Anderson, Serrano

By Nick Collias | February 25, 2010 at 12:50am CDT

Get out the Spanish-English dictionary and put on Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…

  • Morgan Campbell at the Toronto Star posits that Blue Jays GM Alex Anthopoulos' recent scouting trip to the Dominican Republic could mean the team is "closing in" on Jose Julio Ruiz. Yesterday, Ruiz's trainer told the Nuevo Herald that the first baseman's most recent tryout, his "last before signing," was against Blue Jays players. The blog cubanballplayers.com also reported on Tuesday that Ruiz had a private tryout with the Jays. Both the team and Prestige Sports Agency, which represents Ruiz, remain mum on any communication.
  • Cuban first baseman/outfielder Leslie Anderson tells Angel Mazariego of the Mexican newspaper Sipse that he is willing to play in Mexico this season if nothing materializes for him in the majors. Anderson lists the Red Sox, Yankees, Mariners, Dodgers, Giants and Brewers as the teams he knows to have scouted him recently. Mazariego adds the Dodgers and Tigers to the list.
  • Amaury Perez Torres at the Cuban baseball blog Las Avispas cites a "source close to" pitching prospect Juan Yasser Serrano saying that the right-hander has worked out for 10 major league teams this winter. Most recently, the source says, Serrano struck out four in a two-inning simulation for the Cubs on February 19, with a fastball that touched 93.
  • If it seems like there is more chatter about Cuban defectors than ever before, that's no coincidence, writes Campbell in the Toronto Star. In a lengthy article, he outlines how more Cuban players are now aiming at the major leagues thanks to the success of Kendry Morales and Yunel Escobar, neither of whom was a starter in Cuba. Equally significant was the contract that third base prospect Dayan Viciedo signed with the White Sox in 2008. A Cuban baseball expert in Canada tells Campbell that Viciedo made players on the island think, "If he can get $10 million, then what am I worth?"
  • Speaking of Morales, Jorge Arangure Jr. adds a new dimension to the first baseman's recent switch from Hendricks Sports Management to Scott Boras in an article in ESPN the Magazine. Rodney Fernandez, who recruited both Morales and Aroldis Chapman for Kendricks, is being investigated by the MLBPA and Florida police in regard to $300K that disappeared from Morales' bank account.
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16 Comments

  1. jays138

    15 years ago

    Blue Jays shouldn’t have traded Tyler to Wallace…… 🙁

    Hope Jays keep Wallace at 3 base.!!!!!!!!!!!

    Reply
    • vtadave

      15 years ago

      Assuming you meant “Taylor” and yes, Wallace is a first baseman.

      Reply
    • Brian

      15 years ago

      Not happy with Edwin Encarnocion?

      Reply
  2. Bob Cobb

    15 years ago

    Viciedo isn’t, and never was, a shortstop………..Get out your Baseball American Handbook and get your facts straight

    Reply
  3. sportsonthebrain

    15 years ago

    I don’t know how this Anthopoulos experiment will work out, but I like his initial moves. Of course, I remember being so excited when JP started, with the way he stripped down the roster, expunged the dead wood (Mondesi anyone), and then seemed to inject talented youngsters into the roster. He was supposed to be cutting edge, from Oakland and a master of the sabermetrics that would give us an advantage. Then those talented youngsters turned into Russ Adams, he signed David Eckstein, and taunted Adam Dunn. All of which is a long winded way of saying that I hope that Anthopoulos signs the Cuban kid, and I hope he’s a good ball player, and I hope that his dedication to scouting pays off. But mostly, I hope that I see the Jays win 90 games again before I die…

    Reply
  4. R_y_a_n

    15 years ago

    Oh my god. Such a good album.

    Reply
    • Eddie Schmid

      15 years ago

      Agreed. Instant nominee for MLBTR thread title HOF.

      Reply
      • Jpolut

        15 years ago

        AGREED…

        I saw the title of the link and thought, “I wonder if somone will reference Raekwon.”

        Then I read the next line… LOL

        Reply
  5. UnknownPoster

    15 years ago

    “Cuban first baseman/outfielder Leslie Anderson tells Angel Mazariego of the Mexican newspaper Sipse that he is willing to play in Mexico this season if nothing materializes for him in the majors. Anderson lists the Red Sox, Yankees, Mariners, Dodgers, Giants and Brewers as the teams he knows to have scouted him recently. Mazariego adds the Dodgers and Tigers to the list. ”

    So they both essentially named the Dodgers as a team that is interested? Or did Anderson not name them, but Mazariego did, or vice versa?

    Also, it is interesting to see the Dodgers interested in a 1B. I’d guess they dont feel Loney is a long term solution..

    Reply
    • Zach

      15 years ago

      They could be interested for trade bait purposes too. It’s never bad to stock pile on young high-ceiling prospects.

      Reply
      • UnknownPoster

        15 years ago

        Very true. It’s just given their lack of IFAs signed, going after a 1B is interesting…

        ________________________________

        Reply
  6. baseball52

    15 years ago

    Four K’s in 2 innings and hitting 93. Not bad. Of course we’ll never sign him, we just work them out so everyone else can know about them.

    Reply

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